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Photos: Top summer holiday gadgets
Photo With a nod to keeping in touch with the outside world without going the whole hog and taking your BlackBerry to the beach, consider packing a netbook in your suitcase - such as the Eee PC 900 (pictured) which weighs in at just under 1kg... [11 Aug 2008]
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. Dispatched via a free wi-fi service. First drafted on flight... [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]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up For starters the newly opened facility had problems with the baggage system, which led to all luggage check-in at the new terminal being suspended. The service, which is still in its trial phase, offers TGV passengers... [28 Mar 2008]
Photos: Android, high-tech Heathrow, the future of shopping
Photo This shows the RFID reader logging items of luggage in the conveyor to make sure it ends up at the right destination. It seems wi-fi is getting ever more omnipresent with Manchester... [28 Feb 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]
Photos: High-tech London St Pancras on track
Photo The area is floored with cedar, which the renovation team found is the quietest surface for wheeling luggage trolleys over. Travellers will be able to access the free wi-fi network -... [08 Oct 2007]
RFID luggage-tracking lands at Heathrow
News Heathrow Airport is to trial RFID technology to track luggage as it moves around the airport as it aims to reduce the amount of bags that get lost in the system. Wi-fi at the airport... [09 Jul 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 But best of all, a check-in and security regime of six months ago, with no restrictions on hand luggage, fluids cosmetics and other materials - just business as usual. So far I have been lucky in that my checked baggage... [25 Sep 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: RFID and flight security
Comment Along with an aircraft full of people at Schipol, I have just stowed my luggage in the overhead, got seated and settled in, ready to fly back to the UK. The flight crew is pretty sure he boarded at the back, so they... [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... [01 Sep 2005]
