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Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine? Part II
Comment Usually I require a rucksack to carry my laptop to and from work - it's an extra burden that is both a pain on the Tube and not particularly becoming in the fashion stakes. Netbooks are everywhere - but can they replace... [09 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up Do they prowl their territories outside Tube stations going up to commuters with curling tongs and asking: "Alright mate, need a perm? Answer: A shared love of getting a bit on the side. No, not that kind of 'bit on the... [06 Nov 2009]
Tube Lines reaps rewards of upgrading to Intel®CoreÂ2 processor with vProÂtechnology
White Paper Tube Lines has a 30-year Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract with London Underground. It is responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of the infrastructure on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines, including... [24 Sep 2009]
Inside the SpinVox Brain
Comment Listening to a friend explain the implications of the subplot of Moon from across a Tube carriage tortured by the sound of screeching brakes and screaming children? How much human interaction powers SpinVox's... [06 Aug 2009]
HP Thin Clients Help Tube Lines Cut Costs and Use Less Power
White Paper Tube Lines maintains and upgrades half of London's underground system and finds Thin Clients the most efficient way to deliver crucial IT to over 90 remote depots. Tube Lines has installed 700 HP Compaq... [30 Jul 2009]
Tube mobile coverage in time for 2012 Olympics?
News Communications minister Lord Carter has put the idea of mobile coverage on the London Underground back on the government agenda - only months after it emerged a planned Tube mobile trial had been shelved indefinitely. [17 Jun 2009]
'Airwave does do data - unlike what some of the media say'
Comment It's also working on a second phase of its London Underground network rollout - to boost capacity at some major Tube stations and to fill in coverage blackspots in tunnels on overground parts of the Underground network. [11 Jun 2009]
Olympics tickets to double as Tube tickets, cash?
News The London 2012 Olympics could be set to pioneer smart tickets that double up as contactless payment and Oyster cards. Research into a 'cashless' Olympics and the "feasibility of integrating systems for ticketing, ID authentication and... [29 May 2009]
Photos: 10 useful Android apps
Photo Tube Status This handy app aims to help Tube-hopping Londoners get their daily dose of travel woe. Image credit: Maxence/Tube Status So did silicon.com's Natasha Lomas - and over the... [12 May 2009]
Photos: The restaurant where the table takes your order
Photo Other services that can be projected onto the table top include local information and transport features - from the London Tube map pictured here, to a taxi booking facility. While big name phone vendors are falling over... [15 Apr 2009]
Inbox: Underground safe from mobile chatter
Comment No mobiles on the Tube for the foreseeable future then. The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. A silicon.com exclusive got readers... [23 Mar 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.03.09
Round-Up So that when you say you're running late because of Tube problems your boss can phone up and check that you really are on the Tube, and not still under the duvet nursing a hangover. Dear God, please let... [20 Mar 2009]
Exclusive: High costs kill off London Underground mobile plans
News The aim of the trial - originally scheduled for 2008 - was to determine whether it would be technically and commercially viable for coverage to be extended across the entire Tube network. Speaking at the time, Richard... [13 Mar 2009]
Airwave heads out on the Highways Agency
News The rollout follows a deployment by London Underground late last year that saw the Airwave system extended throughout 250 miles of Tube tunnels. The Highways Agency is extending its rollout of the Airwave digital radio... [10 Mar 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Face-off with a hotel TV
Comment There it sits, all big and black - an old cathode ray tube enclosure weighing in at some 15kg or so. Compiled in my San Bruno, California, hotel room. Dispatched the next day from San Francisco Airport via a commercial... [23 Feb 2009]
