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Heathrow T5 gets massive wi-fi hotspot
News Heathrow's Terminal 5 has gone live with a wi-fi hotspot for its passengers. Passengers can use the service at a cost of £5 per hour or £10 for 24 hours. The service is aimed particularly at business... [04 Sep 2008]
Heathrow Airport: Lost laptop hotspot
News Share them with fellow passengers at atlarge.com. Airports are a hotspot for lost or missing laptops with around 800,000 being misplaced in European and US airports each year. According to research... [30 Jul 2008]
Super scanners at UK airports
News The scanners, produced by the Smiths Group, allow laptops to be carried in bags and cut queuing times for passengers, with travellers delayed for less than five minutes at Heathrow security in June in 95... [09 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?
Comment 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 even came with me. Plus, spy on some very small laptops... [16 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... T5 chaos, mobile maladies, and laptop losses…
Comment Before St Pancras International rail station was opened; three or four days were devoted to testing all the systems and processes, using an army of thousands of volunteer 'passengers'. On the bright side, thanks to... [03 Apr 2008]
Photos: Road testing wi-fi at 320kmph
Photo Passengers with their own wi-fi-enabled laptops (or smart phones) can get internet access during their journey at 2Mbps download and 512Kbps upload rates. The system, which is still in a test phase, only... [28 Mar 2008]
US plane security turns on batteries
News Passengers are allowed to pack two spare batteries in their carry-on bag, as long as they are in clear plastic bags. Most batteries for mobile phones and laptops meet this requirement. New rules from the... [04 Jan 2008]
Budget airline launches in-flight wi-fi
News and RIM to give passengers access to email and instant messaging functions while in the air. Passengers won't be able to access the full web. But if they bring wi-fi-equipped laptops... [07 Dec 2007]
Done and dusted: GNER wi-fi trains rollout
News Jonathan Metcalfe, GNER's chief executive officer, said: "Wireless internet has immense potential for both business and leisure users, and we're very encouraged by the usage levels and positive feedback from passengers. [27 Oct 2006]
Virgin waives in-flight laptop battery use ban
News The airline recently began preventing passengers from bringing onto planes any Apple and Dell laptops with their batteries still inside. In a new update on its site, however, Virgin Atlantic has said... [26 Sep 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.09.06
Round-Up The latest twist in this saga saw Virgin Atlantic this week ban passengers from using Apple and Dell laptops on flights over fears batteries could potentially overheat and spark fires in extreme cases. [22 Sep 2006]
Lenovo laptop latest to go up in flames
News A burning laptop that frightened passengers at Los Angeles International Airport over the weekend was a ThinkPad, Lenovo confirmed on Wednesday, and that laptop ships with Sony's battery technology. Lenovo still has not... [21 Sep 2006]
Virgin bans in-flight use of Apple, Dell laptops
News This effectively means passengers can only use Apple or Dell laptops in Premier Economy or Upper Class seats, which are ordinarily the only seats with in-seat power supplies (Isps), according to a Virgin... [18 Sep 2006]
Wi-fi usage on the up, says iPass
News Given that Heathrow serves an estimated 185,000 passengers on an average day, it appears wi-fi hotspots are still a niche service. Ken Greene, director of iPass' technical consultancy, said: "The main factors [behind the... [24 Aug 2006]
Will broadband in the sky take off?
News If equipment costs remain minimal and connectivity can be kept under $10 - or ideally $5 for a flight - then in future all passengers come from the chattering classes. Last week Boeing said it is closing Connexion by... [23 Aug 2006]
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