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Photos: Broadband in London's Victorian sewers
Photo Geo recently announced further extension of its fibre network, connecting into a major data centre on London's South Bank. silicon.com took a trip out to the east end of London, to the Thames Water depot near Stratford, for a rare trip down inside... [22 Jul 2008]
Photos: Bill Gates through the ages
Photo Gates and wife Melinda listen to Tatomkhulu-Xhosapeak explain how he has lived with and been treated for TB at the Khayelitsha Site B Clinic in Cape Town, South Africa. Little did anyone know that this young man would become the richest man in the... [20 Jun 2008]
Photos: Wimbledon on target for a tech ace
Photo The club's IT department, headed by CIO Jeff Lucas and AELTC's official technology partner IBM, have been working hard to get the tech ready in the run up to the tournament.silicon.com went down to the club in south west London to have a behind... [19 Jun 2008]
Photos: The solar powered speedster
Photo Affinity will race from Victoria Falls to Cape Town in January 2009 as part of Zero Rally Africa - a carbon-neutral car rally crossing Zambia, Namibia and South Africa. It might look like a UFO hurtling towards you but this solar-powered race car... [16 Jun 2008]
Photos: Google Earth issues stark climate change warning
Photo London (pictured here) is expected to see some of the largest temperature rises in the UK, as is most of the south of England, at around the five-degrees increase mark. Google Earth is painting in stark colours how climate change will affect the... [22 May 2008]
Photos: Welcome to Satyam's R&D labs
Photo Passing through the soothing blue glow of a giant neon tube sets the tone perfectly for outsourcer Satyam's R&D facility in Chennai, south-east India. This sci-fi-style entrance ushers visitors into a world of holographic projectors and robotic... [19 May 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo The cutting-edge Masternaut Three X telematics system allows a control centre to track 20 gritter lorries that keep a 178km stretch of the M4 motorway in South Wales clear of snow and ice. Photo credit: South Wales Trunk Road Agency [29 Apr 2008]
Photos: Nasa's top 10 on Earth
Photo Volcanoes flowed in the north-south vent system over the past five million years, though the most recent eruption was between 600 AD and 700 AD. An eruption of Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, which lasted only hours, was captured... [24 Apr 2008]
Photos: Satellites free the roads from snow and ice
Photo The cutting-edge Masternaut Three X telematics system allows a control centre - pictured above - to track 20 gritter lorries that keep a 178km stretch of the M4 motorway in South Wales clear of snow and ice. [09 Apr 2008]
Photos: Lunar mobile phones preparing to soar
Photo The satellite system should ensure a full four-bar signal for lunar colonists living in the base Nasa wants to build at the south pole of the moon after 2020. In space no one can hear your ringtone - something that could be a blessing from 2012... [25 Feb 2008]
Photos: Zoom in on London from the air…
Photo You can even see into the individual pods of the London Eye on the south bank of the Thames near Waterloo station. This photo shows the grandstand seats and part of the pitch at the Oval cricket ground in South London. [28 Jan 2008]
Photos: St Pancras steams ahead with new tech
Photo This is the main entrance to the newly reopened London St Pancras station which is now home to the Eurostar and a high speed train service to the south coast. The station opened its doors to the public last week following its official opening by... [19 Nov 2007]
Photos: MoD unveils £80m IT health programme
Photo Around 25 primary healthcare services in the UK's East and South East regions have been connected to the system. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has unveiled an £80m electronic military medical records system. [02 Aug 2007]
Photos: Heathrow's Terminal 5 comes alive
Photo These are some of the departure gates to the south end of the terminal. 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 to open - on time and on budget - on 27 March, 2008. [13 Jul 2007]
Photos of the month - May 2007
Photo Pictured is the BFI South Bank building where the public can go to view the free footage - including well-known titles such as Little Britain appearing alongside less familiar footage from the 19th century. [30 May 2007]
