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RSS world cup in newsHappy 10th birthday, silicon.com
News Just a week later France defeated Brazil 3-0 to win the 1998 World Cup.silicon.com's editor Steve Ranger said: "It's a great milestone for us to hit. Happy birthday, silicon.com - your favourite business and technology publication is 10 years old. [07 Jul 2008]
Fifa World Cup to get high-tech makeover
News Indian IT company Satyam is promising to "transform" the way fans watch football on the back of its World Cup deal with the game's governing body Fifa. Photos: Introducing - the world's lightest mobile phone [23 Apr 2008]
Fifa kicks off improved web services
News Fifa's head of new media, Charles-Henry Contamine said: "It's basically the operational tool with which we manage the World Cup when it's going on.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Although the next World Cup isn't taking place until 2010, the... [03 Aug 2007]
Cashing in on the ATM revolution
News Other services could be offered at the ATM, such as the latest World Cup cricket scores printed out on a customer's receipt. It has become an indispensable part of daily life and yet, over the years, the technology has remained surprisingly static. [02 May 2007]
BFI throws open rare film archive
News Clips that can be viewed include the Queen's coronation, the 1966 World Cup final, the first ever episode of Blue Peter and the first pint pulled in Coronation Street at The Rovers Return. The British Film Institute (BFI) is using a 'digital... [22 Feb 2007]
Skype founders christen web TV venture
News One such company, TVU Networks, made a splash last summer by offering soccer fans the ability to watch World Cup matches on their PC. Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, the duo that brought the world Kazaa and Skype, have chosen a name for their new... [16 Jan 2007]
Microsoft trumpets software 'Olympics'
News Microsoft's competition to find the best student software designers around the world is now open, with $170,000 in prize money up for grabs in the fifth annual Imagine Cup. But be warned: your only chance of stepping off with a top prize is through... [23 Nov 2006]
Back to school rush boosts laptop sales
News Following a slower second quarter, blamed on the World Cup, EMEA PC shipments returned to healthier levels in the third quarter of this year, with year-on-year growth of 11.2 per cent, according to data from IDC. [23 Oct 2006]
Mobile big boys in mobile telly pact
News In other European territories, the German-owned operator has been experimenting with DVB-H and used it to broadcast live football during this year's World Cup. Three of the UK's biggest operators have signed up to a controversial mobile trial. [11 Oct 2006]
Mobile video to take off by 2009
News World Cup matches and clips streamed to mobiles proved popular during the 2006 tournament and earned the mobile industry as much as $300m by some estimates. Though it still has hurdles to clear, video on mobile phones will earn operators billions... [16 Aug 2006]
Vodafone: 'We're not snubbing 3G'
News We're second only to iTunes in terms of downloads.and the World Cup really put mobile TV on the map. Vodafone has denied it is giving 3G the cold shoulder, after weekend reports claimed the operator was slashing handset subsidies and abandoning its... [01 Aug 2006]
Zidane head butt leads surfers to malware
News If you still have questions about Zinedine Zidane's World Cup head butt, be careful where you look for answers on the web. Miscreants are using the incident in the World Cup final as bait to install malicious code onto the PCs of unwitting fans... [18 Jul 2006]
Plastic fantastic - the future of credit cards
News Shortly before Bobby Moore lifted the World Cup at Wembley 40 years ago, a small team of people in a converted Northampton shoe factory realised they were about to change the way people shop in the UK - with the credit card. [04 Jul 2006]
UK hits 3.3 billion text frenzy
News The approach of the World Cup may have also set thumbs racing. The MDA has found that text volumes jumped during Champions League and World Cup games, as fans managed to swap opinions without interrupting the matches. [27 Jun 2006]
World Cup 2006: Making IT happen
News But when you consider that budget is spent to support just one month's up-time it becomes clear why the Fifa World Cup Finals has been branded one of the world's largest - and most unique - IT projects. [20 Jun 2006]
