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India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo El-E uses a custom-built omni-directional camera to see most of the room. This month silicon.com senior reporter Nick Heath visited India to check out the high-tech goings on in Hyderabad and Chennai. [29 Apr 2008]
Photos: Charles Babbage's masterpiece reincarnated
Photo The Myhrvold-commissioned Difference engine was shipped from London to the Computer History Museum in California in a custom-designed box - it took eight hours to pack up. The crew methodically pull each panel off the custom box the machine came in. [10 Apr 2008]
Photos: Robots, lasers, action
Photo El-E uses a custom-built omni-directional camera to see most of the room. You know the future has arrived when scientists bring together two staples of science fiction: lasers and robots. But rather than 50-tonne behemoths dealing death with a... [10 Apr 2008]
Photos: BlackBerrys on the beat
Photo The BlackBerrys can be used to access critical systems and applications while on the beat, including remote access to the Police National Computer, crime management system, intelligence database, warrants, Police National Legal Database and its... [08 Feb 2008]
Photos: Accenture waves goodbye to the wallet
Photo The custom built contactless payment terminal shown here demonstrates how NFC (near field communication) and RFID technology could soon allow phones to pay for goods and services, act as travel or gig tickets and transfer money between bank accounts. [31 Jan 2008]
Photos: Five mobile gadgets for cops
Photo The BlackBerry handsets will provide the force with direct access to back-end systems, such as the Police National Computer, warrants, the Police National Legal Database and its own custom-built briefings application. [27 Nov 2007]
Photos: Highlights from the silicon.com CIO Forum
Photo Perens had the tie custom-made. George Polk, the founder of The Cloud, delivering the keynote to a packed room of delegates, said Skype is a "joke" right now in the industry because it wasn't bought for its VoIP credentials.eBay's buyout of Skype... [28 Sep 2005]
