:00:03. > :00:08.And the latest headlines: Moody's has stripped Britain of its AAA
:00:08. > :00:15.credit rating. The agency says government bonds no longer deserve
:00:15. > :00:19.the highest level of credit. They have been downgraded by one notch.
:00:19. > :00:24.The sluggish economic growth looks likely to extend into the second
:00:24. > :00:29.half of the decade. A South African court has granted bail for Oscar
:00:29. > :00:38.Pistorius while he awaits trial on charges of murdering his colour
:00:38. > :00:48.found. The prosecution -- murdering his girlfriend. The prosecution had
:00:48. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:58.not established a definite... Horsemeat has been found in six
:00:58. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:10.Petrol prices could reach a record high by Easter. The average cost of
:01:10. > :01:18.a later went up by 5% in the last month. The motoring organisation is
:01:18. > :01:28.are urging the Chancellor to use the Budget to help motorists. Let's
:01:28. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:37.get more. More than feared. More than the mortgage. Transport is the
:01:37. > :01:42.biggest expense each week for the average UK family. The sharp rise
:01:42. > :01:47.in the price of petrol is leaving many drivers feeling the same way.
:01:47. > :01:51.I do not have any money because I always have to put petrol in my car.
:01:51. > :01:56.I have got no money. Motorists could be feeling the pinch for some
:01:56. > :02:01.time yet. Unleaded petrol prices peaked last spring with a new
:02:01. > :02:08.record high of more than one per and 42 per litre. The cost of
:02:08. > :02:13.filling an average car has gone up by �3.30 by Christmas. -- �1.42 per
:02:13. > :02:18.litre. They could be heading for a new record this Easter. Last month,
:02:18. > :02:23.petrol sales were the lowest they have been and 23 years. Some of
:02:23. > :02:29.that is down to the weather because people do not write as much in the
:02:29. > :02:39.snow. High prices -- drive as much. High prices are for some people out
:02:39. > :02:43.of their cars. Why? -- coursing. The price has been pushed up for
:02:43. > :02:52.all of us in the UK. The bad news is that it will continue for some
:02:52. > :02:59.time. Some have suggested that we delay the rise until April. I
:02:59. > :03:03.disagree. I suggest we cancel it altogether. This was the Chancellor
:03:03. > :03:09.last December being cured after strapping a planned rise in fuel
:03:09. > :03:16.duty. -- cheered. He insisted he knew how much the prices were
:03:16. > :03:21.hitting drivers. I understand the pressure of the prices. That is why
:03:21. > :03:25.we have taken action to make sure petrol is 10 pence per litre
:03:25. > :03:31.cheaper than it would have been if we had stuck with the tax rises of
:03:31. > :03:39.the last Labour government. 60 % of your fuel price is tax. The
:03:39. > :03:48.Government is under pressure he struck for the rises. Now it is
:03:48. > :03:58.time for Click. We get a first look at the
:03:58. > :04:04.
:04:04. > :04:14.We will hopefully bring you that. We are being told that in this
:04:14. > :04:20.episode, the programme gets its first taste of the PlayStation 4.
:04:20. > :04:25.We have heard it would be a voice control and physical floating games
:04:25. > :04:35.machine with more power than you can possibly need. As long as I can
:04:35. > :04:44.
:04:44. > :04:49.still play my favourite video game on it.
:04:49. > :04:53.This week on Click, we will get our first taste of the PlayStation 4.
:04:53. > :04:59.We will take you through the new specification, the new games and
:04:59. > :05:05.the new controller. We also take a close-up look, and I mean close at,
:05:05. > :05:10.well, everything. We look at the kit used to take the world's
:05:10. > :05:17.largest photograph. Also, the latest tech news and, if you want
:05:17. > :05:22.to write your own smart phone app, we have a great guide for you.
:05:22. > :05:27.Welcome to Click. I am Spencer Kelly. He'll be going again. The
:05:27. > :05:32.console wars are back on. After months of rumours, Sony has
:05:32. > :05:36.announced it is close to launching a brand new video games machine.
:05:36. > :05:41.The question is, can it do better than its predecessor, the
:05:41. > :05:47.PlayStation 3, of which, despite pretty impressive specification,
:05:47. > :05:55.failed to blow the gaming world away as expected. We take a look at
:05:55. > :06:00.the new box. First, a refresher of the story so far. In 1994, Sony
:06:00. > :06:05.introduced the world to the PlayStation. Sony is moving into
:06:05. > :06:10.the video games market for the first time. At the same time,
:06:10. > :06:20.introducing unsuspecting gamers to science-fiction games like Wipe Out.
:06:20. > :06:26.Also, hip-hop hound Baragua the rapper. -- PaRappa the Rapper. It
:06:26. > :06:29.became a quick hit. Soni improved on that, launching the best-selling
:06:30. > :06:35.console ever which boasted a DVD player and state-of-the-art 3D
:06:35. > :06:43.graphics. The PlayStation 22, all comers. Sony announced the follow-
:06:43. > :06:50.up in 2005. -- PlayStation 22, all colours. When the PlayStation 3
:06:51. > :06:58.Lloyd's in 2006, but had a Blu-ray player. The landscape has shifted
:06:58. > :07:04.dramatically and not in Soni's favour. It launched at a very high
:07:04. > :07:10.price point. It was not a very strong on -- strong launch in terms
:07:10. > :07:17.what was being offered. Blu-ray was a bit of fun unproven quantity.
:07:17. > :07:27.They hit a few dead ends along the way. They went quite hard on
:07:27. > :07:28.
:07:28. > :07:34.backing it. For Soni, it was a fall from gaming grace. The PlayStation
:07:34. > :07:41.3 is currently in third place in a race between the X-Box 360 Andy
:07:41. > :07:48.Nintendo Wii. They have still sold a pretty decent number of the
:07:48. > :07:56.consoles. About 70 million. Video games consoles are like dogs, they
:07:56. > :08:00.age quickly. The Nintendo Wii and exports 360 are well due for
:08:00. > :08:05.replacement. Nintendo has already launched their Wii U. It is finding
:08:05. > :08:10.it tough to replicate the success of its predecessor. It set a
:08:10. > :08:14.challenging benchmark for them about what you would expect. The
:08:14. > :08:19.expected to go like a rocket and be in every living room. That is not
:08:19. > :08:24.the way it is at the launch of a console. Even the Nintendo Wii took
:08:24. > :08:29.a while. What happens is, they have to release more games, get the
:08:29. > :08:34.device in people's hands. Sony can avoid some of that by getting the
:08:34. > :08:41.right price.. They have to make sure they know who their con Sumer
:08:41. > :08:46.is. -- pres point. To regain its crown as king of the consoles, but
:08:46. > :08:52.they held an event in New York City. It could be the making or breaking
:08:52. > :09:01.of them as a console manufacturer. After weeks of speculation, surely
:09:01. > :09:05.it had arrived. The new console. And next-generation software.
:09:05. > :09:10.PlayStation 4. Well, it is a low over the new console at least.
:09:10. > :09:15.was keen to talk about the new machine. A moment of truth and a
:09:15. > :09:20.bold step forward for PlayStation as a company. We will show you the
:09:20. > :09:25.many ways in which the living room is no longer the centre of the
:09:25. > :09:31.PlayStation ecosystem. And talk. The presentation lasses for two
:09:31. > :09:37.hours. Apart from a local, they held off on showing us what the new
:09:37. > :09:46.console would look like. They did, however, reveal what will reside
:09:46. > :09:52.inside the so far unseen machine. At its heart, a processor, ex 86.
:09:52. > :09:57.The graphics chip are courtesy of AMD. It will have a hard drive.
:09:57. > :10:02.Very similar specification to a desktop PC. That could be very good
:10:02. > :10:06.news. The PlayStation 3 is notoriously difficult to write
:10:06. > :10:14.games for. The PlayStation 4 should be easier for developers to work
:10:14. > :10:19.with. It was a conscious choice to adapt a PC based architecture. We
:10:19. > :10:23.felt that if we were able to achieve a sort of new sense of game
:10:23. > :10:28.designing experience and get the Phyllis participation of the
:10:28. > :10:36.community, we needed a very familiar Architecture. One that
:10:36. > :10:45.would take years of development. new consul was not the always
:10:45. > :10:52.surprise that Sony had up its sleeve. The DualShock controller
:10:52. > :10:57.with its rumble feature has served all the PlayStation since 1997.
:10:57. > :11:03.Along with the new console, a new controller, too. This is for givers
:11:03. > :11:09.to poke and prod at. I have the pleasure of sharing with you the
:11:09. > :11:14.new controller for the first time. He it is. The DualShock 4.
:11:14. > :11:21.APPLAUSE The new DualShock includes a touch pad which works much like
:11:21. > :11:27.the back of the PlayStation the third. -- PlayStation Vita. It also
:11:27. > :11:32.as Saudi PlayStation Move motion controller. -- also acts like the.
:11:32. > :11:37.Dave Perry explains some of the social features. His cloud gaming
:11:38. > :11:42.company Gaikai was purchased by Sorell last year for $380 million.
:11:42. > :11:46.Technology will play a key part of the story. Players can invite
:11:46. > :11:49.friends to connect to their machine and take control of their character.
:11:49. > :11:54.They can invite several friends to watch like progress. This
:11:54. > :11:57.technology will be used to allow you PlayStation 4 games to be
:11:57. > :12:02.streamed and played on the PlayStation Vita handheld console.
:12:02. > :12:07.Sony showed what they should look like with a demonstration of
:12:07. > :12:12.Killzone Shadow Fall, first-person shooter and a look at Drive Club. A
:12:12. > :12:17.bit better in terms of graphics but not a giant leap. As well as not
:12:17. > :12:23.showing as -- us the machine, Sony was not keen on telling us how much
:12:24. > :12:27.it would cost either. We want to launch in 2013. In terms of the
:12:27. > :12:31.Pacific current cost, we are not in a position to talk about price
:12:31. > :12:38.point just yet. We always talk about that closer to the launch of
:12:38. > :12:42.the new platform. Nintendo has already launched the Wii U.
:12:42. > :12:47.Soni has shown us what it has in store for its next consul. They
:12:47. > :12:51.will find out what Microsoft will do about replacing the exports the
:12:51. > :12:56.61st. The story does not end there. Three new players have entered the
:12:56. > :13:00.arcade, all vying for the attention of gamers and for their hard-earned
:13:00. > :13:05.cash. All of them are trying to make it to the top of the highs
:13:05. > :13:10.were tabled. Perhaps most famous for manufacturing graphics cards
:13:10. > :13:16.and chips but, NVIDIA has announced its intention to get in on the
:13:16. > :13:26.console game. Jen-Hsun Huang showcase the company's new games
:13:26. > :13:29.
:13:29. > :13:39.bad. It is Android-powered. It is called Shield. Then, Text data and
:13:39. > :13:41.
:13:41. > :13:46.Ouya. Also, Val planets Steam Box concept. A lot of money. A lot of
:13:46. > :13:52.high-profile failures have happened in the past. I think Steam as the
:13:52. > :13:57.best chance. But taking get a powerful machine out for $300, --
:13:57. > :14:04.if they can get. They could do very well. They will have to decide how
:14:04. > :14:11.they will approach the market. Low- price and accessible. Also, tapping
:14:11. > :14:16.into the Android market, a lot of games. It is early to say but I did
:14:17. > :14:23.not write off Soni, Nintendo or X- Box. The next generation is almost
:14:23. > :14:27.upon us. So far, the big boys, playing by tried-and-tested rules.
:14:27. > :14:37.All were regaining public has the power to take them all the new
:14:37. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:44.players in the game to the next It will not be long before
:14:44. > :14:50.Microsoft unveils it responds. The third generation a Xbox. Why not
:14:50. > :14:56.tell us your thoughts on the new regime? E-mail us at Click or you
:14:56. > :15:00.can tweet us. Next is the Tech News. Following in the footsteps of
:15:00. > :15:04.Facebook and Twitter, Apple is the next high-profile company to have
:15:04. > :15:10.some of its computer systems hat. After being criticised for being
:15:10. > :15:15.slow to react, it has updated to fix the vulnerabilities in Java,
:15:15. > :15:19.the popular language allowing machines to be infected in the
:15:19. > :15:23.first place. Staying with hacking, the Chinese military has responded
:15:23. > :15:29.angrily to accusations it was responsible for a series of cyber
:15:29. > :15:34.attacks around the world. Mandiant has reported on hundreds and traced
:15:34. > :15:37.some back to China and said the government was aware of it. A
:15:37. > :15:41.spokeswoman from the US government said hacking came up with nearly
:15:41. > :15:47.every meeting they had with Chinese officials. The Chinese defence
:15:47. > :15:52.ministry said China was also a victim of hacking. Following the 4
:15:52. > :15:56.G launch by EE, the UK has finally auctioned off more of its airways
:15:56. > :16:03.to make way for more high-speed data. The sell-off saw four are
:16:03. > :16:07.more providers by chance of spectrum. That reduces on those
:16:07. > :16:12.networks with handset and tariffs could get faster mobile downloads
:16:12. > :16:19.and better coverage. But proceeds were disappointing, raising �1
:16:19. > :16:25.billion less than the �3.5 billion the government planned on a
:16:25. > :16:30.fraction of the price they got when they sold off 3G. And crew cool has
:16:30. > :16:35.released Project Glass, seen from a user's point of view.
:16:35. > :16:43.-- Google. It is still in development but it is seen giving
:16:43. > :16:53.out useful information and access in social feeds. It is looking to
:16:53. > :16:53.
:16:53. > :16:57.take part in the beta release. When it comes to taking photos, one
:16:57. > :17:03.of these does not give bad results these days. You can take a
:17:03. > :17:10.smartphone photo and print it out. But there is always someone who
:17:10. > :17:20.wants to go a little bit further. Like taking the largest photograph
:17:20. > :17:24.
:17:24. > :17:28.in the world. LJ Rich reports from 177 metres above the bustling
:17:28. > :17:37.metropolis that is London, there is a world record attempt in full flow
:17:37. > :17:41.and it requires a real photo finish. This is the 29th floor of the BT
:17:41. > :17:46.Tower. Behind the is one of the camera's going through tests ready
:17:46. > :17:50.for its attempt at the world record tomorrow. Each camera will take
:17:50. > :17:54.13,000 pictures and the resulting Panorama stitched together is going
:17:54. > :18:00.to be the largest photograph in the world. What could possibly go
:18:00. > :18:07.wrong? As a communications tower, the building sends and receives
:18:07. > :18:11.microwave signals, so it has been designed to move as little as
:18:11. > :18:16.possible. 100mph were winds move this platform a near 12 inches. The
:18:16. > :18:22.result of all of this work will be a massive 300 gigapixel panoramic
:18:22. > :18:26.photograph of London. The company behind this wants to update their
:18:26. > :18:32.old 80 gigapixel picture of London taken three years ago. In order to
:18:32. > :18:36.break the record, there is quite a bit of equipment involved. There
:18:36. > :18:42.are four Canon 7D cameras, each fitted with 400 millimetres lenses
:18:42. > :18:46.and converters attached for even more zoom. Each photo will be 18
:18:46. > :18:51.megapixel speak. The cameras are mounted on a 3D stereoscopic lays a
:18:51. > :18:56.robot that moves them around incredibly accurately to within
:18:56. > :19:01.5,000th of a degree. They will be moving constantly and will have to
:19:01. > :19:07.focus, shoot and fire 13,000 times successfully. That is a challenge
:19:07. > :19:11.for any machine and its operator. We need the area to be clear her
:19:11. > :19:18.with an 800 millimetres lens you can see far. But if the air does
:19:18. > :19:22.not make you, it will not be much that you can see. If it misses
:19:22. > :19:27.pictures, it will make the process much more difficult. There is a
:19:27. > :19:33.fair amount of overlap. 30% between each picture. But the lens only
:19:33. > :19:38.sees about one degree. If the wind blows the camera at all, it might
:19:38. > :19:43.blow the camera completely out of position. It took six attempts to
:19:43. > :19:48.get the satisfactory set of snaps and the project took up nearly
:19:48. > :19:52.three terror bytes of data, equivalent to over one third of a
:19:52. > :20:02.million phone pictures. They decided to shoot J paedophiles
:20:02. > :20:05.because the larger format would be too much to deal with. -- JPEG.
:20:06. > :20:10.Stitching the images together sounds impossible by hand. Luckily,
:20:10. > :20:17.a computer takes most of the strange. The whole panorama takes
:20:17. > :20:22.about 200 hours of time on a computer with a massive 256 gigs of
:20:22. > :20:27.RAM. About 56 times as powerful as a half-decent computer. And here is
:20:27. > :20:34.the completed picture. You can see detail up to around six miles away.
:20:34. > :20:40.Each photo represents one degree of the finished Panorama. There are 85
:20:40. > :20:45.roads altogether. The numbers add up to a breathtaking 320 gigapixel.
:20:45. > :20:49.With 36 megapixel cameras already out there, it is likely this world
:20:49. > :20:58.record will be short-lived. Right now, there is just enough time to
:20:59. > :21:04.sit back and enjoy the very expansive view.
:21:04. > :21:08.L J which with what is for the moment at least the world's largest
:21:08. > :21:14.photograph. -- LJ Rich. If you would like to explore the
:21:14. > :21:23.massive Panorama for yourself, you can add our website.
:21:23. > :21:29.Moving on. Writing as smartphone app is the new way to become a
:21:29. > :21:34.millionaire. If your name is Rovio, you will be pulling in around $100
:21:34. > :21:44.billion a year. Backs to Angry to
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:21:49. > :21:53.If you have a great idea for an app, you will probably need to call in
:21:53. > :21:58.the professionals to make anything complicated. But if you just want
:21:58. > :22:06.to deliver basic content like a new speed or videos sourced from other
:22:06. > :22:16.sides, AppMakr it is air -- an attractive option and super easy to
:22:16. > :22:19.The android and windows phone bill the lead to submit an app for
:22:19. > :22:24.publishing free but good luck making an android user who is happy
:22:24. > :22:30.with these permissions. Those provisions to look pretty invasive
:22:30. > :22:34.and there has been some discussion about them on the website's Forum.
:22:34. > :22:37.It is down to programme shortcuts to make it easier to produce across
:22:37. > :22:43.a range of handsets rather than anything more sinister. Worth
:22:43. > :22:47.noting the android tool is still eat beta phase so ugly things like
:22:47. > :22:51.this will get sorted out in time. You can build an eyeless at free
:22:51. > :22:55.but you will have to pay around $100 a year for a developer's
:22:55. > :23:00.account with Apple if you want to publish it. I can't tell you
:23:00. > :23:04.anything else about publishing an act with Apple because the terms of
:23:04. > :23:09.service forbids it. The freak AppMakr account includes ads and
:23:09. > :23:17.there are reasonably priced upgrades if you want to add more
:23:17. > :23:24.features. -- the free. For an meatier app, there are a growing
:23:24. > :23:29.number of services that allow you to craft a bespoke at the with a
:23:29. > :23:39.sliding prescription if you pick up a lot of users. Ripples at/is a
:23:39. > :23:39.
:23:39. > :23:42.nice one that is easy to use and their least -- fairly priced.
:23:42. > :23:46.Before going be paid service route, it is worth noting that only a
:23:46. > :23:52.small fraction of the apps uploaded to the stores every year actually
:23:52. > :23:56.make any money. Make sure you have an idea that is really going to fly
:23:57. > :24:01.before deciding to plough lots of cash into it. I also like the look
:24:01. > :24:05.of Conduit's app builder which has pricing options for many different
:24:05. > :24:15.users, including people we just want to offer readers and app
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:24:32. > :24:37.Secure start and finish points and filling the gaps along the way. You
:24:37. > :24:42.can choose between four modes of transport and filled the hotels buy
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:24:46. > :24:51.planning a long road trip and want to pick the perfect resting places
:24:51. > :24:56.along the way. There are over 250,000 hotels registered, with one
:24:56. > :25:00.quick access to book a room. If you don't like the look of a place, you
:25:00. > :25:05.just click it to delete it. If a route takes you close to some way
:25:05. > :25:08.you want to visit, pick up the Green Line and drop it somewhere
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:25:13. > :25:23.add photographs to the timeline, this is a great offering for the
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:25:33. > :25:36.Smash hit android keyboard apps Swiftkey has released a new update,
:25:36. > :25:40.adding a feature designed to make it even easier and faster to
:25:40. > :25:44.gesture type by guiding your fingers across the touchscreen to
:25:44. > :25:48.write whole phrases in 60 supported languages, making use of the
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:25:57. > :26:07.you to try it for 30 days, with an upgrade to be paid out if you want
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:26:08. > :26:13.Following for a very -- and meteorite hit in Russia last week
:26:13. > :26:17.and shortly after the asteroid known as 2012 DA14 buzzing the
:26:17. > :26:22.planet closer than any in more than one century, you might be wondering
:26:22. > :26:27.what else is flying about in space. Asterank .com has the answer
:26:27. > :26:31.roughly speaking, having compiled an estimated economic and
:26:31. > :26:37.scientific catalogue of over 500,000 asteroids in our Solar
:26:37. > :26:45.System. It might be a sobering thought that so much stuff is
:26:45. > :26:50.flying about over our heads but the 3D animation is rather beautiful.
:26:50. > :26:55.Kate Russell's Webscape. If you would like to suggest a website or
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:27:00. > :27:07.would like to comment on anything else you have seen, those addresses
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:27:12. > :27:22.Feel free to go there. That's it for this week. Thank you for
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:27:36. > :27:40.Another cold and frosty start in the morning. Plenty of cloud as
:27:40. > :27:44.well. That could be thick enough to produce a few more snow showers.
:27:44. > :27:49.The chance they could be on the significant side across north-east
:27:49. > :27:54.England and North Yorkshire. Up to five centimetres in spots. But some
:27:54. > :27:59.will stay completely dry. Snow flurries elsewhere, mostly
:27:59. > :28:06.insignificant. The best of the brightness in western areas. Winds
:28:06. > :28:10.strongest to the south-east corner. It is here where the wind chill
:28:10. > :28:16.will be present. The winds across this part of the UK will strengthen
:28:16. > :28:21.further into Sunday. Another cold day. Most likely to see snow