mobile communities
Mobile Ubuntu invites developers to build
News David Mandala, project manager of the Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Group, said in a blog posting: "This release marks the start of a way for new users to experience Ubuntu and open source software and, as the hardware becomes commonplace, it will... [26 Jun 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study The running costs per user (excluding the initial hardware) for the managed service are small - around £2 per week - and in future Kehoe envisages an ad-funded model being able to support service provision, with public sector organisations such as... [17 Jun 2008]
Google Android facing a fragmented future?
News Fabrizio Capobianco, the chief executive of Funambol - which makes personal information management and synchronisation software for handsets and has one of the largest mobile open-source developer communities - was one of many at the conference to... [13 Jun 2008]
ANPR "ring of steel" watches over Manchester
News Assistant chief constable Dave Thompson said the new fixed camera sites "will bring enormous benefits to the police and aid us in protecting our communities". Mobile ANPR cameras used in Manchester over the past two years have already resulted in... [05 Jun 2008]
BlackBerrys on the beat
News He added mobile access will mean officers are better informed with up-to-the-minute information, allowing them to improve the service they provide to local communities. Keith Gough, mobile information project manager at Thames Valley Police said... [03 Jun 2008]
More BT pay phones face the axe
News BT has therefore been constantly reviewing and where necessary rationalising its public payphone estate in order to meet demand…Any removal of unprofitable payphones is carried out in strict adherence to Ofcom guidelines and where appropriate with... [03 Jun 2008]
Who is the UK's IT hero of the year?
News Last year's event was the most successful yet, with the best and brightest across both the supplier and user communities in the UK technology industry rewarded for their achievements. There are also awards for technology products and services... [22 Apr 2008]
Let the Mobile Games Begin, Part 2: J2ME and .Net Compact Framework in Action
White Paper J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) and .Net Compact Framework follow different design philosophies and target different developer communities. This paper uses a mobile driving-directions example to discuss how the Java and .Net platforms work... [10 Apr 2008]
Social Software: Towards 'A Semantic Federated Model'
White Paper And as the FOAF and Blog communities are exploring these new federated technologies abuse, trust, security, the lightweight on-demand integration scheme offered from Semantic Web technologies will get widespread use in the area of social software. [04 Apr 2008]
Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide
News A few years back, UK-based company SkyLinc was touting its Low-Cost Integrated Broadband Radio Access communications platform - a delivery method that proposed to use inflatable base stations, tethered to fibre-optic poles, to bring the benefits... [06 Mar 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Protestors clueless on wireless health risks
Comment These groups include those preventing base station towers being erected close to their schools or in the middle of their communities. In the mean time I'm off to install my own mobile base station so I can increase the power level to my handset and... [04 Mar 2008]
Satellite comms to bridge digital divide?
News Dr Hamadoun Touré, the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) secretary-general, said satellite comms technology can play a vital role in connecting remote and isolated communities around the world. [28 Feb 2008]
Microsoft to embrace open-source and says won't sue
News Microsoft has announced changes in its business practices to work better with software from other providers, including open-source communities. Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008 Photo stories [22 Feb 2008]
Government admits to 200 more laptop thefts
News Department for Communities and Local Government: 28 laptops stolen and four mobiles stolen and one lost. The figures for phone, laptop and PDA loss and theft across government departments reveal the MoJ has had 135 laptops and 56 mobile phones... [19 Feb 2008]
Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008
Photo It will be based upon the ability of people and communities and information to be shared together. The world's biggest mobile phone trade show - Mobile World Congress 2008 - kicked off in Barcelona on 11 February. [18 Feb 2008]
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