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Photos: Second Life gets down to business
Photo You can watch a feed of the latest news on the screen in the atrium or pick up a head-up display for your avatar which you can then use to keep up to date with real world news while roving around the rest of Second Life. [31 Oct 2008]
Photos: A first glimpse of the ID card
Photo The cards are printed with the holder's name, date and place of birth, sex and nationality, as well as the card's expiry date, place and date of issue, type of permit and remarks. The... [25 Sep 2008]
Photos: From reel-to-reel to Blu-ray
Photo Bringing us bang up to date, TDK also showed off its Blu-ray technology in this small cinema area in the Life on Record trailer. Audio visual technology stalwart TDK showed off its history with its TDK Life on Record... [17 Sep 2008]
Photos: New Dell laptops shed the pounds
Photo The laptops are available now in the US but Dell has not yet announced a UK release date. This is the new Latitude family of ultra-portable laptops from Dell. The company has collaborated with almost 4,000 IT... [13 Aug 2008]
Photos: Bill Gates through the ages
Photo ¦ Photos: Top 5 Bill Gates moments ¦ Photos: The building of a data centre ¦ Photos: The best of Google Earth heralded the biggest Microsoft launch to date with fevered press coverage surrounding the Windows 95... [20 Jun 2008]
Photos: Say hello to Intel's little helpers
Photo Its 32-nanometer chipsets, set for production in 2009, enable more chips per wafer, faster transistors, and less energy per transistor than their 45-nanometer predecessors, which have been shipped inside 15 million computers to... [18 Jun 2008]
Photos: Lunar mobile phones preparing to soar
Photo The MoonLite orbiter would rely on a MeX propulsion system, seen here, and will be built using the expertise of BNSC satellite specialists from Guildford, who have built 27 satellites to date, with Nasa making the... [25 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off
Photo Ground crew can use PCs connected to the IP network to access up-to-date information on flights, passengers who have checked in and luggage issues. This is one of the 96 bag drop points air travellers will be using when... [12 Feb 2008]
Photos: BlackBerrys on the beat
Photo Mobile applications for shift briefing, crime tasking and intelligence reporting currently allow officers to access up-to-date intelligence in real-time, quickly identify suspects and update back-end systems directly. [08 Feb 2008]
Photos: Centro smart phone in Europe's Palm
Photo Palm is bringing its Centro smart phone to Europe - a handset it reckons is the smallest and lightest smart phone to date. The device weighs just over four ounces, and has a colour touchscreen and a Qwerty keyboard. [07 Feb 2008]
Photos: Floating computers keep an eye on the oceans
Photo The Met Office manages the UK part of the programme and has deployed around 230 Argo floats to date. The Met Office is taking part in a global programme to monitor the world's oceans to improve understanding of how they... [21 Nov 2007]
Photos of the month - October 2007
Photo Monday 15 October was the date for the fourth annual silicon.com CIO Forum - which brought together the cream of the UK's IT bosses for a conference on the theme of tech skills. The software behemoth was showing off a... [31 Oct 2007]
Photos: MoD unveils £80m IT health programme
Photo Twigg added: "Whether they [service personnel] are in Birmingham, Cyprus or the Falklands, [medical staff] will have access to up-to-date medical records. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has unveiled an £80m electronic... [02 Aug 2007]
Photos: The Millennium Dome goes high-tech
Photo We were able to use the latest technologies and the most up-to-date modules. This week silicon.com got a sneak preview of the new-look Dome. The 23,000-seat arena has been built by AEG and is sponsored by mobile operator... [22 Jun 2007]
Photos: IBM serves up Wimbledon in Second Life
Photo Ian Hughes, IBM metaverse evangelist, explained the data it gathers at the championships is used to power the website which keeps tennis fans up to date about the matches - and said moving into Second Life was an obvious... [18 Jun 2007]