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News The Future Firecrest programme has seen 3,000 computers installed at FCO offices in London and Milton Keynes, with new machines and infrastructure planned at FCO sites in Athens, Tbilisi in Georgia, and The Hague from... [07 Jul 2008]
Beijing 2008 Olympics IT gets ready for the big freeze
News The IT team has made a few changes since the Athens games - for example hardware is all now preconfigured before it goes to the venues. With less than 100 days remaining before the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympics,... [13 May 2008]
US web stranglehold challenged
News Speaking at the opening of a four-day UN summit in Athens Yoshio Utsumi criticised the current rules for overseeing domain names and internet addresses, stressing that poorer nations are dissatisfied and are hoping that... [30 Oct 2006]
Greek police seize alleged 'spammer'
News He said: "I have been told my computer is in Athens, supposedly the crime units are looking at it but they haven't even asked for my administration password - they would need this to get into all the administration... [07 Nov 2005]
2012 London Olympics: 2,000 IT volunteers needed
News I've worked in Salt Lake, Athens and Sydney but it gives you a different perspective in your home country," he said. For the Athens games last year Atos Origin had around 1,400 of its own staff along... [06 Jul 2005]
2005 e-government deadline will be hit
News It's like [the build up to] the Athens Olympics - it will happen next year but there is the question of what it will look like," said James Hehir, chief executive of Ipswich Borough Council, speaking at the Government UK... [24 Nov 2004]
Phishing netting more surfers
News Forsyth said a prime example was during the Olympic Games in Athens when a fraudulent website was asking for donations to help disabled athletes participate in the Paralympic Games. The number of phishing websites is... [12 Oct 2004]
Janet Jackson's boob holding TiVo record
News The incident remains atop the TiVo replay heap, despite notable televised events that have been broadcast since then, including the summer Olympic Games in Athens, a picture-perfect scenario for TiVo users. [30 Sep 2004]
Athens Olympics: Samsung phones faster than athlete's feet
News Samsung has distributed about 14,000 mobile phones and created a special network at the Olympics this year to demonstrate how phones are often faster than feet. The Korean electronics giant, one of the corporate partners for the Games,... [19 Aug 2004]
Olympic opportunities for pacy punters
News And with the danger that there may be little for Brits to cheer in Athens, a win with the bookies may be our best chance of celebrating anything. UK online bookmaker Betfair is offering in-running betting during a range... [13 Aug 2004]
Biometrics used to keep German Olympians safe
News Eckhard van Deest, general manager of security solutions biometrics, NEC, said: "We are proud to be part of this project, because it means we can make a contribution to the security of our Olympic team in Athens. [11 Aug 2004]
Athens Olympics braced for wave of cyberattacks
News The Athens Olympics organisers are bracing themselves for a wave of cyberattacks once the games are under way, but insist that a physical breach of security still represents the biggest threat. Atos Origin said the... [20 May 2004]
Autonomy makes Athens 2004 win
News Autonomy is to provide software to run the security infrastructure at the Olympic games this summer in a "sizeable" deal. And the company has turned in booming figures for the first quarter, with revenue up 37 per cent on the first... [21 Apr 2004]
Bill Gates has set his sights on your phone
News In an application demonstrated on the Athens PC prototype during his speech, Gates showed how a picture of a caller, emails on the PC from that caller, and a history of interaction with that caller could all be displayed... [07 May 2003]
Microsoft and HP put comms at heart of PC prototype
News The companies on Monday night released information on Athens, a new prototype desktop PC designed to handle business communications, ahead of the start of Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in... [06 May 2003]
