March 3, 2010

CeBit 2010, the largest IT fair in the world

The CeBit in Hanover is the world's biggest high-tech fair. Some 4,157 companies from 68 countries are displaying their latest gadgets at the fair, which takes place from 2 March and runs through March 6

CEBIT IT fair in Hanover : CEBIT 2010, the largest IT fair in the world — Well, if rows of balding men wearing crumpled business suits and looking at big screens doesn't float your boat, then the CeBit IT fair in Hanover isn't for you. You should probably go to one of those pop music concerts everyone's talking about
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CEBIT IT fair in Hanover : CEBIT 2010, the largest IT fair in the world — Characters from Graham Greene novels are very welcome at IBM
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CEBIT IT fair in Hanover : CEBIT 2010, the largest IT fair in the world — Check out the AR Drone, a remote-controlled quadrotor helicopter with built-in camera and WiFi and controlled by the iPhone. Would it still fly it if was holding four caramel macchiatos?
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CEBIT IT fair in Hanover : CEBIT 2010, the largest IT fair in the world — Well-known petrolheads Angela Merkel and the Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero inspect the future. Vroom!
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CEBIT IT fair in Hanover : CEBIT 2010, the largest IT fair in the world — Here, football-playing robots replicate gormless England defenders appealing in vain for offside as middle-ranking European opposition slice through their backline for the umpteenth time
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CEBIT IT fair in Hanover : CEBIT 2010, the largest IT fair in the world — Technology can be soooo tiring! Exhibition-goers in sensible clothes take a nap
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CEBIT IT fair in Hanover : CEBIT 2010, the largest IT fair in the world — Well, you could wear clothes made from recycled office files, I suppose. I actually prefer a pastel sweater from the Collezione range at Marks & Spencer
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CEBIT IT fair in Hanover : CEBIT 2010, the largest IT fair in the world — This guy is so good at pinball he doesn't even need to press the flippers. He just thinks it, and gets about a zillion points
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CEBIT IT fair in Hanover : CEBIT 2010, the largest IT fair in the world — Would Top Gun have become such a seminal film if Goose and Maverick had played beach volleyball wearing sunglasses like these? Sometimes, style before substance pays. Take heed, tech guys
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CEBIT IT fair in Hanover : CEBIT 2010, the largest IT fair in the world — Not sure if these robots are going 4-3-3, or setting up with two banks of four and trying to nick something from a set piece, but they look like they're enjoying themselves nonetheless
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CEBIT IT fair in Hanover : CEBIT 2010, the largest IT fair in the world — I wonder what they're watching? Avatar, probably
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CEBIT IT fair in Hanover : CEBIT 2010, the largest IT fair in the world — Better than Buckaroo, I imagine. Children with very clean fingernails play a game on a touch-sensitive digital table
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