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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport insecurity
Comment Like the rest of you, I have stood in line as my luggage is X-rayed, followed by the occasional arms-outstretched pat down. First drafted on flight BA633 from Athens to London and finished on BA093 to Toronto a week later. [29 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Eating your own dog food
Comment And suppose luggage designers had to travel a whole year non-stop with their own luggage, and ditto for the designers of electronic point of sale systems, mobile phones and security systems. Watch... [14 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... T5 chaos, mobile maladies, and laptop losses…
Comment My colleague was on a flight to Vancouver yesterday and had to leave (and arrive) for a week's skiing without any luggage. Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦... [03 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Surfing at home, 'Big Brother' IT and batteries on planes…
Comment A hair pin shorted across the terminals of a laptop battery will glow red hot and melt in a few seconds, time enough to set fire to your hand luggage. Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks... [10 Jan 2008]
Stories of the month - November 2007
News Let's hope St Pancras doesn't start enforcing the 'one item of hand luggage' rules of the UK airports - something which has really got the goat of silicon.com columnist Peter Cochrane.... [29 Nov 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Blind security
Comment In particular, I watch the reaction of those passing through the UK who suddenly discover that, unlike elsewhere on the planet, passengers are limited to one bag of hand luggage each. Written in an Edinburgh hotel and... [12 Nov 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The last CD
Comment When travelling internationally I carry a mirror of my laptop in the form of a 120GB pocket hard drive stashed in my luggage, while at home I enjoy several terabytes. Written at a Copenhagen hotel and dispatched to... [25 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: No locks?
Comment Everything from houses to hotels, offices and luggage has evolved to include locks and security systems as standard. Written in a hotel near Morpeth, Northumberland, polished on the A1 heading south and dispatched to... [15 Mar 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport security frustrations
Comment So far I have been lucky in that my checked baggage has not gone astray and at my distant destination the unloading has been well-ordered with first class and business travellers' luggage arriving first, which is in... [25 Sep 2006]
30 tips for better business travel
Comment Never put your laptop in your hold luggage, even if you're not using it during your flight. Avoid going to the loo before passport control when arriving by plane - there's almost always a worse queue when you get out and... [19 Jun 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: RFID and flight security
Comment The flight crew is pretty sure he boarded at the back, so they start pulling all the bags down from the overheads and asking all the passengers to identify their luggage an item at a time. Along with an aircraft full of... [01 Dec 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Back me up
Comment My laptop in particular is continually in and out of my bag, being vibrated on the floor, tables and luggage racks in cars, trains and planes. Written from Martlesham, Suffolk via free domestic Wi-Fi Because of the life... [01 Sep 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Mobile folly
Comment I'm not alone in sitting back to just stare at him in total disbelief as he paces up and down dragging his luggage behind him, giving ever more lurid detail. Peter Cochrane explains. Why... [04 Nov 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Over the moon
Comment In addition, I always carry a portable 60GB drive in my luggage when travelling. If companies are serious about protecting their vital information, says Peter Cochrane, they may want to... [15 Jul 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Who goes there?
Comment My idea of travel is to never have to check in a bag, never let go of any luggage and carry minimal clothing no matter what. Since 9/11 I have progressively trimmed down my luggage to the point where I... [24 Oct 2002]
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