'Boots' Takes Gold at the Ferret Olympics (AP)

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Geek Olympics Code for Gold

Geek Olympics Code for Gold 09/15/2004 11:18 PM

Geek Olympics Code for Gold

Geek Olympics Code for Gold 09/15/2004 11:25 PM
Slashdot Sep 16 2004 3:37AM GMT

Chinese Shooter Wins First Gold at
Olympics

Chinese Shooter Wins First Gold at
Olympics 08/14/2004 07:55 AM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 14 2004 11:23AM GMT

Olympics-Night of Pure Gold for El
Guerrouj and Holmes

Olympics-Night of Pure Gold for El
Guerrouj and Holmes 08/29/2004 03:36 AM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 29 2004 7:36AM GMT

Olympics: Phelps in Gold Rush, Doping
Scandals Rumble On

Olympics: Phelps in Gold Rush, Doping
Scandals Rumble On 08/17/2004 09:11 PM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 18 2004 1:45AM GMT

New York's Course to 2012 Olympics Takes
Uphill Turn

New York's Course to 2012 Olympics Takes
Uphill Turn 05/18/2004 11:51 PM
New York advanced to the final stage of the selection process, but Paris emerged as the front-runner in a field that also includes London, Madrid and Moscow.

Brilliant Bekele takes gold

Brilliant Bekele takes gold 08/20/2004 09:33 PM
Kenenisa Bekele wins a classic 10,000m encounter with the great Haile Gebrselassie back in fifth in his track farewell.

Holmes takes brilliant gold

Holmes takes brilliant gold 08/23/2004 02:04 PM
Britain's Kelly Holmes storms to a sensational Olympic 800m gold in Athens.

U.S. Men Win Silver; Japan Takes Gold

U.S. Men Win Silver; Japan Takes Gold 08/16/2004 06:17 PM
The last Olympic medal won by the United States men was in 1984, the year of the Soviet boycott.

Sport Takes Center Stage at Olympics
After Doping Drama (Reuters)

Sport Takes Center Stage at Olympics
After Doping Drama (Reuters) 08/19/2004 03:58 AM
Reuters - Sport finally took center stage at the Olympics on Thursday after almost a week of headlines dominated by a drug-testing drama that tarnished Greece's image.

U.S. Women Win Silver; Romania Takes the
Gold

U.S. Women Win Silver; Romania Takes the
Gold 08/17/2004 05:17 PM
The Americans settled for silver Tuesday night, done in as much by their own sloppiness as Romania's superiority.

Task Force Set Up to Ferret Out Plans
for Terrorist Attack in U.S. (Los
Angeles Times)

Task Force Set Up to Ferret Out Plans
for Terrorist Attack in U.S. (Los
Angeles Times) 05/27/2004 01:48 PM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the FBI said Wednesday that they were launching an initiative to root out a possible terrorist attack in the U.S. this summer, citing vague but "credible" intelligence that Al Qaeda was close to making good on its vow to strike American soil again.

The First Rule Of The Olympics: You
Can't Talk About The Olympics

The First Rule Of The Olympics: You
Can't Talk About The Olympics 08/20/2004 02:25 AM
We've already talked about how the Olympics forced certain radio stations to pull their internet streams because they weren't approved for internet broadcasts of the Olympics, and now comes the news that no athletes participating in the games are allowed to talk about their experiences on websites. Considering the number of empty seats (and the weak television coverage), giving the games a more personal feel, letting the athletes talk for themselves (rather than those sappy profiles on TV) would help people to connect more with the games. That, though, would involve remembering that the games are actually about what happens in the events, and not how much the Olympics can squeeze out of sponsors. Haven't they figured out yet, that if no one cares about the games, no one will want to sponsor the Olympics any more? As for those who dare to disobey and actually talk about their experiences online? The Olympics are threatening to remove their credentials or possibly "take legal action for any monetary damages." Monetary damages? From posting your thoughts on the games? Seems pretty clear just how focused the Olympic organizers are on money instead of the athletes and the contests.

Zander takes reins as Motorola takes
rivals' challenge

Zander takes reins as Motorola takes
rivals' challenge 01/04/2004 02:21 PM
CNET Jan 4 2004 1:07PM ET

""President Bush, after a National
Security Council meeting, takes Don
Rumsfeld aside, collars him physically
and takes him into a little cubbyhole
room and closes the door and says, 'What
have you got in terms of plans for
Iraq?' What is the status of..."

""President Bush, after a National
Security Council meeting, takes Don
Rumsfeld aside, collars him physically
and takes him into a little cubbyhole
room and closes the door and says, 'What
have you got in terms of plans for
Iraq?' What is the status of..." 04/18/2004 03:02 PM

The Olympics as They Were

The Olympics as They Were 07/23/2004 09:16 PM
Three current museum displays, one tangential, are presented in tune with next month's Olympics in Athens.

Olympics Say No to Wi-Fi

Olympics Say No to Wi-Fi 05/20/2004 09:53 AM
Athens IT contractor finds Wi-Fi too prone to denial of service at present: The Atos Origin manager for the games didn't stress security issues like actual break-ins. Rather, he was concerned about the likelihood of attempted attacks that they would have to analyze, and the potential of a single idiot to jam signals. These are unfortunately reasonable concerns at present--it's all too easy to produce junk 2.4 GHz signals or to automate denial of service attacks that deassociate other clients....

GUI Olympics!

GUI Olympics! 04/23/2004 11:01 AM
GUI Olympics! several corporate sponsors (ATI, nVidia, and others) are offering up $15,000 in prize money for the best GUI skin any designer can come up with for a few applications. while i think it's great to push for newer and better user interfaces, who do so many of the designs seem to be pushing complexity over useability? wouldn't a better use of a GUI design prize be to encourage people to improve on a design rather than make it unintelligible? maybe the people pushing the designs need to take this quiz.

"Olympics"

"Olympics" 08/13/2004 02:34 PM

The TiVo Olympics

The TiVo Olympics 09/06/2004 11:54 PM

Every fourth summer, IT trade pubs write about the technology that powers the Olympic Games. It's always an interesting topic, but apart from an enhanced focus on security, the Athens 2004 stories were little changed from their Sydney 2000 counterparts. And yet, this Olympics was utterly transformed, for me and for a few million other viewers, by TiVo.

Thanks to this cheap, Linux-based appliance, I was able to compress all of the events that interested me into a fraction of the time it would otherwise have taken to watch them. I'll always remember the Athens games as the first TiVo Olympics. Now I'm thinking about ways to make the next one even better.
...
In our world -- where blogs, Wi-Fi, and computer-attached video cameras are the norm -- we've begun to redefine the art of event coverage. If you want to see how the Beijing Olympics should be covered in 2008, visit a tech conference next year. [Full story at InfoWorld.com]

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GUI Olympics: Week 3

GUI Olympics: Week 3 05/28/2004 05:03 PM

Big Brother goes to the Olympics

Big Brother goes to the Olympics 08/13/2004 10:37 AM
New Scientist has an article looking at the US$312 million surveillance system installed for the 2004 Olympics in Athens. The eyes and ears consist of 1,000 high-res and infrared videocameras peppering the city. Cell and landline telephone calls are being recorded, converted into text, and "scanned for phrases that could be linked to terrorist activity." The software's developers say it speaks Greek, English, Arabic, Farsi, and other major languages.

(John Pike, an analyst with the defence think-tank Global Security) believes other undisclosed measures are undoubtedly in place, such as face recognition from video footage. He says such surveillance technology has already proven its worth in intelligence gathering. "They're basically the sort of stuff the National Security Agency has been using for some time," he told New Scientist. "And they seem to place great faith in it."

The human security is massive as well--there are seven security people for every athlete. Link

Hansen out of Olympics

Hansen out of Olympics 06/19/2004 11:52 AM
British gold medal hope Ashia Hansen will miss this year's Athens Games after suffering a serious knee injury.

Live: Olympics day 14

Live: Olympics day 14 08/27/2004 01:34 PM
Amir Khan secures at least a silver in boxing, while Paula Radcliffe prepares for the 10,000m final.

Armstrong Says He Won't Go to Olympics
(AP)

Armstrong Says He Won't Go to Olympics
(AP) 07/08/2004 02:17 PM
AP - Lance Armstrong is skipping the Athens Olympics, saying he needs to spend more time with his children.

DoCoMo Does Olympics

DoCoMo Does Olympics 07/16/2004 07:06 AM
Wireless Watch Japan Jul 16 2004 11:45AM GMT

3G FOMA for Olympics

3G FOMA for Olympics 07/19/2004 06:03 AM
3G Jul 19 2004 9:39AM GMT

GUI Olympics: Week 2

GUI Olympics: Week 2 05/20/2004 01:15 PM

DoCoMo Does 3G Olympics

DoCoMo Does 3G Olympics 07/16/2004 10:08 PM
Wireless Watch Japan Jul 17 2004 2:37AM GMT

Olympics: Coming to a PC Near You

Olympics: Coming to a PC Near You 07/12/2004 05:38 AM
This summer, viewers will be able to tune into highlights of the Olympic Games over the Internet, as NBC and BBC beef up their video offerings for broadband users. By Kendra Mayfield.

Olympics underway

Olympics underway 08/11/2004 01:25 PM

Just watched the US Women's team defeat Greece 3-0. Five members of the 1991 world cup team are still playing for the US which is pretty impressive -- there aren't a lot of examples in international sports of people remaining competitive for over 13 years.

Tomorrow, Iraq rejoins the Olympics for the first time since 1988 to play soccer against Portugal, which is great to see. On the downside, I'm hearing about a lot of top American athletes ducking out of this year's games (in tennis, basketball, and cycling especially) citing injuries and personal reasons. It's a shame we won't seem them but I'm wondering if part of it is due to concerns about attacks or violence. I certainly hope the games go smoothly, it seemed a few months ago the only news coming out of Athens was bad news, but today's soccer match seemed to go just fine.

Geography Olympics

Geography Olympics 09/01/2004 05:05 PM
Geography Olympics "Thanks to its global accessibility, the Internet is the perfect medium to hold an international competition such as The Geography Olympics. To join the challenge in support of your country, you simply need to select which country you will be representing and take the quiz. The quiz consists of trying to locate 10 randomly selected countries on a map of the world. It is different every time."

Live: Olympics day 10

Live: Olympics day 10 08/23/2004 03:12 AM
Dean Macey begins his campaign for decathlon gold on day 10 in Athens.

EU claims it won Olympics

EU claims it won Olympics 08/31/2004 09:41 AM
the EU won the medal count

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Olympics: No Ad Bonanza

Olympics: No Ad Bonanza 08/30/2004 03:45 PM
The showcase for the world's athletes doesn't produce marquee names for advertisers.

Were Olympics "Indecent"?

Were Olympics "Indecent"? 12/19/2004 03:18 PM

Hollywood Reporter: FCC Requests Tape of Olympics. The Federal Communications Commission has asked for a tape of NBC's broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics after it received at least one indecency complaint.

No, it's not April Fools Day yet. This is apparently real. Shudder for our nation, if this kind of idiocy preoccupies people who have serious duties to perform.

Best visual styles of the GUI Olympics

Best visual styles of the GUI Olympics 06/13/2004 04:48 PM

IT on track for Athens Olympics

IT on track for Athens Olympics 12/02/2003 08:42 AM
Computer Weekly Dec 2 2003 8:03AM ET

Cycling: Millar out of Olympics

Cycling: Millar out of Olympics 07/02/2004 08:07 AM
David Millar pulls out of the British Olympic team after admitting to taking EPO.
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