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The Weekly Round-Up: 16.01.09
Round-Up Do you remember when the web was first a-twitter about a revolutionary product codenamed Ginger? A career in technology is full of glamour, excitement and many-coloured Ethernet cables. Sadly, given the long hours... [16 Jan 2009]
Leader: Oh, hello... the police have woken up
Leader Detective Inspector Paul Ginger clearly thought he was special and was targeted specifically when he told the BBC: "I was amazed to receive one of these messages on my work email. One industry expert told silicon.com... [16 Aug 2004]
5 years ago... BT trials high-speed ADSL media service
News A range of media companies will provide streamed content for BT Interactive, including the BBC, Flextech, Carlton Online, Pearson Television, ITN, and Chris Evans' Ginger Media Group. 10.12.1998: BT has stepped up its... [10 Dec 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.12.03
Round-Up Meanwhile, the US military this week announced plans to use the Segway Human Transporter (aka Ginger) as the basis for a battlefield robot. After learning his research paved the way for the creation of the atomic bomb,... [05 Dec 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.10.03
Round-Up Ginger would either have tunnelled under or jumped over the prison camp's perimeter fence and made good his escape to the White Cliffs. Ginger made it back to Blighty.and so ended literally dozens of war... [24 Oct 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.10.03
Round-Up A number of readers responded to our call to hear from people who have ridden the scooter formerly known as codename 'Ginger'. Oh dear. It would appear the Round-Up last week upset readers in the good old US of A. [10 Oct 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.10.03
Round-Up It's especially disappointing considering the tsunami of publicity that codename 'Ginger' rode on when news broke in January 2001 of the new invention that would "revolutionise cities and be bigger than the PC". [03 Oct 2003]
Glitch causes Ginger riders to fall off
News The scooterlike Segway devices, formerly known as Ginger, have generated enormous amounts of press attention but have not taken the transportation world by storm. Segway is recalling about 6,000 of its high-tech... [29 Sep 2003]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.03
Comment UK police forces are currently toying with the idea of putting our good old bobbies on the beat on Segway Human Transporters (or 'Ginger' as it was known during development). It's said that a week is a long time in IT. [16 May 2003]
UK police stand trial on Ginger scooters
News UK police officers have been trialling the Segway Human Transporter this week as they look at the possibility of using the space-aged scooters to patrol the streets of Britain. Policemen riding the SHT were on display on the streets of... [15 May 2003]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 04.04.03
Comment All you fans of the Segway Human Transporter (aka Ginger), the high-tech scooter which the unkind have called 'a strimmer on wheels', will be disappointed to learn that they're not exactly selling like hot cakes (or... [04 Apr 2003]
Ginger sales stall as reality replaces hype
News The Segway Human Transporter - the high-tech scooter otherwise known as Ginger - is proving to be an easier device to drive than to sell. Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, who reportedly attended the same meeting which prompted... [31 Mar 2003]
Segway update: Insurer offers third party, fire and 'Ginger'...
News A US insurance firm has announced a policy to cover the Segway Human Transporter - more notoriously referred to as 'Ginger' or 'It'. However, the forward-thinking financiers haven't impressed Segway's creators who insist... [20 Feb 2003]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 24.01.03
Comment American citizens will be able to get their hands on the Segway Human Transporter (aka Ginger) in March. Well think again - there are signs the authorities are beginning to take the matter seriously. Simon Vallor, a 22... [24 Jan 2003]
Re:Viewing 2002 - Whatever happened to the dot-coms?
News Perhaps hoping to further spice up its profits for the year, Amazon jumped the gun on the release of the long-awaited 'Ginger' scooter (aka The Segway Human Transporter) in September - emailing customers who had... [23 Dec 2002]
