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Does your business really need an office?
Comment Nightmares will likely include ropey mobile and wi-fi signals, laptops with too-short battery lives and labyrinthine routes to the corporate VPN - if the company even has one. If a worker actually makes... [17 Nov 2009]
Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine? Part II
Comment Working from home sans charger for an hour or two every morning is not really putting the device through its paces, so I went to a wi-fi-sporting coffee shop one Saturday to see how many cups of coffee I... [09 Nov 2009]
Orange unveils iPhone tariffs and launch date
News Unlimited' wi-fi is offered on all price plans, subject to the operator's 'Fair Usage policy' of 750MB per month.iPhone tethering bundles start at an additional £5 per month. The iPhone... [02 Nov 2009]
Photos: 10 of the best mini laptops
Photo The Seashell has a 10.1-inch display, packs an Intel Atom N280 processor, 802.11n wi-fi and up to six hours of battery life on a single charge, according to Asus. Like the Seashell it has a 10.1-inch... [21 Sep 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Iran, tweets and e-democracy
Comment Compiled at the IoD in London and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi service on the same day Meanwhile various statistical and observational analyses, such as those discussed in this blog, have... [29 Jun 2009]
BT targets small biz with mobile broadband
News Users get a modem and access to BT Openzone Wi-Fi hotspots and mobile networks. According to BT, 'unlimited' use is subject to a fair-use policy, which means it is limited to 3GB and... [21 Oct 2008]
Minority Report: Apple alienating App Store developers?
Comment The app streams and downloads podcasts over wi-fi and mobile networks. It's fair to say the number of applications that have been banned from the App Store is a small minority compared... [16 Sep 2008]
Five reasons I don't miss my 3G iPhone
Comment This was all the more annoying as I temporarily had no internet at home (therefore no wi-fi for the device to fall back on) and being able to rely on the iPhone for web at home would have been great. But... [10 Sep 2008]
Free wi-fi steams into St Pancras
News A wi-fi service on the UK's East Coast Main Line, which was made free for all passengers late last year, has proved particularly popular with commuters - underlining how much demand there is for free and... [06 Aug 2008]
Orange plots Eee PC mobile broadband coup
News A monthly wi-fi allowance of 500 minutes and a 5GB fair use data policy applies to the business packages. In a fight between an iPhone smart phone and an Eee PC netbook, which chunk of... [23 Jul 2008]
O2 to launch mobile broadband offering
News Users will also get unlimited wi-fi access through The Cloud's national network. Opting for an 18-month contract, users will get a free USB modem and pay £20 per month for a 3G broadband service with a... [17 Apr 2008]
London still wi-fi king of the world
News Back in 2007, silicon.com ran a 'Fair Wi-fi' campaign calling for hotels to eschew overpriced fees for wireless internet access. London has shored up its status as... [14 Mar 2008]
Gov't not trusted with public data
News W is for Wi-fi Beer said: "The new databases are causing a fair amount of legitimate concern in the public's eyes. The personal details of 25 million people claiming or receiving child... [14 Dec 2007]
Top 10 mobile & wireless stories of the year
News Rail passengers to get free on-board wi-fi Not champagne and table service but free wi-fi all round. Wi-fi sharing always causes... [13 Dec 2007]
Editor's Blog: Around the world in 80 minutes?
Comment First, we've been running our Fair Wi-fi campaign throughout this year. I was at the World Travel Market show yesterday to talk about business travellers and... [14 Nov 2007]
