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whitepaper The result is the Virgin Vault, a highly extensible digital music listening station that also allows customers to watch video clips and preview games. Since its inception, Virgin Megastores has been viewed on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean as an...
[11 May 2008]
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]
Comment Even though it is still months to the games, the IT team is in the process of freezing the software - getting to the point at which no more changes to the code will be allowed so that they aren't derailed by unexpected, last-minute problems.
[08 May 2008]
News Getting the technology behind the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games up and running has been more of a marathon rather than a 100m sprint. But each Olympic Games has its own requirements, explained Patrick Adiba, Atos Origin executive vice president of...
[08 May 2008]
Photo silicon.com has been given a behind-the-scenes tour of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games venues and technology infrastructure. These two giant venues are both located on Beijing's Olympic Green, which is also home to the team charged with making sure...
[07 May 2008]
whitepaper Equity Marketing, promotions agency for Burger King, approached Microsoft to produce three Burger King-branded Xbox games to sell exclusively at company locations in North America for only $3.99 each - a fraction of the typical cost of a retail...
[02 May 2008]
whitepaper It's hard to deny the allure of visually immersive video games. Nissan is the third largest japanese automobile manufacturer. The consumer-geared potential for that progressive technology goes far beyond gaming - it opens doors for people who use...
[02 May 2008]
News Another reader reminisced about the ZX Spectrum's little quirks, saying: "I just remember having to get the volume absolutely right for the games to load! And one anonymous reader said the reason they purchased the Spectrum was so "the younger...
[30 Apr 2008]
Comment I just remember having to get the volume absolutely right for the games to load! Comments came flying in on this, some cheering for the winner, while some were a little miffed their favourite didn't feature on the poll… And from old computers to...
[24 Apr 2008]
Comment Magazines dedicated pages and pages to hundreds of lines of code that enthusiasts could use to program their own games and other applications. I'm not sure whether the games consoles that followed will lead to the same flowing of innovation or fond...
[22 Apr 2008]
Case Study The contract Atos Origin has with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the largest IT contract in sport and Beijing will be the fourth games where the company has run the IT infrastructure - the first being the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt...
[16 Apr 2008]
News Tesco hopes to make all tracks available in MP3 format by the end of the year while there will also be more than a hundred free Flash games on offer at the launch. There are also plans to expand Tesco Digital to TV, films and games in the near future.
[15 Apr 2008]
whitepaper From voice & data to games, music & video, it is all about expanding the user experience with personalized, dynamic content & services. The attendee of this webcast will learn how HP OpenCall solutions hold the key.
[14 Apr 2008]
whitepaper This paper introduces the idea of using games to traverse smoothly from an informally defined design in UML to one that is verifiable. UML has its origin in mainstream software engineering and is often used informally by software designers.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) and .Net Compact Framework follow different design philosophies and target different developer communities. However, both have important places in the future world of pervasive computing.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Dave Wagner is Engine & Tools Director for Sammy Studios, Inc.an interactive entertainment company that creates and distributes video games. Many of the company's programmers were using a popular diagramming tool to create UML diagrams for video...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper The MELISA platform aims at the cross media broadcasting of sports events featuring interactive advertising and sports-related games over digital television and next generation mobile network infrastructures.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Mixed-mode SOC (system-on-chip) designs cover a wide spectrum of applications, including areas as diverse as television, datacomm, fingerprint sensors, electronic games, electronic supermarket-shelf tags, and many others.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Employees installing and using unauthorized applications like Instant Messaging, VoIP, games and peer-to-peer file-sharing applications cause many businesses serious concern. This paper looks at why it is important to control such applications...
[08 Apr 2008]
whitepaper The Intel Laptop Gaming TDK 2.0 provides a new set of simple APIs to helping game developers integrate their network games into Ad-Hoc networks easily. Developers can focus their effort on their game development rather than network management.
[03 Apr 2008]
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