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Photos: Bill Gates through the ages
Photo Shortly after this picture was taken the company signed a major contract with IBM to write software for a new line of computers. Not an auspicious start for a young William Gates who was caught speeding in Albuquerque, New Mexico in December 1977... [20 Jun 2008]
Photos: MoD tracks with deadly accuracy
Photo The Ministry of Defence has just signed a £30m contract with Thales UK to take charge of the devices, which have built-in GPS, thermal imaging and a 5km laser range finder. A UK army soldier tests out the surveillance system and range finder (SSARF). [18 Feb 2008]
Photos: 10 gadgets to wish for this Xmas
Photo For those not willing to shell out for an iPhone - and sign up for an 18-month contract with O2 - there is another way. RM Asus miniBook You'd think it's a bit of a stretch to call a laptop a gadget but not so with this dainty offering from Asus... [03 Dec 2007]
Photos: Steve Jobs and the UK iPhone launch
Photo The 8GB device will retail for £269, with three tariffs from £35 to £55 per month all on an 18-month contract, including 'unlimited' mobile data. Apple has confirmed O2 as the exclusive UK carrier for the iPhone, which will make its UK debut on 9... [18 Sep 2007]
Photos: The future of videoconferencing
Photo Regus is putting the finishing touches to a contract that will see the rollout of the videoconferencing technology across 50 of its sites around the globe. Videoconferencing has had many false dawns over the last couple of decades because of issues... [26 Jul 2007]
Photos: RNLI floats new pager system
Photo Broadcast and communications company Arqiva signed the three-year contract with the RNLI to source, acquire, test, roll out and maintain the pagers for the 230 lifeboat stations in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. [02 May 2007]
Photos: RFID, tablets, handhelds - going down the Tube
Photo Tube Lines is the consortium responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of all the infrastructure on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines under a 30-year contract with London Underground. Tube Lines is involved in a massive improvement... [01 May 2007]
Re:Viewing 2006: Photos of the year
Photo Most of the prisoners' print work will be for the HM Prison Service, though it's possible other government departments or outside businesses will contract work with them as well. 24 January 2006: silicon.com's Steve Ranger took a trip to Accenture... [20 Dec 2006]
Photos: MOT database targets illegal cars
Photo The 10-year £230m private finance initiative (PFI) contract was awarded by the Vehicle & Operator Services Agency (Vosa) to Siemens Business Services (SBS) in 2000. The MOT computerisation project is the single biggest change to the testing scheme... [07 Apr 2006]
Photos: Prisoners get tech training
Photo Most of the centre's work will be for the HM Prison Service, though it's possible other government departments or outside businesses will contract work with it as well. This is a sample of the types of brochures and pamphlets produced at the new... [09 Mar 2006]
Photos: Inside Dell's Irish build-to-order factory
Photo Desktops, by contract, take three or four minutes to build, while servers can take anywhere from 10 to 40 minutes, depending on the complexity of the system. The Dell manufacturing facility in Limerick, Ireland is one of seven factories where Dell... [04 Nov 2005]
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