http://www.itworld.com/olympics xx http://www.itworld.com/internet/54549/olympic-gold-medalist-gives-props-google-earth Google got some serious gold, promotion-wise: Olympic cyclist and Gold Medalist Kristin Armstrong wrote that Google Earth was "invaluable" in helping her find a training route in Boise, Idaho similar to the Olympic course in Beijing. http://www.itworld.com/internet/54549/olympic-gold-medalist-gives-props-google-earth#comments Internet Opinion Google Google Earth Olympics Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:17:55 -0400 ITworld staff 54549 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/54464/olympic-techs-winners-and-losers The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games has ended, the flame extinguished, and while the medal count is now final, a few awards have yet to be given out: those for the winners and losers when it came to technology at the games. http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/54464/olympic-techs-winners-and-losers#comments Tech & society Opinion consumer electronics Olympics Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:26:52 -0400 ITworld staff 54464 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/54336/beijing-olympics-numbers If nothing else, China is a country of superlatives: biggest, largest, oldest, most. As China racks up gold in Beijing with just under a week to go in the Olympics, the medal count isn't the only place where China posts the top numbers: http://www.itworld.com/business/54336/beijing-olympics-numbers#comments Business Hardware News Olympics Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:08:02 -0400 ITworld staff 54336 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/54282/olympics-so-far-so-good-so-what The Olympics is, after all, about technology, right? IT and all that stuff? Hardware, software? At least I think that's what it's all about. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the XXIX Olympics (BOCOG) said that this was a "High-tech Olympics," so I guess it must be. They also said it was going to be a "Green Olympics," although frankly Beijing always looks kind of gray. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/54282/olympics-so-far-so-good-so-what#comments Personal tech Tech & society Opinion consumer electronics Olympics Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:05:08 -0400 ITworld staff 54282 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/opinion/54226/zumobi-helps-you-keep-track-olympics Olympic fever, baby! Stay on top of all things Olympic with Zumobi's new Olympic iPhone app. http://www.itworld.com/opinion/54226/zumobi-helps-you-keep-track-olympics#comments Personal tech Opinion iPhone applications Olympics Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:32:32 -0400 ITworld staff 54226 at http://www.itworld.com