planes in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 01.08.08
Round-Up Well, other than at crying babies on planes, cars parked in the Round-Up's space, queuing in general, that sort of thing. It's not often the Round-Up gets riled. OK, so a few things get the Round-Up riled, thank you very... [01 Aug 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes
Comment Also getting readers reaching for their keyboards this week, the OFT and Kangaroo and phones on planes - love them or loathe them? The issue that got readers talking this week was the IT-teacher drought - is "boring" IT... [03 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment Oil prices drive up transport costs whether on planes or roads. Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring against business travel. Those factors are also coinciding with the growth of the very tech that could... [30 Jun 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment The key technology in allowing mobile phone use on planes is the picocell. This resistance to mobile telephony on planes has even prompted airlines, such as Emirates' local competitor Qatar Airways, to... [26 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Robin Dargue, Group CIO, Royal Mail
Comment Robin Dargue has long been known as something of a high-flyer in CIO circles - and that's not just about his hobby of flying planes (more of which later). After hitting the heady heights of CIO for drinks giant Diageo... [11 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... T5 chaos, mobile maladies, and laptop losses…
Comment On the bright side, thanks to passengers refusing to be finger printed, problems with the "high-tech" computer security systems failing were avoided and as a result planes managed to leave the airport with passengers... [03 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
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... [28 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Surfing at home, 'Big Brother' IT and batteries on planes…
Comment 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. Do your homework [10 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... work and play, mobiles on planes, data leaks...
Comment 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. I'm on the plane. [25 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: No risk, no progress
Comment Fast forward a decade or two at a time and: no trains, trucks, cars or planes, no telecoms, no space exploration, no computers or IT, no modern medicines, no idea about evolution, the cosmos or much else, and yet more... [03 Oct 2007]
Opinion: Global services' level playing-field
Comment Container ships and airfreight planes shift products all across the world everyday, from factory to customer in a complex dance of logistics that spans the world. The global services landscape is maturing fast, as a new... [02 May 2007]
Leader: No hang ups about subterranean mobiles
Leader With mobile coverage encroaching into nearly every part of our lives - even on planes - it was only be a matter of time before mobile signals started finding their way onto the Tube. Granted, it's still in the planning... [16 Apr 2007]
Editor's Blog: You're not travelling, you're atlarge.com
Comment These range from uber-travellers - such as our columnist Peter Cochrane - to those of us who go through the usual slog of planes, trains and automobiles, not to mention hotels, restaurants, cafés and other public spaces. [19 Dec 2006]
Leader: In-flight connectivity is here stay
Leader silicon.com has been writing stories about mobile connectivity on planes for some years - as far back as 2004, to be exact - and in-flight wireless internet access even longer than that. But for all the talk, the only... [09 Nov 2006]
Leader: Learn to love in-flight mobile
Leader Mobile telephony and broadband connectivity on planes is here to stay, whether we like it or not. Aside from the 'yeah, yeah - I'm on the plane' conversations air travellers will have the dubious pleasure of enduring... [23 Aug 2006]
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