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Beijing Olympics diary: Testing times…
Comment When new members join the team, the first step for them is an induction course to ensure they are up to speed with the Olympic technology and policies. The team has worked at a very high level over the past few months. [21 Jul 2008]
Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment High-speed wireless networks are meant to make life easier for business travellers. G-HSPA offers an alternative, back-up connection but its slower speed and high charges per Mb downloaded will always limit its use for business travellers," he says. [12 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment Video-conferencing and high-speed downloads are not even worth contemplating for those who work at home. Readers are up in arms over Ofcom claims that the 'digital divide' actually favours rural dwellers - with many disputing the so-called... [29 May 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment In the UK, poverty is predominantly an urban issue - so looked at from that perspective the Ofcom state-of-the-broadband-nation report suggests high speed internet access might actually be exacerbating the digital divide - as relatively well-off... [23 May 2008]
Will consumers always want free banking?
Comment The High Court has decided consumer contract law can be used to determine whether bank overdraft charges are fair. For once, the main beneficiary will be the consumer, as market developments already under way speed up. [12 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'
Comment Have the levels of endemic incompetence become high enough to justify this massive additional expense? The Home Office expect widespread public support on various issues…they can't even manage their own jobs without high levels of guidance. [17 Apr 2008]
Centralised or decentralised IT?
Comment While dramatically improving the speed and quality of new systems, they have kept IT costs in check. But they often pay a high price for decentralising development: splintered development activities that make it difficult for functions or divisions... [09 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Passengers on select high-speed TGV trains in France travelling eastbound from Paris at speeds of up to 320kmph can enjoy a fledgling wi-fi service for free. Now you can browse the web and enjoy a pain au chocolat at the same time thanks to the... [28 Mar 2008]
Tiscali CEO: Bandwidth is key to fat pipe nation
Comment The internet and broadband is not just about speed. There's a huge amount of focus on speed. Because you're buying IP stream at a very high price it has limited bandwidth but we've actually rolled out our core high bandwidth multicast ADSL2... [21 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Aerial bombardment
Comment This form of antenna is often used for broadcast transmitters and on high-speed aircraft where any form of protrusion poses aerodynamic problems. High and low power, line-of-sight VHF, UHF and SHF, plus non-line-of-sight LF, MF and HF systems, have... [07 Jan 2008]
Itanium revisited - one year on
Comment Despite a high-profile launch, HP and Intel's Itanium chip has failed to make much of a splash. I took a look at Intel's high-end processor. The 9100 was over a year late and had a clock speed of more than half of what was once planned. [13 Dec 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Unfair fallout
Comment In the West each individual is exposed to about 350 millirems per year on average, from a variety of sources including high-speed particles from outer space and our natural environment. Written at a hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, and... [20 Sep 2007]
Editor's Blog: Ranking everything
Comment Still on the subject of top 10s, yesterday I chaired silicon.com's eighth annual Agenda Setters panel, the day when a dozen or more experts convene to try to settle on the 50 most influential individuals in the high-tech world. [13 Sep 2007]
Dear silicon.com... DNA database, lie detector tech, sat-nav blunders...
Comment With some high profile crimes taking many thousands of police hours searching for suspects, would this not also speed up investigations. Spoilt" online shoppers want more from high street All these systems ID card, benefit lie detectors, airport... [07 Sep 2007]
Who pays your broadband bill?
Comment For consumers, Pans means mobile connectivity wherever they go and high speed broadband - all at a relatively affordable price. At one time computers and networks were found only in certain workplaces, were often selected and managed by specialists... [21 Aug 2007]
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