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RSS bar in newsFree wi-fi steams into St Pancras
News Rail travellers rejoice: free wi-fi is now available at St Pancras International, giving the 45 million commuters who annually pass under its red brick arches an excuse to stay a while and maybe even splash out at the champagne bar. [06 Aug 2008]
Contactless payments speeds up coffee drinkers
News The four-month trial took place at Coffee Republic's outlets in Broadgate, Bluewater shopping centre and Canary Wharf between January and April 2008 - and the company said it saw a 50 per cent rise in contactless payments in the Canary Wharf bar... [23 Jul 2008]
Firefox 3 RC1 unleashed for feedback
News Changes have been made to the JavaScript engine to improve performance, and new Firefox 3 features, such as bookmark backup and restore, full page zoom and location bar autocomplete, have also been modified. [20 May 2008]
Vodafone plugs iPhone gaps
News Speaking at this year's Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona in February, CEO of Vodafone Arun Sarin made reference to the impact of the iPhone on the mobile phone market: "Apple has raised the bar to the iPhone and we all now know how... [06 May 2008]
Windows XP SP3 a go this month?
News Responding to the news of the leaked schedule on Wednesday, Microsoft issued a statement saying: "We expect Windows XP SP3 to be available in 1H 2008, provided it meets our quality bar for release. The third and final service pack for Windows XP... [16 Apr 2008]
Coffee Republic to offer free wi-fi
News He said in a statement: "In-bar technology is the way forward. Coffee Republic will become the first UK coffee chain to provide free wi-fi to customers when it launches the service across the majority of its UK chain from 1 May 2008. [14 Apr 2008]
Yo!Sushi cuts copper in favour of MPLS
News The restaurants are based around the Japanese Kaiten sushi bar where customers help themselves to colour-coded plates of food delivered by a conveyor belt. Fast food chain Yo! Sushi is forecasting a two-year return on investment on an MPLS (multi... [07 Apr 2008]
Mobiles on the moon, Google Android, Facebook fall
News The satellite-based moon mobile network would give lunar dwellers a full four-bar signal - and even enable them to phone home (aka Earth), though presumably the roaming costs would be astronomical. Spring is almost in the air but something else... [28 Feb 2008]
Internet shoppers clueless on web security
News A survey conducted by hosting specialist NetBenefit revealed 80 per cent of consumers are concerned about internet security when buying online but 70 per cent of them did not understand the significance of the green internet browser bar (a signal... [26 Feb 2008]
The mobile industry in its own words
News Apple has raised the bar to the iPhone and we all now know how important user interfaces are… We as an industry will have to raise our game to make sure that we can produce the kind of user interface that our customers are now becoming accustomed to. [22 Feb 2008]
Mobiles on the moon? Nasa prepares trial for takeoff
News The satellite system should ensure a full four-bar signal for lunar colonists living in the base Nasa wants to build at the south pole of the moon after 2020. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [19 Feb 2008]
Facebook goes all chocolaty
News Facebook users add the application to their profile then choose the gift - such as a Mars bar - and the friend they want to send it to before paying using their PayPal account. You can now send your Facebook friends chocolaty gifts which they can... [14 Feb 2008]
Vodafone CEO warns of Apple, Google threat
News Sarin also admitted Apple's iPhone has "raised the bar", showing how important user interfaces are in the quest to drive data usage. In his keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona today, Sarin said: "We must as an... [12 Feb 2008]
Google invests in web to fight disaster
News That way, for example, Rasmussen could send a message about a patient with untreated symptoms in Laos, in Asia via SMS on his phone, which might only have one signal bar of service. Right underneath that, there's a button that says reply, and [aid... [17 Jan 2008]
British Energy hires new CIO
News Campbell, who was voted one of the UK's top 50 CIOs this year, told silicon.com: "I turned it into a professional IT organisation, raised the performance bar and introduced good standards such as Itil, Prince2 and Cobit. [07 Dec 2007]
