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Wireless To Power Hyperconnectivity

Hyperconnectivity and particularly mobility is largely enabled or encumbered by battery power. Help is at hand from an unlikely source. Something called Wireless Resonant Energy Link (WREL), a concept championed by MIT. Intel Corp. recently demonstrated this technology at their... Full Story

Posted on September 29, 2008 10:15 AM

Two Golds, a Hat Trick and Now a Grand Slam

First, the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, then the London 2012 Olympics chose Nortel technology. One ... and then two golds. Then General Motors Place in Vancouver, the home of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team, decided to go with Nortel to deliver... Full Story

Posted on August 25, 2008 4:13 PM

Low Cal PCs

With Olympic fever run strong, couch-bound watchers may want to think about how to combine work with fitness. Of course, work can be replaced with watching the amazing Michael Phelps bring in the Gold (again). Walk faster;) Ran across a... Full Story

Posted on August 13, 2008 7:24 AM

Olympic Fever Hits Beijing

The stats are awesome: - $400M IT budget - Keeping track of 200000 accreditations, that includes, as well as athletes, judges and coaches, 21 600 journalists - Moving, processing and storing data for 10,500 athletes, participating in 302 events in... Full Story

Posted on August 8, 2008 7:36 AM

Leading the World: Towards a One Planet Olympics

London put sustainability at the heart of its bid for the 2012 Games, framed by the concept of 'Towards a One Planet Olympics'. This was derived from the World Wildlife Federation BioRegional concept of 'One Planet Living®' , which is... Full Story

Posted on July 31, 2008 9:14 AM

Banking on the Olympics

Paul Deighton used to be European Chief Operating Officer for Goldman Sachs. So he's well aware of the challenges of running a big business. Now he's taken on a big job as the CEO of the London Organizing Committee of... Full Story

Posted on July 30, 2008 7:43 AM