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Photos: Wimbledon on target for a tech ace
Photo IBM also works with the other Grand Slam tennis tournaments (the Australian Open, French Open and US Open) and has to transport its servers between tournaments. This flight case contains one of the servers brought over from the Roland Garros venue... [19 Jun 2008]
Photos: Ellen McArthur's new boat
Photo He is an acclaimed French racing yachtsman with a previous attempt at the Vendée Globe already under his belt in 2004. The BT IMOCA 60 is the fruit of a title sponsorship deal between Team Ellen - headed up by iconic British yachtswoman Dame Ellen... [02 May 2008]
Photos: Road testing wi-fi at 320kmph
Photo French train operator SNCF is running a trial of a wi-fi internet service onboard three TGV trains that travel eastbound from Paris via the Gare de l'Est station. Photo credit: Natasha Lomas TGV passengers on the wi-fi-equipped trains can use the... [28 Mar 2008]
Photos: The best of Google Sky
Photo First catalogued more than 200 years ago by French astronomer Charles Messier, the Hubble Space Telescope recently captured the sharpest view yet of the nebula. The Google Sky application lets users navigate space in a similar way to Google Earth... [28 Nov 2007]
Photos of the month - June 2007
Photo The virtual world has been experimenting with tennis for some time - with trials around the Australian open and French Open. The ING Renault Formula One team has opened up an island containing a race circuit within Second Life's virtual world. [27 Jun 2007]
Photos: IBM serves up Wimbledon in Second Life
Photo The company has been experimenting with tennis in the virtual world for some time - it started last year with a site on a private island, followed with experiments around the Australian Open and the French Open. [18 Jun 2007]
Photos: Caen's NFC pilot in action
Photo The city of Caen in Normandy is the home of the largest near field communications (NFC) trial. Some 200 of the town's inhabitants have been using the technology in their everyday lives, at shops and around a dozen other locations in the city. [20 Apr 2006]
