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Nationwide WiMax in next two years?

News WiMax is currently only available in very limited deployments in the UK and only in its "fixed" variant, with the prospects for "mobile WiMax" - the type needed for portable devices - depending on upcoming spectrum auctions.

Tags: 3g, wimax

[09 May 2008]

Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear

News According to the report, in-body networks could be implanted in patients to monitor their movements and/or vital health signs, such as blood sugar level, and to send data wirelessly via a home hub or portable monitor to keep doctors informed of...

Tags: e-health, ofcom, wireless

[08 May 2008]

Glasgow NHS keeps tabs on equipment with RFID

News The initial driver of this part of the project is to reduce the amount of time maintenance staff waste in locating portable medical equipment, such as defibrillators, infusion pumps and blood monitors.

Tags: wifi, rfid, nhs

[28 Apr 2008]

US no longer king of the PC?

News Like the US, buyers in the region are moving toward more inexpensive portable PCs, particularly in emerging markets where many consumers are making their first PC purchase. The US PC market is beginning to have less influence on the global market...

Tags: asus, dell, us, pc

[17 Apr 2008]

BBC iPlayer comes to the Wii

News Huggers said in a statement: "The BBC's catch-up TV service can now be accessed on an increasing number of different platforms - from the web and portable devices to gaming consoles. The BBC has announced its iPlayer online TV catch-up service is...

Tags: tv, nintendo, iplayer

[10 Apr 2008]

Phishers attack social networking generation

News There is an increased security threat from portable media devices, whether it be a USB flash drive or an MP3 player," he said. Scroggie said the spread of malicious code was expected to increase, with the growing use of portable data-storage devices.

Tags: social networking, phishers

[09 Apr 2008]

Whitehall laptop ban hits driving agency performance

News The ban on removal of laptops and portable devices with unencrypted personal data was introduced across all government departments in the wake of a string of high profile data losses, including the loss of 600,000 personnel details by the Ministry...

Tags: government, data loss, full disclosure

[04 Apr 2008]

WiMax to make it as a 'last-mile' broadband tech?

News He added: "We anticipate that mobile usage will develop after initial demand for fixed and portable services - WiMax 802.16e is a flexible platform that can operate in all three modes of usage. WiMax could be used as a 'last mile' substitute tech...

Tags: dsl, broadband, wimax

[01 Apr 2008]

Mobile 'radio silence' fear afflicts Brits

News A recent survey by American Express Insurance found the majority of Brits believe portable technology has had a negative effect on work/life balance rather than helping them manage their time better. In the same week as new warnings emerged of a...

Tags: crackberry, always-on, mobile

[31 Mar 2008]

EC examines Nokia bid for Navteq

News The operation raises some issues similar to those involved in the proposed acquisition of Tele Atlas by TomTom, a Dutch company manufacturing portable navigation devices and selling navigation software for mobile phones, the Commission said.

Tags: eu, ec, navteq, nokia

[31 Mar 2008]

Workaholic Brits can't find the off switch

News The majority of Brits believe portable technology has had a negative effect on work/life balance rather than helping them manage their time better, a new survey suggests. Is the mobile love affair over?

Tags: work/life balance, blackberry, mobile, american

[19 Mar 2008]

Government admits to 200 more laptop thefts

News He said: "Laptops are high risk items, being portable and high-value, and therefore more likely to be stolen than PCs. The government has admitted almost 200 laptops have been stolen from various departments, including the Ministry of Justice (MoJ...

Tags: laptops, theft, figures, measures

[19 Feb 2008]

Poll: MP3 player king of commuter gadgets

News Trailing behind were portable video players (to catch up on last night's TV) and laptops, which gained just under three per cent of the vote each. The MP3 player has been named the most popular gadget for passing the time on the daily commute by...

Tags: gadget, mp3, mobile, pdas

[08 Feb 2008]

Dell sees the future - and it's mini!

News Last week Gartner predicted that by 2012, around half the developed world's workers will be running virtualised desktops transported on portable storage devices like the iPod, rather than carrying laptops between work and home.

Tags: dell, mobile, smart phone, screen

[08 Feb 2008]

BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban

News The Department of Health, Ministry of Justice, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Ministry of Defence would not reveal how many portable devices were temporarily out of action but the Government Car and Despatch Agency has withdrawn 14 PDAs.

Tags: data loss, blackberry, mod, government

[04 Feb 2008]

Intel super skinny chip in demand

News The chip is designed for ultra-portable laptops, which mostly use low-voltage or ultra-low-voltage versions of Intel's Core 2 Duo processors currently, in order to fit into the tight spaces required by ultra-portable designs.

Tags: lenovo, apple, intel, core

[01 Feb 2008]

Apple unveils 'world's thinnest notebook'

News Apple unveiled its ultra-portable MacBook Air, the world's thinnest notebook according to CEO Steve Jobs, during his keynote speech at Macworld 2008. The MacBook Air weighs 1.36 kilograms, which Jobs said is on par with others in the ultra-portable...

Tags: apple, macbook, steve jobs, air

[16 Jan 2008]

Top 10 weird data disasters

News This year the company has seen more damaged portable devices than ever before. Ant infestations, oil and failed parachute jumps are some of the unusual fates which have befallen innocent data storage devices recently, according to data recovery...

Tags: recovery, hard drive, data, laptop

[05 Dec 2007]

Staff mobile devices increase security risk

News As employee-owned portable devices become more sophisticated, they become less secure, according to one analyst. Gartner's Heiser made the assertion that the security risks posed by portable devices are growing exponentially in accordance with...

Tags: pda, security, laptop, owned

[23 Nov 2007]

Work-related files go walkabout

News Fourteen per cent of employees admit to storing company material on their laptop's hard drives, nine per cent on personal devices not owned by their workplace, eight per cent use portable hard drives and seven per cent use mobile devices to keep...

Tags: mobile, remote working, laptop, files

[13 Nov 2007]

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