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IBM's training for Olympic marathon
News IBM Olympic Internet project executive John Davidson, in a masterpiece of understatement, said "given that olympics.com will be on the only site with results and comprehensive information about every athlete, every team and every country, we...
[July 13, 2000, 16:02]
A faster, leaner Olympics online
News Primary online coverage will be provided by MSNBC, a joint venture between NBC and Microsoft, which is hosting the official Olympics.com Web site. IBM hosted and produced the official Olympics.com site last year.
[February 9, 2002, 6:01]
360-degree view of Olympics
News It takes the power out of the hand of a TV cameraman and "gives them a view which they have full control over," Jones added.iPIX will also have a Web cam on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the course of the games which will capture images of the...
[August 31, 2000, 13:24]
Sydney 2000: The day they banned the Net down under
News The only site allowed to broadcast coverage of the games is NBCOlympics.com, the official American TV broadcast partner for the Olympics. ZDNet UK and ZDNet Australia team up to bring you coverage from this year's Olympics.
[September 12, 2000, 15:11]
The IOC gives the Web a sporting chance
News For the time being, the likes of Sportal.com and Sports.com are happy just to get to go to the 2002 Winter Olympics and if that goes well accreditation at the summer games two years later will surely be a formality.
[February 4, 2002, 10:11]
Net falls short of Olympic gold
News The announcement followed another would-be Olympics Web player that collapsed in the dot-com wipeout. Like any traditional media business, the Olympics is struggling to balance event programming in the Internet age.
[May 29, 2001, 9:34]
2012 Olympics may see Tube mobile coverage
News In Carter's view the London Olympics is an ideal opportunity to digitise the Underground. The London Olympics in 2012, which will be the most digital Olympics in history, seems a particularly good reason for the mobile network operators to work...
[June 18, 2009, 9:17]
Olympics told to go open source
News Turin Winter Olympics, told ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com the plans will be put to the IOC in a formal proposal and that the committee will then make the final decision. The IT behind the Olympics is a massive operation involving some
[December 5, 2005, 7:50]
Web an exhibition sport at Olympics
News The 20-minute video package of day-old highlights -- which will be repackaged every day and sandwiched between interviews and other Olympic news at NBCOlympics.com -- barely scratches the surface of high-bandwidth sports coverage, but it...
[September 15, 2000, 15:31]
London Olympics to develop local tech talent
News The project to deliver the technology behind the London 2012 Olympics will try to develop new talent from the region as part of the regeneration theme of the Olympic Games. Because it is a high-risk environment, the Olympics IT volunteers are...
[October 15, 2007, 14:30]
UK cybercrime unit tasked with securing Olympics IT
News We are already seeing fraudulent websites exploiting the Olympics and we are considering what potential there is for hacking or extortion linked to DDoS attacks," she told ZDNet UK's sister site, silicon.com, at the IT Directors Disaster Recovery...
[January 14, 2009, 10:40]
Olympics tickets could double as cash, travel cards
News A Visa spokeswoman told ZDNet UK's sister site, silicon.com: "Visa payWave contactless functionality has numerous applications but a decision is yet to be taken on the technological implications for the Olympics.
[June 1, 2009, 8:48]
Security fears mean Wi-Fi won't star at the Olympics
News I think the trend is in favour of wireless, and we'll be able to do that at some future games, but not now," said Philipps, chief technology integrator for Schlumberger, which has the contract to organise IT resources for the Olympics.
[July 11, 2003, 15:28]
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia for Palm OS
Downloads You're discussing sports and need to know how many world records Mark Spitz set at the 1972 Olympics.You're reading a novel set in exotic locations and want to envision where the Isle of Man is located.When you're at a museum and...
[February 28, 2005, 7:00]
2003 World Almanac - Olympics & Sports Personalities
Downloads Become an "Instant Reference Expert" on the Olympics and Sports Personalities! Town Compass presents The 2003 World Almanac - Olympics & Sports Personalities.Whether you are a sports fan, writer, historian, or just need immediate access to a...
[March 15, 2003, 6:00]
What to expect from Sybase TechWave 2008
Blog Given John Chen’s interest in China’s economic trading interests (and the fact that the Olympics starts this week) this is a pretty safe bet. Just continuing on a Chinese tangent for a second - after my ‘Applications tone up for Beijing Olympics...
[August 4, 2008, 18:51]
London losing lustre as data-centre destination
News You can not add more racks to existing centres because there is no power for it, and businesses building data centres have been told by EDF Energy that it cannot supply what they need this side of the Olympics.
[February 28, 2008, 10:00]
Forget EC Fines: Microsoft is "IT" for many EU Governments
Blog The head of IT for the Olympics told me at a recent green IT conference that he had more or less ruled out open source because it was "high risk" in terms of issues such as application compatibility.http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/london...
[May 24, 2009, 18:03]
Sydney 2000: Let the games begin
News Olympics.com traffic soars 380 percent Wed, 20 Sep 2000 Take a guided tour of the Sydney Olympics Technology Command Centre Web an exhibition sport at Olympics Tue, 12 Sep 2000 Computer experts will work around the clock during the Sydney Olympics...
[September 12, 2000, 16:21]
Athens prepares Olympic cybersecurity
News The Athens Olympics organisers are bracing themselves for a wave of cyberattacks once the games are under way, but insist that a physical breach of security still represents the biggest threat. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) outsourced...
[May 21, 2004, 11:00]
