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RSS point in photosPhotos: Germany's road charging tech
Photo The scheme is a mix of satellite technology - GPS, though a future move to Europe's Galileo system is likely - roadside cellular networks, wireless LANs and point-to-point infrared. For two years Germany has had an electronic road-charging system... [02 Feb 2007]
Photos: IBM serves up Wimbledon in Second Life
Photo Residents can see the last point replayed on the virtual court as soon as the rally has finished in the real world. The scoreboards will update point by point. IBM is recreating the action of the Wimbledon tennis championships in Second Life. [18 Jun 2007]
Photos of the month - June 2007
Photo IBM has served up a virtual recreation of the Wimbledon tennis championships in Second Life with scoreboards (pictured) which will update on a point by point basis. Pictured is silicon.com's avatar taking a walk around the virtual Renault F1 garage. [27 Jun 2007]
Photos: Team Silicon completes 3 Peaks Challenge
Photo At this moment we are at the very highest point in England. Many teams saw their numbers diminish over the peaks but team work and ambition - and an unwillingness to concede defeat at any point - saw our six climbers, joined by our driver on this... [19 Jul 2005]
Photos: Arctic tech gets talking
Photo UK explorer and environmentalist Pen Hadow (pictured right), accompanied by colleagues Ann Daniels (left) and Martin Hartley (centre), headed north for two hours from the Arctic's Eureka Weather Station to a point 80.0 degrees north to make the... [12 Nov 2007]
Photos: Proof that CSR is child's play
Photo Shortly after sunrise on Saturday 7 October a group of around 100 volunteers descend upon Bayview YMCA in the Hunter's Point neighbourhood of San Francisco. Recently silicon.com managing editor Will Sturgeon joined Salesforce.com's Salesforce... [10 Oct 2006]
Photos: Caen's NFC pilot in action
Photo The Abbaye des Hommes, once home to William the Conqueror's men, has gone all high-tech for the trial with its own NFC point. The city of Caen in Normandy is the home of the largest near field communications (NFC) trial. [20 Apr 2006]
Photos: Inside Huawei's Chinese HQ
Photo And this is part of Huawei's 'university', where every employee on campus will train at some point. Welcome to Huawei's HQ in Shenzhen, China. This is a small section of the 1.6km2 of land that the company occupies. [27 Jun 2006]
Photos: Microsoft beams outer space to the desktop
Photo Here you can see that the edge of the Big Dipper's cup does indeed point to Polaris or the North Star, which is located at the plus sign. Microsoft has released a free public beta of its WorldWide Telescope, which is software that lets both amateur... [19 May 2008]
Photos: The technology mile of Islington
Photo If I get a call at 3am I can zoom in and pin point something in real time, plus the images are stored externally. Upper Street in Islington is close to Arsenal's football ground. The council has installed a wireless internet network along the road... [10 Nov 2005]
Photos: Future tech from HP boffins
Photo At this point the machine saves the previous 20 seconds and the next five minutes of camera footage. At the appropriate point during the TV programme the teacher can then print out the relevant document and share it with the pupils. [12 Apr 2006]
Photos: Modern computing balancing on the head of a pin?
Photo Since its invention, the size of transistors has continued to shrink to the point that today more than six billion transistors - about one for every human alive today - could fit easily in an area the size of a credit card. [29 Jan 2008]
Photos: The high-tech future of retail
Photo The kiosk in itself isn't a new innovation, but it does feature a Wave & Pay point for near field communication payment cards. The latest innovations in tech for retailers were showcased at the Retail Business Show held at the Olympia in West... [15 Feb 2008]
Photos: Inside Fifa's World Cup IT operation
Photo However, sites such as eBay have also subsequently done a roaring trade in black market tickets and the fact many tickets were just allocated to companies, rather than individuals means the RFID system is effective only up to a point. [20 Jun 2006]
Photos: Inside The Bunker
Photo But we're not allowed to take photos beyond this point. Welcome to The Bunker, an ex-Ministry of Defence nuclear bunker now used for data backup and disaster recovery by the financial industry. Photo: Dan Ilett [25 Oct 2005]
