items tagged with Olympic Games
Austar, Foxtel agreement on winter Olympics, Commonwealth Games
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 07:38:45
Cable television networks, Austar and Foxtel, have come to an agreement to televise next year’s Vancouver Winter Olympics to Austar’s regional Australian subscribers.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 07:38:45
Cable television networks, Austar and Foxtel, have come to an agreement to televise next year’s Vancouver Winter Olympics to Austar’s regional Australian subscribers.
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London tube says no underground mobiles any time soon
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2009-03-17 18:40:49
You wouldn't think that getting mobile phones to work on an underground transit network would be that difficult in the 21st Century. Try telling that to Transport for London...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2009-03-17 18:40:49
You wouldn't think that getting mobile phones to work on an underground transit network would be that difficult in the 21st Century. Try telling that to Transport for London...
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CGI faked-fireworks feature in Olympics opening ceremony footage
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-08-11 18:16:25
Around 1 billion people around the globe are estimated to have tuned in to watch the spectacular opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. I wonder how many of them realised that some of those fantastic fireworks they were watching had been created by a computer visual effects team?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-08-11 18:16:25
Around 1 billion people around the globe are estimated to have tuned in to watch the spectacular opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. I wonder how many of them realised that some of those fantastic fireworks they were watching had been created by a computer visual effects team?
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2012 Olympics travel plans in doubt as Oyster card contract is scrapped
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2008-08-11 10:54:35
If the Oyster card, a RFID-based fare collection and ticketing system for London buses, tube trains and the Docklands Light Railway, has been such a huge success with 6 million cards in active use and 38 million journeys made every week, then why is Transport for London terminating its £100 million a year Oyster contract?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2008-08-11 10:54:35
If the Oyster card, a RFID-based fare collection and ticketing system for London buses, tube trains and the Docklands Light Railway, has been such a huge success with 6 million cards in active use and 38 million journeys made every week, then why is Transport for London terminating its £100 million a year Oyster contract?
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China's Bejing Olympics webcaster goes with Adobe Flash
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-08-04 01:56:35
Adobe has scored a major coup with CCTV's choice of Flash and Flex for webcasting the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to mainland China and Macau. The arrangement can be seen as a snub for Microsoft's Silverlight.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-08-04 01:56:35
Adobe has scored a major coup with CCTV's choice of Flash and Flex for webcasting the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to mainland China and Macau. The arrangement can be seen as a snub for Microsoft's Silverlight.
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Brits from Birmingham rule the gaming world
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-08-02 08:25:56
The Olympics are about to start in Beijing and, to be fair, the British are not expecting to need too big a box to bring their gold medals home in. Shame, then, that computer gaming is not an Olympic event...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-08-02 08:25:56
The Olympics are about to start in Beijing and, to be fair, the British are not expecting to need too big a box to bring their gold medals home in. Shame, then, that computer gaming is not an Olympic event...
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China wins Olympic gold medal for Internet censorship during the XXIX Olympiad
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-31 05:34:08
The International Olympic Committee has repeatedly assured the world's media that foreign journalists covering the Olympic Games in Beijing would be able to do so without any restrictions on Internet access. China, when bidding for the Games, stated journalists would be able to freely report. Now it appears that some 'sensitive' websites will be blocked...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-31 05:34:08
The International Olympic Committee has repeatedly assured the world's media that foreign journalists covering the Olympic Games in Beijing would be able to do so without any restrictions on Internet access. China, when bidding for the Games, stated journalists would be able to freely report. Now it appears that some 'sensitive' websites will be blocked...
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Microsoft using Beijing Olympics to boost Silverlight takeup
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-30 17:14:16
Webcasting of the Bejing 2008 Olympic Games by NBC and MSN could be the Trojan Horse that gets Microsoft's Silverlight 2 onto a large number of PCs in America.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-30 17:14:16
Webcasting of the Bejing 2008 Olympic Games by NBC and MSN could be the Trojan Horse that gets Microsoft's Silverlight 2 onto a large number of PCs in America.
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TiVo landing in Australia July 15 2008, in time for Olympics
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-23 03:29:22
The TiVo PVR revolution has taken years to come to Australia, but two online reports say it’s coming next month at last, for AUD $700 and with no monthly subscription fees.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-23 03:29:22
The TiVo PVR revolution has taken years to come to Australia, but two online reports say it’s coming next month at last, for AUD $700 and with no monthly subscription fees.
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Next up on Telstra’s Next G – the Olympic Games, live
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2008-03-26 23:58:30
Telstra has done a multi-million dollar deal with the Seven Media Group to stream live coverage of the Olympic Games to Telstra customers on the Next G network – but the cost to consumers hasn’t been announced yet.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2008-03-26 23:58:30
Telstra has done a multi-million dollar deal with the Seven Media Group to stream live coverage of the Olympic Games to Telstra customers on the Next G network – but the cost to consumers hasn’t been announced yet.
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