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Photos: Wi-fi in the great outdoors
Photo Web designer Frederic Marc spends a lot of his time working remotely - in wireless coffee shops or seeking out wi-fi elsewhere in London. Outdoor office: A quiet corner of St James' park in London was turned into an outdoor office last week by... [08 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.06.08
Round-Up The future is wi-fi-equipped public conveniences with a coffee machine. You may not get an expensive luke-warm cup of coffee-flavoured milk foam and jazz-lite soundtrack of your favourite coffee shop in the loo but it does at least guarantee some... [20 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Healthy mobility
Comment Out of bed at 7am, walk to the kitchen for breakfast, read the newspaper, and go for a constitutional at 9am, visit a coffee shop at 10.15am, and so on through the day. Written on a rainy summer afternoon just four miles from my home in a local... [10 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: A petabyte before I die...
Comment Written in a coffee shop in Ipswich UK and dispatched via a company wi-fi service. Today I was in a well-known electronics store buying an audio connector for £1.46 when I was offered a mouse for 23p. [14 May 2008]
Coffee Republic to offer free wi-fi
News Latte lovers who like to surf and work from the comfort of a coffee shop will be able to get free wi-fi internet access at Coffee Republic cafes from May. Coffee Republic will become the first UK coffee chain to provide free wi-fi to customers when... [14 Apr 2008]
The Naked CIO: Boardroom stereotypes
Comment When I'm referred to as the 'IT guy' as I sip my coffee on the top floor I'm expected not to be offended. So however much you know about the business you'll find it hard to shake off the techie label, says the Naked CIO. [07 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Locked in at the bank
Comment Written in a coffee shop at Wickham Market, Suffolk, and dispatched via a free wi-fi service in Woodbridge a day later. Go back 40 years and you would find telecoms providers slow to respond to customer and market demands. [07 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Trying to explain
Comment Written at my home in Suffolk UK and dispatched to silicon.com from the Wild Strawberry Café in Woodbridge which combines great coffee and cookies with free wi-fi Throughout my life I have stumbled upon wonderful teachers and experts who combined a... [14 Jan 2008]
Intuit Mac bug creeps back through public wi-fi
News Users of a popular accounting package have been warned not to use the software at public wi-fi hotspots, such as those found in airports, coffee shops and hotels. Users of the 2006 Mac version of Intuit's QuickBooks software could find that a... [04 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... petty cash, Vista sales, swelling SMEs...
Comment have people never considered the possibility of making a backup or do macs never get hit by lightning or power surges or knocked off desks or have coffee spilled on them or any of a hundred and one accidental disasters that affect computer systems... [01 Nov 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.10.07
Round-Up Laptops, coffee, muffins and light jazz. McDonald's ongoing quest to improve its brand from beloved-of-chavs fast food chain to slightly less beloved-of-chavs fast food chain took a bold new step forward with the news that the company's outlets... [12 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... McInternet, FON in the UK, safety first, e-fraud...
Comment the chance of doing a few drive throughs for a coffee and some connectivity. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views... [11 Oct 2007]
Editor's Blog: What is city-wide wi-fi?
Comment Amateur wi-fi can mean anything from someone leaving their home WLAN on for others (let's not get hung up here on whether that's bandwidth sharing on purpose or because someone doesn't understand how to lock down their network), to small coffee... [17 Jul 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Let the train take the strain
Comment Grab a quick coffee (two minutes), get on train (no security, no hassle). Time, door-to-door (providing GNER doesn't succumb to it's own occasional delays): about five hours and 17 minutes (don't forget that coffee), during which there are at least... [04 Jun 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Wi-fi
Cheat Sheet Getting online when you have a coffee or a pint, that sort of thing? You're not wrong. Since the turn of the century, wi-fi hotspots have really taken off and it's almost impossible now to find a public place or office that doesn't offer wi-fi access. [24 May 2007]
