olympic games in news
Olympics a non-starter for office workers
News The majority of Olympic devotees say they will watch results updated online while in the office and only one in 20 polled say they will watch online video. While China prepares for a frenzy of co-ordinated enthusiasm for the Beijing Olympics, three... [08 Aug 2008]
Superfast London Olympic network gets underway
News A network capable of streaming the equivalent of 50,000 DVDs every second is being built for the London 2012 Olympic games. Paul Deighton, CEO of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, says the network needs to... [31 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News Black said that eventually "threat prints" could be developed by analysing potential targets, such as the London 2012 Olympic Games, and developing a model of potential terrorist behaviour. In a speech at the Homeland & Border Security Conference... [04 Jul 2008]
Offshoring: India still number one
News On the other hand, the investment into Beijing's infrastructure and the environment for the upcoming Olympic Games has sharpened the city's competitive edge, she added. In the beginnings of Beijing Games [27 Jun 2008]
ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk
News ID cards will be introduced for foreign nationals from the end of this year and for airport and Olympic games workers from next year. The national ID card database must not be used to turn the UK into a surveillance society, MPs have warned. [09 Jun 2008]
Lenovo puts Olympic tech through its paces
News According to Alice Li, Lenovo's vice president of Olympic marketing, the Bocog (Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad) will, during this rehearsal, "hit the 'on' switch, implementing all the technology systems and look... [30 May 2008]
Qwerty vs touch, WFH, iPhone 2.0, Segway madness
News Also going large this month were behind-the-scenes photos of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games venues and IT infrastructure. Photos: Beijing Olympics 2008 - tech keeping the games on track This month the BlackBerry vs iPhone war reached near boiling... [30 May 2008]
Beijing 2008 Olympics IT gets ready for the big freeze
News Atos Origin is the worldwide IT partner for the Olympic Games, overseeing the infrastructure which features 10,000 PCs, 1,000 servers and 5,000 results systems terminals, as well as a suite of applications for managing the games and publishing the... [13 May 2008]
The tech behind the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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]
Beijing airport gets in shape for Olympics
News Beijing's new $3bn airport terminal has completed the rollout of a major part of its IT infrastructure ahead of the Olympic Games in August. Beijing is due to host the Olympic Games in August and has built the new terminal at Beijing Capital... [31 Mar 2008]
Microsoft Silverlight makes pact with Nokia
News Microsoft has been signing on content partners to use Silverlight for media streaming, including MLB.com and online Olympic games broadcasting with NBC. Microsoft's Silverlight browser plug-in will be bringing videos and other rich media to Nokia... [04 Mar 2008]
Accenture calculator: How green is your data centre?
News In London commercial power is being capped until the Olympic Games, this is a really big business problem because companies are not able to meet demand in the same way. Data centres are computational workhorses which can greedily gobble up to 100... [30 Jan 2008]
Top 10 retail IT stories of the year
News The organisers pledged to make the event the most environmentally friendly Olympic Games ever, although no specific IT programmes have been laid out yet. According to the organising committee's new media head, it will also make full use of... [19 Dec 2007]
Ofcom grapples with 2012 Olympic spectrum
News Ofcom has published a consultation document on the spectrum requirements for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Ofcom's chief executive, Ed Richards, said in a statement: "We can't see it, hear it or touch it but radio spectrum is absolutely essential... [30 Nov 2007]
Lenovo dropping IBM logo two years early
News Lenovo is running a "Best Engineered PCs" advertising campaign and plans to use global sponsorship of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games to establish its brand more firmly. Lenovo plans to stop using the IBM logo on its products, with a complete... [05 Nov 2007]
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