Olympics
RSS OlympicsSilverlight 3 gets Mac friendly
News SVP of digital media at NBC Sports and Olympics, Perkins Miller, said his network will be using Microsoft's Silverlight to offer 720p HD streaming of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. As well as... [19 Mar 2009]
Photos: Take a tour of the Olympic Park
Photo Teams of techies and construction crews are working around the clock to transform this muddy construction site into an Olympics venue fit for the 21st century. BT recently revealed it is investing 640,000 man hours in... [18 Mar 2009]
Greenwich puts PCs on a diet
News The IT network will also support online services for use by visitors to the London 2012 Olympics, with two venues, the O2 dome and Greenwich Park, falling within the London borough. Greenwich Council has replaced almost... [12 Mar 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.03.09
Round-Up This is kind of like the Olympics, except fewer muscles and more neckties. You may be shocked at this revelation but trade show keynotes can be rather dusty affairs. At the best of times, they lack as much interest as... [06 Mar 2009]
Olympics IT gets lean, mean and green
News Virtualisation is one option being considered by the Games' organisers in order to cut the number of servers used at the Olympics. The London Games will also make greater use of remote information systems than any... [05 Mar 2009]
Drunk Facebook pics, iPlayer, BT and outsourcing hotspots
News Why BT is panicking about the 2012 Olympics February started with a silicon.com exclusive that discovered UK police officers and border guards had no way of reading the information stored on ID cards' chips. [05 Mar 2009]
Why BT is panicking about the 2012 Olympics
News Telco BT has revealed the Olympic-sized challenge it faces in ensuring the comms infrastructure behind London's 2012 Olympic Games hits the ground running and finishes its laps without a hitch. Speaking at the annual CMA conference in... [26 Feb 2009]
Winter Olympics tech on track for gold
News A year before the Winter Olympics in Vancouver get underway the Games' technological backbone is nearing the finish line. The 2010 Games will depend on the 13 computer systems handling everything from streaming results... [13 Feb 2009]
The Guardian goes Google Apps
Case Study The experience of The Guardian's reporters during the Beijing Olympics in August last year also showed the value of being able to access corporate applications away from the London office. The Guardian News and Media... [12 Feb 2009]
Oyster deal lights touchpaper for new tech makeover
News There are now six million Oyster cards in use and TfL says the Oyster system could play a part at the London 2012 Olympics. Transport for London's (TfL) decision to switch suppliers for its Oyster smartcard public... [16 Jan 2009]
Nortel UK in administration - but still in the Games
News Nortel, having filed in the US for bankruptcy protection this week, has decided to put its UK operation under administration. Its position as official network infrastructure provider for the London 2012 Olympic Games is not currently... [16 Jan 2009]
Photo: Policing the depths of the Tube
Photo Chief executive of the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), chief constable Peter Neyroud, said the system could be easily expanded to support extra users during the London 2012 Olympics. We are going to build in... [14 Jan 2009]
London Olympics cyber cops hit the ground running
News We are already seeing fraudulent websites exploiting the Olympics and we are considering what potential there is for hacking or extortion linked to DDoS attacks," she told silicon.com at the IT Directors Disaster... [13 Jan 2009]
Tech in pictures: The best of 2008
Photo In 2008 silicon.com has crossed the globe; delved beneath the streets of London; taken to the skies; travelled back in time; marked the departure of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates; seen the launch of the MacBook Air and the not so... [11 Dec 2008]
iPhone vs BlackBerry, Dan Dare and wi-fi on trains
News Cyber security at the Beijing Olympics In November silicon.com waded in to settle the thorny issue of which smartphone is better for business: the BlackBerry or the iPhone. The UK's most influential CIOs revealed whether... [01 Dec 2008]
