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NBC Bringing Olympics To Your Cell PhoneOpen in New Window
"NBC will bring coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to cell phones through mobile.nbcolympics.com, which will offer near-instant results, along with news headlines, polls, photo slideshows, a read more »
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Hotels to spy on Olympics guests, says U.S. senatorOpen in New Window
According to Kansas Senator Sam Brownback "The Chinese government has put in place a system to spy on and gather information about every guest at hotels where Olympic visitors are staying. This mea read more »
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Will the Olympics melt the Internet?Open in New Window
Okay, sky-is-falling fans and network neutrality proponents: We’re about to find out whether the Internet can – or will – break down under the strain of mass consumption of streaming video.At least t read more »
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Google brings Olympics updates to mobile phonesOpen in New Window
You can keep up to date on what's happening at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing from your mobile phone. Searching for any Olympic sport on Google's mobile Web site will bring up a timetable of Olympic schedules and results for that event. read more »
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Spammers leverage interest in OlympicsOpen in New Window
Shantanu Ghosh, vice president of Symantec's India product operations states a typical trick that spammers use is to use current topics of interest, hoping to make you curious enough to look so that read more »
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Olympics reach the digital '2.0' eraOpen in New Window
The Olympics will officially broadcast content onto the internet at the 2008 Beijing games. In the past, about 10% of Olympic content was watched on television. read more »
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Activists say China's online censorship is worseningOpen in New Window
With the Olympics drawing near China is tightening its control over the internet. China has always been very cautious about internet access. Just over a month ago China admitted that it will not be read more »
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Lenovo hardware must qualify for Olympics tooOpen in New Window
"As the Beijing Olympics approach, the testing deadline draws nearer for a technology infrastructure which has been built exclusively for the games by Lenovo. So the company is staging a dress..." read more »
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