underground in photos
Mac history, Windows 7 and a high-tech KFC
Photo With Airwave now working throughout the London Underground for the first time, no part of the transport system's 250 miles of tunnels will be outside police communications coverage.silicon.com went along to Westminster... [28 Jan 2009]
Photo: Policing the depths of the Tube
Photo Speaking at a demonstration of Airwave today, deputy chief constable of British Transport Police (BTP) Andy Trotter said: "From an operational point of view this will give us exactly the same abilities underground that... [14 Jan 2009]
Photos: The world's fastest supercomputers revealed
Photo The system hit 478.2 teraflops per second and is used to check the safety, security and reliability of the stockpile of US nuclear weapons without the need to carry out underground testing. The colossi of computing took... [17 Nov 2008]
Photos: How computing cracks terrorist networks
Photo Mountains of news, intelligence and crime reports are being moulded into detailed maps of underground organisations within minutes, using data mining. Here is a rare glimpse at how UK law enforcers are picking apart... [23 Sep 2008]
Photos: Missile detecting DEC computer
Photo Kevin Murrell, trustee at the National Museum of Computing, told silicon.com: "When the nuclear test ban treaty was announced in the 1990s and air explosions of nuclear missiles were banned, everything was done... [16 Sep 2008]
Photos: Broadband in London's Victorian sewers
Photo Here silicon.com editor Steve Ranger dons protective gear and gets ready to go underground. 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: Five unusual data centres
Photo The data centre was built 100 metres underground in a former RAF radar station in the Lincolnshire countryside. Data centres are big business, and as well as the usual anonymous buildings on the edge of town silicon.com... [25 Jul 2007]
Photos: Unearthing the zero-carbon data centre
Photo The underground data centre also has a stable temperature. The data centre has been built 100 metres underground in a former-RAF radar station. One of the underground entrances to the... [03 Jul 2007]
Photos: The super-brain behind the particle smasher
Photo The LHC is a 27km circular tunnel that straddles the border of France and Switzerland 100 metres underground - pictured is an aerial view of the collider's location. The LHC and its detectors are housed in huge... [21 May 2007]
Photos: RFID, tablets, handhelds - going down the Tube
Photo Tube Lines is the consortium responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of all the infrastructure on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines under a 30-year contract with London Underground. Tube Lines is involved in... [01 May 2007]
Photos: How Heathrow Express does wi-fi
Photo Nigel Wallbridge, founder and chairman of Nomad Digital, said this is the first time WiMax has been used to provide a wi-fi network to a train within a tunnel and this opens up the possibility of using this technology on... [24 Apr 2007]
Photos: iPod and BlackBerry lost property mountain
Photo Transport for London's (TfL) lost property office covers two entire floors beneath Baker Street Tube station and stores any items left on the underground, on London's buses, in black cabs and on the Docklands Light Railway. [04 Dec 2006]
Photos: Broadband goes down the drain
Photo The company, whose customers include Napier University in Edinburgh, claims that with its Focus (Fibre Optical Cable Underground Sewer) system, cable can be laid up to 80 per cent faster than traditional methods into... [16 Nov 2006]
Photos: RFID tickets track football fans
Photo Fulham's IT chief Matthew McGrory said the club will be trialling the smartcards for e-cash purchases for the shops at the stadium, as well as a possible tie-up with London Underground to enable fans to get cheaper tube... [15 Nov 2006]
A photo guide to London's wi-fi pubs
Photo Part of the (inexplicably) popular chain this bar on Bishopsgate is opposite Liverpool Street station - perhaps its only real selling point for the business traveller looking to log on and get an overpriced drink and a bite to eat before... [31 Aug 2006]
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