wireless in comment and analysis
Editor's Blog: Back to the future
Comment And so much of the technology we use is doomed by its own in-built obsolescence - or relies on the intangible wireless - that I fear little will remain. We've abseiled down buildings, walked the tracks of the London underground at 2am and this week... [24 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Out of range?
Comment In my lab I looked out a couple of old wireless routers and a wi-fi extender plus a wi-fi dongle. Written in a Lisbon hotel bedroom and dispatched via my home LAN two days later. A couple of weeks ago I received a call from one of my start-up... [15 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.07.08
Round-Up And this weekend's O2 Wireless festival promises that some lucky punters will have access to luxury toilets with the help of contactless NFC wristbands. And so, the Round-Up empties its rucksack of festival tat and puts away the tie-dyed t-shirt... [04 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: The naked truth about DSL
Comment Of course there is a chance that wireless adoption will make the whole discussion irrelevant. As the price comes down and coverage improves, wireless will make the landline and wired broadband less attractive options. [03 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes
Comment Business travellers and others want to make calls during flight and airlines and wireless companies want to make revenue from this service; but most people onboard don't want to be bothered by others yapping away during the flight. [03 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment Wireless from A to Z 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 spare you a journey, says Stewart Baines. [30 Jun 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment Wireless from A to Z Soon, even a window seat above the Atlantic will no longer be beyond the reach of the chirping mobile phone. What's the tech behind that change and just how welcome is it, asks Anthony Plewes. [26 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Wireless jelly
Comment Written in a London coffee shop with the five-bar signal problem and dispatched via a free wi-fi node later the same day. You know how it is: you're in a coffee shop working online and using the free wi-fi service. [13 Jun 2008]
Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment High-speed wireless networks are meant to make life easier for business travellers. Wireless from A to Z Companies such as The Cloud offer wi-fi connectivity for £7 to £10 per month, and 3, for example, is offering 3GB of wireless download over 3G... [12 Jun 2008]
Gareth Lewis
CIO Profile In the early 1980s Lewis created a voice messaging system before moving on to various development and management roles at Cable & Wireless, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and Unisys. Gareth Lewis was appointed group CIO at energy company... [11 Jun 2008]
Simon Post
CIO Profile Technology plays an increasingly critical role for mobile phone retailer The Carphone Warehouse as the business moves into the wireless world, and Simon Post has been responsible for successfully steering IT through a two-year period of... [11 Jun 2008]
Martin Taylor
CIO Profile He then returned to the FTSE100 in 2003 as group CIO for telco Cable & Wireless to help turn around the business by in-sourcing the IT from IBM, exiting the US, overhauling its UK IT infrastructure and in-sourcing international billing for radical... [11 Jun 2008]
Computing on the go
Comment These machines come equipped with a 12-inch screen or smaller, extended battery life or additional battery, external optical drive, built in 3G and wireless networking, and a weight of less than 2kg. A recent report from analyst the Yankee Group... [04 Jun 2008]
Where will the Silicon Dragon swoop next?
Comment There's lots surrounding wireless communications and some digital TV standards and a new phone standard - China has its own phone standard for 3G. It's worth going there and seeing what's going on, particularly in the wireless and the internet and... [03 Jun 2008]
Tech innovation goes global
Comment Or perhaps a city has developed renown for its expertise in particular areas of high tech, such as wireless or security. Few CIOs can rely on local suppliers for all their technology needs. Instead, the hunt for tech has become global, with... [03 Jun 2008]
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