DAILY HISTORY

1967: Stansted to become London's third airport

The British Government gives the go-ahead to proposals to convert Stansted into an international airport.

1971: Row rocks Rolling Stone wedding

The Rolling Stones singer, Mick Jagger, marries his fiancee Bianca Perez Morena de Macias after a row with the media nearly halts proceedings.

1994: Labour leader John Smith dies at 55

The Labour leader John Smith dies in a London hospital after two serious heart attacks.

Vista Media Center Supporting BBC iPlayer (Unofficially) [BBC IPlayer]

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posted Friday, 9 May 2008

For those living in the UK, the BBC iPlayer is a pretty fantastic VOD service with one drawback: you have to watch shows in-browser. Now one philanthropist coder has written a Vista Media Center interface for the iPlayer. So you can view BBC content on your TV without the PS3 and Wii workarounds, or, at the very least, break free of your browser's annoying viewing restrictions. It's a free download, so all you Doctor Who fanatics should have plenty of cash left over for living-room-destroying merchandise. [Milliesoft via eHomeUpgrade]