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Photos: Discover high-tech India

Photo While the landscaped campuses live up the 'high-tech' name, the road network in Hyderabad is creaking under the strain. Hitec City in Hyderabad is a glaring mass of gleaming multimillion pound glass and steel towers and homes of corrugated iron...

Tags: offshoring, india, outsourcing

[28 Apr 2008]

Photos: Google Android comes out to play

Photo The long number printed on the handset is an ID number for the prototype rather than a catchy brand name, said the Texas Instruments spokesman. Texas Instruments drew the crowds to their booth at Mobile World Congress by demonstrating a prototype...

Tags: mwc, android, google, handset

[15 Feb 2008]

Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage

Photo The chip contains information about the passenger - including their name and route they are taking. Heathrow Terminal 3 and Emirates airlines are running a six-month trial of tagging luggage with RFID chips on flights to and from Dubai.

Tags: rfid, luggage, heathrow, trial

[14 Feb 2008]

Photos: Innovations at CES 2008

Photo You can even email the wine's name to yourself from the table! Retro is the name of the game at PF3D. CES 2008 was packed with visitors as people gather to find out what's going to be hot in tech this year.

Tags: ces, gates, surface, name

[11 Jan 2008]

Photos: The best of Google Sky

Photo This violent event was recorded nearly 1,000 years ago by Chinese and Japanese astronomers and the Crab gets its name from its appearance in a drawing made by Irish astronomer Lord Rosse in 1844, using a 36-inch telescope.

Tags: objects, image, institute, images

[28 Nov 2007]

Photos: UK WiMax rollout

Photo Freedom4 - the new name for Pipex Wireless - will initially target SMEs with the rollout of its symmetrical WiMax service, which it claims will operate at speeds of more than 10Mbps and will have a range of up to 10km.

Tags: wireless, wimax, pipex

[05 Oct 2007]

Photos: 'Top Gun course' for submarine hunters

Photo Street added there is "no substitute for the human brain" and, on a good day, sonar operators can even name the ship they are analysing. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has showcased how top sonar operators are trained to find...

Tags: submarine, military tech, mod

[22 Aug 2007]

Photos of the month - July 2007

Photo These days data centres come in all shapes and sizes - shipping containers, ex-MoD bunkers, you name it. A British Airways 747 taxis past Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5, which will become home to much of the BA fleet from early next year.

Tags: green it, data centres, mash-ups, second life

[27 Jul 2007]

Photos: Microsoft's touchscreen tabletop PC

Photo For now, Microsoft is focusing on getting the products into public spaces in the hospitality arena - hotel lobbies, restaurants and casinos, to name a few. Mark Bolger, director of marketing for Microsoft's surface-computing effort, shows off the...

Tags: touchscreen, microsoft, milan

[30 May 2007]

Photos: Tech titans back F1 racing hopes

Photo But the partnership is more than just a name on the side of the car, according to the US telco. With technology and Formula One more closely associated than ever, silicon.com went along to the launch of the 2007 Williams F1 car.

Tags: partnership, lenovo, 2007, networking

[19 Mar 2007]

Photos: First look at Microsoft's NHS software

Photo One of the main features of the software is a banner (shown at the top of the screen) which holds basic information about the patient - such as their name and date of birth - and a photo for identification.

Tags: nhs, microsoft, doctors, human computer interface

[08 Mar 2007]

Photos: Is Tesco more trustworthy than Microsoft?

Photo Tesco is a decent big-brand name and some people will try it out. Tesco's range of budget office, security and multi-media PC software finally hit the shelves this month, with the supermarket giant claiming it will take a chunk out of a market...

Tags: microsoft, tesco

[29 Nov 2006]

Photos: Google Earth showcases natural disasters

Photo Iceland lives up to its name. Google Earth and the European Space Agency (ESA) are showcasing the planet with 130 satellite images added to the planetary prowler from ESA's satellite image library. Included are images of volcanic eruptions, dust...

Tags: disaster, google, google earth, european

[17 Nov 2006]

Photos: "Citizen cartographers" mapping the planet

Photo It's a multi-stage process where you could have driven down a country lane, uploaded that [GPS data] and forgotten about it and then someone else can come and actually turn it into vectors and then someone else can come along and type in the name...

Tags: openstreetmap

[13 Nov 2006]

Photos: The top 10 smart mobile devices

Photo The Vario II is just one name you might know this by - it's made by HTC and branded differently by each operator that offers it. Palm recently announced its decision to up the ante in Europe, showcasing the Treo 750v as its main offering for the...

Tags: hp, linux, sony ericsson, nokia

[09 Nov 2006]

Photos: The best of Google Earth

Photo What did you say the architect's name was? Where else to start but above the GooglePlex in Mountain View, California.copyright: Google Want more great Earth photos? Check out Nasa's top 10 views A housing development in San Diego, just west of the...

Tags: google earth

[06 Nov 2006]

Competition: Win HD TV, PSPs and iPods

Photo What is the name of the co-founder of his venture recently bought by Google? All entrants must supply, along with all 10 answers: (i) First name (ii) Surname (iii) UK location (iv) Valid email address.

Tags: prizes, win, it, industry competition

[01 Nov 2006]

A photo guide to London's wi-fi pubs

Photo Directly opposite Liverpool Street station this pub has a lot more to offer than just a smutty sounding name. As the name suggests, the central bar looks very much like a continental grand café and the airy room feels like something of an oasis of...

Tags: passenger wi-fi, in-flight wi-fi, citywide wi-fi, train wi-fi

[31 Aug 2006]

Photos: Ealing Studios gets broadband virtual tour

Photos: Ealing Studios gets broadband virtual tour

Photo It's a very resonant name - Ealing and comedy seem to go together - but there's a lot more to Ealing than that. An interactive guide to Ealing Studios and its films has been launched by the British Film Institute (BFI).

Tags: broadband

[16 May 2006]

Photos: High-tech at the heart of US sport

Photos: High-tech at the heart of US sport

Photo AT&T Park, home to the San Francisco Giants, is, as its name and location would suggest, perhaps the most high-tech baseball stadium in the US, despite the traditional design. In this canoe is a fan by the name of Larry Ellison (not the Larry...

Tags: san francisco giants

[21 Apr 2006]

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