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Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals
Photo The modestly named Hero bot uses its spotlights and high resolution cameras to scan the underside of UK-bound lorries and coaches travelling through Calais - one of Europe's biggest ports. It might only be the size of a briefcase but an intelligent... [24 Jul 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers signal when storms are a-brewing
Photo As computing power burgeoned and satellite data has improved predictions have steadily increased in accuracy over the decades, with seven-day forecasts in Europe today having a better hit rate than five day forecasts in the early 1980s. [06 Jun 2008]
Photos: Welcome to futuristic shopping
Photo Fujitsu retail technology serves around 80 retailers and 16,000 stores across Europe, the Middle East and Africa and the company demonstrated some of the tech we could see on the high street in the near future. [04 Jun 2008]
Beijing Olympics, Google Earth, BlackBerry Bold and more
Photo Here is Europe and Africa in 2099 where the temperature increase ranges from about three degrees Celsius up to about 12 degrees. The multimedia device - called the HTC Touch Diamond - will be the first phone to the market running Windows Mobile 6.1... [30 May 2008]
Photos: Google Earth issues stark climate change warning
Photo Here is Europe and Africa in 2099 where the temperature increase ranges from about three degrees Celsius up to about 12 degrees. Google Earth is painting in stark colours how climate change will affect the planet and its people over the next century. [22 May 2008]
Photos: HTC unveils its Diamond touch
Photo The multimedia device - called the HTC Touch Diamond - will be the first phone to the market running Windows Mobile 6.1 when the Diamond goes on sale in Asia and Europe this June. Florian Seiche, VP of HTC Europe, said the Diamond will be offered... [07 May 2008]
Photos: Eavesdropping on the net
Photo Listening Post debuted in late 2002 in New York, and has since proved a success with critics and audiences following a series of exhibitions across the USA and in Europe. Eavesdropping on the whispers of the web has been made a whole lot easier... [07 Apr 2008]
Photos: Conquering the arctic wilderness
Photo The passage through the northern tip of Canada could be used as a shipping route that could shave nearly 4,000 miles off journeys between Europe and the Far East. A remote corner of the Arctic, the Northwest Passage, is being tackled by a brave... [13 Mar 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: Accenture waves goodbye to the wallet
Photo And pilots of non-phone NFC payment systems have already been launched in Europe, such as Barclaycard's OnePulse scheme, which uses a single card for Barclaycard and Oyster card payments. The SMS is on the wall for crumpled notes and battered... [31 Jan 2008]
Photos: Heathrow's Terminal 5 comes alive
Photo T5 will be able to accommodate 30 million extra air passengers per year, making Heathrow the leading passenger hub in Europe. This is Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5 (T5) in all its glory. The project has been five years in the making and is due... [13 Jul 2007]
Photos: O2's 'iPhone rival' unveiled
Photo O2 claims the imminent launch of Apple's much-hyped iPhone in the US and later in Europe will not be a threat to the Cocoon device. silicon.com had an exclusive sneak preview of O2's first own-branded handset since the XDA this week - a new music... [15 Jun 2007]
Photos: Celebrating the top CIOs
Photo Many of those on the CIO50 attended the launch, including the CIOs of Associated Newspapers, Atkins, Avis Europe, BAA, Betfair, British Energy, Carphone Warehouse, Corus, LCH Clearnet, Norwich Union, Siemens and the UK government. [13 Jun 2007]
Photos of the month - May 2007
Photo Pictured is a couple from Belgium who make up one of the Tele Atlas teams that clock up the road miles mapping Europe's streets and landmarks. The container is currently touring Europe to rustle up business and arrived on a lorry at the National... [30 May 2007]
Photos: The super-brain behind the particle smasher
Photo LHC's super-grid will use and support national and regional grid networks around the world - such as the GridPP project in the UK and a European project called Enabling Grids for E-Science in Europe (Egee). [21 May 2007]
