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Comment Anybody wanting to use a mobile in flight must state their intention at check-in and will consequently be seated at the back of the plane with the rest of the self-important morons shouting into their blingfones (TM).
[15 May 2008]
Comment I was off the plane - and had picked up my luggage - and sailed out of the airport in just 10 minutes. It's a small claim to fame, I know, but I was one of the passengers who flew from the newly opened Heathrow Terminal 5 last week - and my luggage...
[16 Apr 2008]
Round-Up Planes, trains and automobiles - the title of an amusing comedy flick starring Steve Martin is also a neat segue into the Round-Up's opening gambit, after a week gorging itself senseless on chocolate eggs and iPlayer programmes.
[28 Mar 2008]
Comment We spent a day encrypting the data, sent the encryption key by person on a plane followed by the disk in the possession of another person. So why as a consumer does he blithely share his own personal details at the drop of a hat?
[25 Feb 2008]
Comment But there is a problem, even more than for a CRM system: being unable to access a word processor from an internet-less plane or café will not suit many people. Hosted applications don't suit everyone all the time.
[23 Jan 2008]
Comment US plane security turns on batteries Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. Do your homework Plan to give all school kids broadband access
[10 Jan 2008]
Comment I'm on the plane. 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 on the site.
[25 Oct 2007]
Comment So all in all there's little difference between train and plane travel times. Will Sturgeon explains why business travel by train within the UK is a far more beneficial and enjoyable experience than flying, thanks in large part to the installation...
[04 Jun 2007]
Comment Plane @500km/h is equivalent to broadband @5.6Mbps Written on BA217 flying London to Washington and dispatched to silicon.com from my hotel via a low cost wi-fi service For almost all of my professional life I have been trying to communicate...
[09 May 2007]
Round-Up It seems many of us are in the same boat - or more accurately plane - when it comes to a common annoyance. Shock horror! News broke this week that is likely to shake society to its core. You see, it appears that businessmen are no strangers to the...
[29 Sep 2006]
Comment Recently I boarded at Copenhagen with my computer bag, my clothing bag, all my shaving equipment, aftershave, deodorant, and medications etc, and carried them onto the plane and loaded into the overhead - no worries.
[25 Sep 2006]
Leader Aside from the 'yeah, yeah - I'm on the plane' conversations air travellers will have the dubious pleasure of enduring when mobiles on planes become widespread, business travellers will now face the threat of having to turn what is traditionally...
[23 Aug 2006]
Comment Snakes on a Plane? But we never knew how much the ongoing mobiles-coming-to-a-plane-cabin-near-you saga would raise the collective blood pressure - see our latest poll results. It may well be August, the height of silly season, but there have been...
[08 Aug 2006]
Round-Up Unless you have a batmobile in the car park and bat plane at home, the utility belt is not a good look (and even Batman tended to hide himself away in the shadows when wearing one.and what do you think the Joker was laughing at?
[07 Jul 2006]
Comment Change into them on the plane and leave them behind when you change back into your 'work clothes' before landing. silicon.com staff and contributors have weighed in with their 30 suggestions on how to make business travel bearable.
[23 Jun 2006]
Comment Compared to plane, train and bus travel, motoring down the highways and byways of Britain is considerably more common, and fraught with endless frustration. If car-to-car technology comes through, waiting in jams and skidding on ice patches could...
[21 Jun 2006]
Comment Make a note from past travels on a route or, if you're travelling to or from the US and know the plane/airline, use seatguru.com - even the best business or first class seats can vary by being close to or far from galleys, toilets or even other...
[19 Jun 2006]
Comment I met Susan at the CNET office today to pick up my plane tickets for Shanghai and say goodbye to everyone there. In May 2006, silicon.com senior reporter Dan Ilett travelled to China, seeking to get behind some of today's most interesting tech and...
[16 Jun 2006]
Comment Off the plane earlier I was surprised to see two young women selling SIM cards before I'd even reached the immigration gate. I'm tired after the plane journey, which doesn't help, but 'Here comes the bride' is blasting out on giant speakers, at the...
[08 Jun 2006]
Comment One option would be to use a picocell on the plane itself. This on-board base station will allow the mobile phones on the plane to use minimal power, while the picocell will be responsible for relaying the signals to the ground, probably by satellite.
[02 Jun 2006]
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