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Olympics tech team gets ready to put London 2012 IT through its paces
News With just over 1,000 days to go until the start of the 2012 London Olympics, the team in charge of the Games' tech is poised for the real work to get underway. By the end of this year the consortium will have largely... [27 Oct 2009]
Olympics IT gets lean, mean and green
News The tech is aimed at reducing unnecessary travel by journalists and using less paper than the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where seven million sheets were printed out. Virtualisation is one option being... [05 Mar 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... [12 Feb 2009]
London Olympics cyber cops hit the ground running
News During the Beijing Olympics, Atos Origin handled 12 million security alerts per day and it will conduct more than 200,000 hours of testing on the London Games systems, starting in 2010. We are already... [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 Two security chiefs at the Beijing Olympic Games IT partner Atos Origin told how they dealt with 12 million alerts every day and kept the Games IT... [01 Dec 2008]
London Olympics puts IT on a diet
News Atos Origin handled 12 million security alerts per day at the Beijing Olympics using its proprietary monitoring systems and will conduct more than 200,000 hours of testing on the London Games systems,... [26 Nov 2008]
Protecting the Beijing Olympics from hackers
News The security team behind the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games have revealed how they found the real risks hidden within the millions of alerts they received every day. At the RSA Conference 2008 in London, Vladan Todorovic,... [30 Oct 2008]
2012 Olympics 'like a digital Queen's coronation'
News The Beijing games fuelled an explosion in internet traffic, with a total of 38 million video streams watched over the course of the 2008 Olympics and BBC Sport becoming the tenth most visited site in the... [23 Oct 2008]
Dell targets China, India with PC range
News See what happened when silicon.com editor Steve Ranger went to visit the Beijing Olympics venues. Dell unveiled several new computers yesterday made specifically for emerging PC markets like China and... [28 Aug 2008]
Beijing Olympic diary: Closing ceremonies
Comment See what happened when silicon.com editor Steve Ranger went to visit the Beijing Olympics venues. Although I'm looking forward to the new challenge, it will be hard to top the Olympics... [27 Aug 2008]
Beijing Olympic diary: Producing results
Comment See photos of silicon.com editor Steve Ranger's visit to the Beijing Olympics' venues. See what happened when silicon.com editor Steve Ranger went to visit the Beijing... [19 Aug 2008]
Editor's Blog: Tech goes for Olympic gold
Comment And to be honest I reckon silicon.com deserves a gold medal for its coverage of the Beijing Olympics so far. See what happened when silicon.com editor Steve Ranger went to visit the... [13 Aug 2008]
Beijing Olympics diary: Live coverage
Comment See what happened when silicon.com editor Steve Ranger went to visit the Beijing Olympics venues. See photos of silicon.com's editor Steve Ranger's visit to the Beijing... [12 Aug 2008]
Apple iPhone gets Google Translate service
News Asked whether the translation service's release was timed to coincide with the opening of the Beijing Olympics, the spokesperson said the timing was "serendipitous", adding: "We launch things when... [11 Aug 2008]
