Articles on Olympic Games

Singapore to host inaugural Youth Olympics 2010--size is not everything - Feb 21, 2008

Blogs Does this herald the beginning of a new age for Singapore? I, for one, have been anticipating and waiting for this for the longest time, being a strong supporter of Singapore ... Read story »

Internet censorship plagues journalists at Olympics - Jul 30, 2008

Crave With the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games a mere 10 days away, members of the media have learned that there is at least one thing they can expect not to ... Read story »

Olympic Internet: Paying more for less - Jul 31, 2008

Blogs Slashdot reports that Olympic Media Village is going to make journalists pay an amazingly high price in exchange for connecting to the Internet: BOCOG (Beijing Organizing Committee of the 2008 Olympic ... Read story »

The Olympics coming to a mobile phone near you, maybe - Aug 27, 2006

Blogs In China, the start of the Olympic Games is the meta-deadline that looms above everything else. The list of things that absolutely, positively must be finished by the Olympics is pretty ... Read story »

I know that you know - Mar 16, 2009

Blogs Seven months ago, Brunei was embarrassed in front of the entire world during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. What's a country to do in such a media-laden environment ... Read story »

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 »

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 »

Wii's winning moment at the Beijing Games - Aug 13, 2008

Crave Score gold for Nintendo who's found a spokesperson in Japanese Olympic swimmer Kosuke Kitajima. The gold medallist who truimphed in the men's 100m breaststroke at the Beijing Olympics apparently credits Mario ... Read story »

Asia Netcom readies for HDTV - Jun 20, 2006

Features The emerging requirements of high-definition TV plays a big part in the infrastructure operator's plans to double its cable systems bandwidth capacity. Read story »

Sonic and Mario really did go to Beijing - Jun 27, 2008

Blogs I'd been wanting to check out Sonic and Mario at the Olympic Games for quite some time now.  And now that I have it on my DS Lite, I was curious ... Read story »

Ancient astronomical calculator had Olympic run - Jul 31, 2008

Crave This image shows a fragment of the Antikythera Mechanism. The right side of the image has the enhancement turned on. For all the technology that will go into orchestrating the Beijing ... Read story »

Nintendo Wii at the Beijing Olympics 2008? - Dec 18, 2007

Blogs This just came in my inbox and I could hardly believe my eyes. Yes! Nintendo Wii will be featured in the Beijing Olympics 2008! But I can't read Japanese :( Couldn't ... Read story »

Google does its part for Olympic visitors - Jul 29, 2008

Blogs Navigating China if you don't have the language down pat can be an Olympic size pain in the BOCOGs. Anyone hoping to use Google Maps is usually disappointed when searching for ... Read story »

Olympics at 8,000 frames per second - Jul 30, 2008

Crave The biggest sports event deserves the best equipment to capture the show in all its glory. So it's no wonder I-Movix clinched the deal to provide its SprintCam to capture the ... Read story »

Red hot chilli MP3 player for canned music - Nov 10, 2006

Blogs There is one spice every single Japanese kitchen proudly displays on its spice rack. No, it's not wasabi. Not pepper mill, either. It's Shichi-mi Togarashi, hot chilli powder with seven additional ... Read story »

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