radio in comment and analysis
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment He adds that they also run a leaky cable along the aircraft ceiling to bring the radio signals even closer to the passenger. What's the tech behind that change and just how welcome is it, asks Anthony Plewes. [26 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment Also, where they pass through trees they are badly affected by damp or windy weather; ancient streetlights add interference; and any lines which pass near radio masts suffer severe interference. Readers are up in arms over Ofcom claims that the... [29 May 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Instant delays
Comment It is now largely complete and, of course, bristles with technology: a new heating system, fire and burglar alarm, radio and TV, broadband and LAN, hubs, switches and wi-fi. Written while flying from London to Greece on BA632 and dispatched from a... [16 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The one-box generation
Comment We now have in our midst a new generation who are becoming radio- and TV- free. Yet today he doesn't own a radio or a TV. Radio was strictly LW, MW and SW. But I find myself watching less and less TV, listening to more and more radio, and of course... [26 Mar 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Protestors clueless on wireless health risks
Comment Radio emissions are not at all like ionising x-rays that can blow cells apart. Scare stories about mobile phones cooking our brains come and go as regularly as the seasons. Irrational and unexplained results are periodically hailed by the media as... [04 Mar 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Mobile users break free
Comment Didn't this, or something very similar, happen to the automotive, camera, hi-fi, radio, TV and recording industries of the West before? Written on the Ipswich to London train and dispatched via a free wi-fi service in London. [05 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: The pyramids versus Macclesfield
Comment The idea is a great one - as one of the first large radio telescopes Jodrell Bank, near Macclesfield, is the sort of achievement that should be recognised. A couple of new destinations to add to your holiday list: after you've visited the pyramids... [23 Jan 2008]
Editor's Blog: Digital cold turkey, Himalayan style
Comment But a sudden moment of information vertigo occurred when I realised I hadn't read a newspaper or heard a radio report (let alone seen an RSS feed or scanned a blog) for a couple of weeks. I've often talked about going digital cold-turkey, dumping... [10 Jan 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Aerial bombardment
Comment Talk to any designer of radio systems for military applications and they will immediately regale you with their ongoing competition for physical space. And on the horizon we have WiMax, 3G, 4G, TV and radio. [07 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Apple vs Vista, jail for mobile users and the broadband swindle…
Comment If you can be jailed for holding a mobile, then you should also be for smoking, changing radio stations and anything else that requires the use of one hand off the wheel. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? [03 Jan 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Changing tech values
Comment Not so long ago all we had was the telephone, radio and TV. For me the telephone, radio and TV could go instantly, without even a second thought. Written at London Heathrow airport and dispatched to silicon.com from a hotel in Nice, France, via a... [22 Nov 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Generation X
Comment I even joined a radio club so I could mix with a few professionals in the hope some of what they knew would rub off on me. Written in a Florida hotel and dispatched via a free but shaky wi-fi service Human generations have mastered new technologies... [29 Oct 2007]
Trevor Baylis
AS Profile Baylis is most famous as the inventor of the wind-up radio and for his efforts to get the idea off the ground and over to Africa. If Baylis hadn't raised the possibility of helping Africa by using technology such as his hand-cranked radio, it could... [12 Oct 2007]
Interview: Tesco CIO Colin Cobain
Comment In this exclusive interview with silicon.com, Tesco group IT director Colin Cobain - just crowned CIO of the year at the CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards 2007 - talks about the supermarket giant's move to standard global systems, green... [25 Sep 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Media wars
Comment Numerous published reports have highlighted the impact of the internet on TV and radio audiences - and the likely knock-on impact for advertising - and it isn't a pretty picture. More and more are choosing to use their PC for everything: radio, TV... [31 Aug 2007]
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