olympics in comment and analysis
Beijing Olympic diary: Closing ceremonies
Comment See what happened when silicon.com editor Steve Ranger went to visit the Beijing Olympics venues. Although smaller than the Olympics, it is still a big event with 20 sports and around 5,000 athletes. Other members of the team are heading to... [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 Olympics venues. The Paralympic Games start on 6 September so we really have... [19 Aug 2008]
Editor's Blog: Tech goes for Olympic gold
Comment I'm a big fan of the Olympics. 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 Beijing Olympics venues. [13 Aug 2008]
Beijing Olympics diary: Live coverage
Comment Given the extensive preparations for the Olympics, what could possibly stop the technology working? 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... [12 Aug 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 01.08.08
Round-Up But the Olympics might not be for those of you picked last in games - ah, the bitter memories still rankle like sand in the keyboard of a creaking laptop. It's not often the Round-Up gets riled. Well, other than at crying babies on planes, cars... [01 Aug 2008]
Beijing Olympics diary: Testing times…
Comment I am also eager to ensure that the team doesn't burn out before the Olympics begin. Clocks across the Chinese capital are ticking away what's left of the tech team's preparation time. Yet two major tasks remain to be completed, says Jeremy Hore... [21 Jul 2008]
Beijing Olympics diary: Serious games
Comment Just 46 days remain until the start of the Beijing Olympics. I am pleased with where we are because if you look back at the Athens Olympics we're better prepared than we were at the same point before those games. [23 Jun 2008]
Richard Steel
CIO Profile The council will also be at the centre of much of the regeneration surrounding the London 2012 Olympics. Richard Steel has been with Newham Borough Council since 1989, undertaking a variety of tech management roles before assuming the CIO role. [11 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... outsource vs insource, Naked CIO on open source, password overload…
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Video: How to manage tech complexity ¦ Photos: Beijing Olympics 2008 - tech keeping the games on track ¦ Video: Tackling security threats ... [08 May 2008]
Editor's Blog: The race to get the Olympic tech ready
Comment Of course, the Beijing Olympics hasn't happened yet, so we don't know how successful these preparations will be. I had a fascinating if rather rushed 46 hours in Beijing recently, getting a sneak preview of the 2008 Olympic venues - and meeting the... [08 May 2008]
Editor's Blog: Olympics as tech showcase?
Comment I've written and read a lot in the past few years about how the 2008 Beijing Olympics are very much about China's coming of age in terms of being a modern economy and in certain areas like technology. [07 Feb 2007]
2008 Olympics - the IT ground work in China
Comment We tend to view Olympics in terms of the individual sports, famous and not-so-famous competitors, maybe memories of the city hosting the four-yearly event. Hosting the Olympics is a big deal for any country and city. [31 Jul 2006]
Dan's China diary - day 7
Comment After the Olympics he's planning to be a company driver for a foreign investment company but you need English for that, apparently. He's learning English for the Olympics so more tourists will take his cab. [16 Jun 2006]
Dan's China diary - day 3
Comment Dan's feature on the 2008 Beijing Olympics and its IT will appear on silicon.com in mid-July. Eat duck tongue for lunch and interview the Olympics people. For in-depth coverage of this fact-finding trip inside China, including analysis and... [08 Jun 2006]
Leader: The lesson of DIY check-ins
Leader A press release that passed the silicon.com newsdesk this week spoke of the way in which Travelodge - the budget hotel operator which says it wants to be London's biggest hotelier in time for the 2012 Olympics - is using speech recognition... [25 Apr 2006]
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