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Wimbledon moves from AIX to Linux
News The Wimbledon tennis championship is moving away from a network of servers running on AIX, IBM's version of Unix, to the use of Linux and Web caching technology. Andrew Burns, producer of the official Wimbledon Web site, said they have "managed to...
[June 18, 2004, 13:45]
Photos: Inside Wimbledon's tech fortress
News Chris Lee is the Wimbledon project director for IBM, which provides the IT infrastructure for the championships. Wimbledon is just one part of a global sporting technology operation for IBM, which also provides the infrastructure for tennis's other...
[July 6, 2007, 16:59]
Photos: IBM serves up Wimbledon in Second Life
News IBM is recreating the action of the Wimbledon tennis championships in Second Life. Follow the link to see photos of how last year's real-world Wimbledon technology set-up looked. The company has been experimenting with tennis in the virtual world...
[June 19, 2007, 14:06]
AELTC Wins at Wimbledon With IBM Wireless on Demand Solution
White Papers During the Wimbledon Championships, the AELTC's facilities are highly visible because of the large, concentrated presence of players, the public and the press. In 2003, the AELTC went to IBM with new requirements, aiming to improve the Wimbledon...
[November 10, 2006, 0:00]
Photos: Tracking the servers at Wimbledon
News The others handle output for television and other outlets, the supply of statistical information, and the maintenance of the IBM Wimbledon Web site. Yes, it's Wimbledon again. They are housed in a building situated to one side of Centre Court at...
[July 4, 2006, 12:15]
Tennis Fever - Wimbledon 2008
Downloads Favourite in tennis? Don't miss this very best theme! Simplicity + Green is the conception of the theme.MMMOOO is the leading brand in the Theme UI. Our products have lots of nice details, and they are tested well.Installation tips:Series 60...
[June 19, 2008, 8:00]
Teenager may face appeal over email attacks
News The case was dismissed in November at Wimbledon Magistrates Court. Late last year the CPS asked Wimbledon Magistrate's Court to submit a draft case outlining how it reached its decision. We have asked Wimbledon Magistrate's Court to state its case...
[January 5, 2006, 12:00]
2007: The year's photo highlights
News Summer in London can mean only two things: Wimbledon and strawberries. These days, the data is entered on court-side notebooks, and is then transferred to the operations centre deep underground the Wimbledon complex.
[December 31, 2007, 14:33]
Mobile fails Sharapova
News After upsetting defending champion Serena Williams at the Wimbledon tennis championships, Russian teenager Maria Sharapova borrowed her father's cellphone to call her mother from Centre Court. It was a new tradition for staid old Wimbledon but...
[July 5, 2004, 9:25]
IBM's training for Olympic marathon
News Last week IBM-run Wimbledon.org received a record 2.34 billion hits over the two week tennis championships from the end of June, from just under a billion in 1999, according to figures released Thursday.
[July 13, 2000, 16:02]
Round-up: The past month's best tech photos
News Other highlights from the last month included computer parts being used as art exhibits and a look behind the scenes at the technology developed by IBM for the Wimbledon tennis tournament. After the initial buzz died down from the long awaited...
[August 3, 2007, 12:16]
Jane Wakefield: The silly season of surveys
News Summer is the silly season -- when streakers show us their balls at Wimbledon and men in suits take off their ties and lie in Soho Square. An unofficial wind-down as everyone attempts to do as little as possible to stave off jealousy at the fact...
[July 7, 2000, 15:12]
Teenager cleared of email attack charge
News Sitting at Wimbledon Magistrates Court, District Judge Kenneth Grant ruled that the youth, who can't be named for legal reasons, had not broken the CMA, under which he was charged. A British teenager has been cleared of launching a denial-of...
[November 2, 2005, 15:35]
Government must update cybercrime laws, say experts
News A judge at Wimbledon Magistrates Court dismissed a charge brought a teenager who allegedly sent five million emails to his ex-employer, crashing its server. The government "no longer has an excuse" to delay updating the
[November 4, 2005, 16:05]
Email bomber to be electronically tagged
News David Lennon, 18, was sentenced to a two-month curfew by a judge sitting at Wimbledon Magistrates court. A UK teenager pleaded guilty on Wednesday to breaking the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) by crashing the email server of his former employer.
[August 23, 2006, 12:40]
British talent shines in 2001 EMMA Awards shortlist
News The BBC is shortlisted in seven categories, for various projects ranging from The Tweenies to Wimbledon Interactive. The 2001 International EMMA Awards has announced its shortlist of nominees, with a very strong representation of UK talent among...
[October 31, 2001, 16:38]
Modem is OK but WiFi option not available
Member Review However, despite three return visits to the local Orange shop in Wimbledon and countless calls to Orange Customer Service, no one has been able to tell me how to get the WiFi account setup. I purchased this modem on 30 November, mainly because the...
[December 19, 2007, 8:35]
The CMA is an ass
Leader The acquittal on Wednesday of a teenager at Wimbledon Magistrates Court is the clearest proof yet of what is wrong with the Computer Misuse Act. Sometimes, people are convicted of a crime when popular opinion, masquerading rightly or wrongly as the...
[November 3, 2005, 13:20]
A-Z Mini London Street Atlas
Downloads The map covers 390 sq km (150 sq miles) of London, the same area as the current London Mini Street Atlas (Paperback) and extends from the City of London to Brent Cross, Golders Green, Highgate, Finsbury Park, Stoke Newington, Leytonstone, Wanstead...
[September 10, 2005, 8:00]
Email bomber faces retrial
News The case against him, brought under the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) 1990, was dismissed last November by District Judge Kenneth Grant at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court. A teenager who was cleared of breaching anti-hacking laws by sending millions of...
[May 11, 2006, 16:10]
