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Comment Compiled at JFK Airport whilst waiting for BA 178 to fly me home via London Heathrow. Dispatched to silicon.com via a free LAN connection in the BA lounge. I just boarded an early morning shuttle bus from my hotel at JFK... [14 Oct 2009]
BAA preparing for Windows 7 take off
News BAA owns and operates seven UK airports, including Heathrow, which handle more than 200 million passengers per year. BAA's Heathrow airport with Terminal 5 in the foreground Airport operator BAA is... [09 Oct 2009]
Apple tablet, Windows 7, Nokia mini laptop, 3D printers and future mobiles
Photo The driverless ULTra will take passengers to Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 from next year. August saw this futuristic-looking machine, the ULTra personal rapid transit (PRT) vehicle, on display at London's Science Museum. [02 Sep 2009]
Photos: Driverless pod cars offer a glimpse of the future of transport
Photo From next year, travellers at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 will be able to step into one of these vehicles and be whisked straight to their destination - all without the need for a driver. This is what the pick-up... [13 Aug 2009]
BAA on IT offshoring, T5 opening and selling Gatwick
News BAA's tech team have had a busy past year with offshoring a large part of its IT, the opening of Heathrow T5 and the sale of Gatwick Airport. Mercer, who is responsible for looking after IT at BAA's seven UK airports... [18 Jun 2009]
Airwave eyeing Olympic network legacy
News The network for Olympics staff will also cover the likes of West End hotels in London and perhaps stretch as far as Heathrow, according to Airwave CEO Richard Bobbett. Emergency services comms company Airwave already has... [09 Jun 2009]
Virgin Atlantic integrates IT and finance depts
News Under Cope's stewardship Virgin also delivered the Limo Drive Through System, a complex web of computer systems that allows business class passengers departing from Heathrow to step out of their front door and into a... [03 Jun 2009]
Nick Gaines
CIO Profile Gaines started his career as a nuclear engineer and has worked within financial services, airports and construction, before taking up the role of BAA's director of business critical systems where he was accountable for the systems'... [03 Jun 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Set your content free
Comment Compiled at a Heathrow Airport Hotel between assignments in the USA and UK, and dispatched to silicon.com via 3G You must have noticed by now that publishers and media companies insist on locking down content on their... [30 Mar 2009]
Photos: The top tech sites on Google Street View
Photo Way out west at the edge of Street View's coverage area in London is the unimposing low-rise building pictured in the middle of this photograph: Heathrow Airport's newest addition and tech mega-project, Terminal 5. [20 Mar 2009]
Man Utd gets wireless on team coaches
News The system is already installed on school buses, coaches to Heathrow and GNER trains. The Manchester United team will soon be able to check the latest match results on their way to games, thanks to a new wi-fi... [18 Mar 2009]
IT Analysis - Terminal Decline at Heathrow - Failing IT or Management Failing?
White Paper This month's debacle was the British Airways' / British Airport Authority's flagship, £4.3billion development of Heathrow's Terminal 5. Big news, a state of the art, high tech system aimed at saving time and improving... [01 Mar 2009]
Photos: Classic Iris radar gets vision back
Photo The displays can be viewed for the first time by the public at TNMOC, replaying historical recordings of flights in and out of London's Heathrow Airport. The tech that kept the airspace over southern England safe for... [16 Feb 2009]
"It's either Segways or Strangeways"
News BA CEO Willie Walsh's assessment of the chaotic opening of Heathrow Terminal 5 January There are very few companies that understand software. Former chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, speaking in an interview with... [23 Dec 2008]
Virgin IT whisks travellers to departure in six mins
News Travellers using Heathrow airport are now checking in in as little as six minutes thanks to Virgin Atlantic's central computer system. Business class passengers departing from Heathrow are now able to... [19 Dec 2008]
