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Photos: Second Life gets down to business
Photo Users can explore this part of Mars and check out technology used to explore the red planet such as the Mars Exploration Rover. There are organisations from a huge range of sectors plying their trade in Second Life in... [31 Oct 2008]
Beijing Olympics, Google Earth, BlackBerry Bold and more
Photo Google Earth is painting in stark colours how climate change will affect the planet and its people over the next century. This month silicon.com editor Steve Ranger visited China for a behind the scenes tour of the 2008... [30 May 2008]
Photos: Google Earth issues stark climate change warning
Photo Google Earth is painting in stark colours how climate change will affect the planet and its people over the next century. World-leading climate science from the UK's Met Office Hadley Centre has been used to show global... [22 May 2008]
Photos: Microsoft beams outer space to the desktop
Photo The planet Neptune is pictured here. Microsoft has released a free public beta of its WorldWide Telescope, which is software that lets both amateur and professional stargazers explore the universe from their PCs. [19 May 2008]
Caption Competition: Mine all mine!
Photo The winning entry, from reader Roy Fagon, was "A small ball now human but one day it will be you whole planet. This competition is now closed. LOL. Photo credit: Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET Networks [02 Nov 2007]
Photos: Inside the Entropia Universe
Photo The virtual world is set in the distant sci-fi future with participants assuming the roles of colonists who must develop the untamed planet of Calypso and explore its two continents, Amethera and Eudoria. [26 Jun 2007]
Photos: Google Earth showcases natural disasters
Photo 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... [17 Nov 2006]
Photos: "Citizen cartographers" mapping the planet
Photo OpenStreetMap started two years ago and is aiming to take on the likes of Google Maps and Ordnance Survey (OS) by creating a free open source wiki-style map of the planet. There will be a free map of the... [13 Nov 2006]
Photos: Cambridge boffins showcase tech of tomorrow
Photo Inside the window is a touchscreen foil, developed by Cambridge-based group Visual Planet, with a back-projected image to guide shoppers to what they're looking for. Chips that can sniff out explosives, in-train... [13 Nov 2006]
Photos: Mobiles of the future
Photo It's green-themed and environmentally friendly - after analysing its user's day-to-day impact on the planet, the climate conscious are rewarded with free calls and texts. Students at Central St Martins College of Art and... [13 Jun 2006]
Photos: Inside Ricoh's 'Green Centre'
Photo Ricoh's Green Centre near Wellingborough in Northampton is a 43,000 square foot facility dedicated to processing IT kit, principally copiers, and either returning them back into the field as a reconditioned unit or stripping them of all... [16 Mar 2006]
Photos: A day in the life of an Amazon.co.uk order
Photo As one of only six or so people left on the planet who hasn't read The Da Vinci Code, I decide it's time to bite the bullet and find out what all the fuss is about. 07:20am It's early in the morning and I'm surfing... [26 Aug 2005]
