Articles on Beijing Firsts

China set to unveil world's fastest rail service - Jul 31, 2008

Crave China has scored yet another world's first with its latest and fastest rail service for the Olympic Games. Set to begin operations on August 1, the train will travel at an ... Read story »

IdeaPads and videocams supplied to athletes to blog during Olympics - Jul 30, 2008

Crave Worldwide Olympics partner Lenovo is certainly making its presence felt at the upcoming Beijing games. Besides designing the Olympic torch and providing most of the computing equipment used for running the ... Read story »

It's time for HD galore during Beijing Olympics - Jul 31, 2008

Crave The upcoming 11th Olympics is setting a new milestone in being the first in its long history to receive a complete high-definition makeover. NBC Universal which is undertaking this HD initiative ... Read story »

Modern skyscraper, low-tech decoy - Aug 7, 2008

Crave What is the world's most high-tech building technique for constructing a skyscraper at the blink of an eye? Well, the answer lies in one of the China's well-kept secrets in its ... Read story »

RFID goes primetime in Beijing Olympics - Aug 7, 2008

Crave Radio-frequency identification technology or RFID will be facing it first major test during the Beijing Olympics, taking care of ticketing for the estimated 3 million athletes, journalists and spectators. Despite the ... Read story »

Dreaded Blue Screen of Death strikes Olympics - Aug 12, 2008

Crave The world watched in awe as China put on what some say was the best-ever Olympics opening ceremony ever. The proceedings culminated with the lighting of the Olympic torch by one ... Read story »

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