World Cup
RSS World CupWorld Cup to blame for slower PC sales in South Korea and Japan
News Preliminary Gartner Dataquest estimates indicate PC sales in South Korea and Japan dropped during the second quarter of 2002, mainly due to the World Cup. The recently concluded 31-day-long... [19 Jul 2002]
World Cup gets wired for sound (and data)
News Avaya, the networking spin-off from Lucent, has signed a multi-million dollar deal with FIFA to sponsor football's World Cup. The company will provide networking and communications technology to the 2002... [07 Jun 2001]
World Cup kicks off $300m mobile TV bonanza
News This year's World Cup will send the mobile TV market into the big time, say the analysts - a market that will be worth $300m over the course of the tournament. Footie fanatics are set to line the mobile... [07 Jun 2006]
World Cup 2006: Making IT happen
News But when you consider that budget is spent to support just one month's up-time it becomes clear why the Fifa World Cup Finals has been branded one of the world's largest - and most... [20 Jun 2006]
World Cup security: Avaya poised to tackle DoS attacks
News Fifa's networking partner said today it was expecting hackers to launch huge denial of service attacks against the World Cup football network. Avaya's business development manager in Europe, the Middle... [09 Jun 2006]
World Cup websites of the week: Fantasy football
News Throughout the World Cup we'll be bringing you reviews of some of the best, and worst, sites that the web has to offer. Pick seven strikers who you think will be scoring for fun at this summer's... [29 May 2002]
World Cup 2002: The IT chief speaks to silicon.com
Comment Whatever team you support, it's hard to dispute the success of this World Cup. Tony Hallett: The World Cup is almost over and both in terms of the football and... [27 Jun 2002]
World Cup costs UK business £391m
News While bar owners and bookies will still be celebrating a hugely successful World Cup the remainder of UK businesses are having to pick up a £391m tab after an unprecedented level of sickies and long... [03 Jul 2002]
In brief: World Cup goes widescreen
News GlobeCast - a global communications provider - will be demonstrating public widescreen technology in association with the BBC's coverage of the World Cup. Using transmissions on GlobeCast's satellite... [29 Jun 1998]
World Cup network breaks records
News Avaya is claiming a World Cup victory in the performance of the broadband networks it created to help manage the quadrennial footy fest. This quantity of data is equal to half of the data held in the... [21 Jun 2002]
World Cup 2006: Online sale of tickets kicks off
News Tickets for the Fifa World Cup 2006 have today gone on sale online, sparking a clamour among football fans to enter the lottery for the in-demand tickets while raising fresh fears relating to crowd... [01 Feb 2005]
World Cup websites of the week: Where to 'watch' the match
News In the second instalment of our World Cup websites of the week we bring you a review of three different sites for keeping up with the game. The BBC: The BBC website offers minute-by-minute match reports,... [06 Jun 2002]
Fifa World Cup to get high-tech makeover
News Indian IT company Satyam is promising to "transform" the way fans watch football on the back of its World Cup deal with the game's governing body Fifa. Photos: Introducing - the world's... [23 Apr 2008]
Rugby World Cup to rely on the web
News The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) is relying on the web to interact with rugby fans worldwide during the 2003 Rugby World Cup and is preparing to be flooded with users in the lead up to the competition. [04 Jun 2003]
Watch the World Cup on your mobile
News Germans will broadcast television images of the 2006 World Cup to mobile phones using technology developed in Korea. They will have it working at the beginning of next year so they can show the... [22 Jun 2005]
