Tag Archives: Olympics

Oct
11

London Olympics prepares for cyberattack

internet The Technology Operations Centre for next year’s Olympic games has been unveiled this week, and optimised to ensure it can cope in the event of a cyberattack. The centre will monitor.. more
Apr
02

Samsung plans Olympic phone with NFC payment

Other companies don’t seem to agree with Apple‘s insistence that NFC is way too early in its gestation to include on the iPhone 5. Recently we’ve heard about Google and Microsoft’s.. more
Jul
22

BT backs Olympic art project

The broadband, television and phone service provider BT, will be playing its part in the run up to the London Olympics by supporting a new project telling the stories of inspirational.. more
Jun
29

BBC planning 3D for the Olympics

Now that the World Cup is forgotten about, attention focuses on the 2012 Olympics in London and the BBC will be looking forward two years to how it will bring out the best of this most magnificent display of athletics. According to the BBC, the.. more
Jun
10

BT will deliver fibre network for Olympics

BT has signed a deal with the Olympic Broadcasting Services London to provide the broadcast network for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics games. What this deal means is that BT will be providing a fibre network connecting all of the event sites to the.. more
May
19

Boris Johnson promises London-wide wi-fi for the Olympics

Good old Boris has been making speeches again, and this time managing to avoid offending entire counties with dubious comments. Speaking at a Google organised event, the mayor of London promised that the city would have blanket wi-fi coverage in time for the 2012 Olympics... more
Feb
17

Panasonic demos 3D HDTV at the Olympics

The 3D circus has set up in Vancouver at the Winter Olympics and this time it is Panasonic setting up an impressive full HD 3D theatre at the site. The company has provided two 103 inch screen displays that have been showing footage of the.. more
Feb
04

Solar flare could black out Olympics

Training for the Olympics takes perfect timing, but nature is an outside influence that can mess up some of the best made plans. Nature will have an effect on the 2012 London Olympics as, despite all the money spent on creating new facilities and infrastructure,.. more
Jan
22

BBC to go mobile for the Olympics

The BBC will find itself at the forefront of global broadcasting during the 2012 Olympic Games in London, which is not only a great broadcasting opportunity, but a chance to demonstrate new technology too. One technology that BBC is looking into is mobile broadcast. The.. more
Jan
19

Freesat to show Winter Olympics in HD

Just as the big freeze begins to thaw, in a few weeks time there will be a mass of winter sports exploding onto the TV screens as the BBC begins coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics from Vancouver. As the BBC will also be broadcasting.. more