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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 528171" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p><img src="http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/bbc-logo-728-75-218-85-200-200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Last weekend saw Alexandra Palace in London changed into a social hub for the best computer programmers and web developers who got to work on some material from BBC, Microsoft, Yahoo and O'Reilly, all with permission from the companies involved.</p><p></p><p>As reported on the Wotsat blog, the event was to bring together hackers and companies to come up with 'cool' new ideas for future applications.</p><p></p><p><strong>Hack attack</strong></p><p></p><p>Among the Mashed '08's weekend events was the BBC's a short-range Freeview multiplex, where hackers could play about with applications for live and interactive TV.</p><p></p><p>Speaking about the event, The BBC's Ewan Spence said: "The demo of Eastenders into rather robotic German proved the concept, but the emotional scenes from Walford took on a surreal air with the monotone computer voice."</p><p></p><p>Other hacks that took place involved accessing the website Twitter from the red button on a Freeview or Freesat remote and another hack where subtitles from BBC programmes were placed on to the famous cue cards in Bob Dylan's classic video for Subterranean Homesick Blues.</p><p></p><p>The event was launched to show people that there's a lighter, more pure side to hacking, where people simply do things with programs that might not be their intended use, but provide fascinating results.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/1565f4b/mf.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Hackers mash-up the BBC&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/hackers-mash-up-the-bbc-409941" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Hackers mash-up the BBC&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/hackers-mash-up-the-bbc-409941" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/1565f4b/story01.htm" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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