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News Mobile operator 3 has unveiled a phone designed for accessing web 2.0 services such as Facebook that it hopes will do for data consumption what Apple's iPhone has done for smartphone uptake: light the blue touchpaper. [13 Nov 2008]
Nokia's touchscreen iPhone rival coming this week
News Both sources said Nokia would unveil its new phone - code-named 'Tube' - on 2 October at an analyst and media event in London. Nokia will unveil its first touchscreen phone this week in a direct challenge to Apple's... [29 Sep 2008]
Intel gives vPro 'one button techies' makeover
News Tube Lines is also a vPro user, reporting a 30 to 40 per cent cut in energy consumption on the back of the technology's remote power management technology, which allows tech teams to govern when a fleet of PCs is... [22 Sep 2008]
Oyster brand and credit crunch to hit O2 mobile wallet?
News Mobile operator O2 announced the results of a six-month trial of the travelcard-enabled mobiles last month, concluding there is consumer appetite to use phones as a Tube ticket replacement. Any rollout of Oyster-enabled... [15 Sep 2008]
Apple "niche player" in touchscreen world
News While Apple may not have been the first device maker to put a touchscreen on a mobile handset, the emergence of the iPhone has certainly boosted the market, inspiring a slew of imitators from Samsung's Omnia to Nokia's rumoured... [10 Sep 2008]
Tech to get walkers back on streets of London
News Transport for London (TfL) says the system will boost public health and reduce stress on buses and the Tube by providing a benchmark to measure the success of schemes to promote walking. London is to use pedestrian... [08 Aug 2008]
Open source guru criticises Oyster software
News He also warned that the RFID chip on the card might be read at other times, allowing information to be gathered besides details of Tube and bus travel. So, if you make the mistake of connecting the card with your name,... [10 Jun 2008]
silicon.com Classics: The iPod and BlackBerry lost property mountain
News Around 15,000 mobile phones and PDAs such as the BlackBerry are handed in each year after being left on tube trains and buses around the capital. The latest in our weekly look back through the classic stories of the last... [05 Mar 2008]
Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome
News Some early adopter customers include General Motors, Newham Borough Council and Tube Lines. Microsoft's newly-launched Windows Server 2008 has been given a cautious welcome by customers. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer... [28 Feb 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News By 2015, biometric technology will make getting on a plane almost as easy as getting on the Tube or train today, according to a leading border security expert.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Click on the links below... [21 Feb 2008]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 25.01.08
Round-Up Podcast Dancing on the tube, favourite gadgets, smelly broadband and ID cards all get an airing on the silicon.com's Weekly Round-Up podcast, this week featuring Steve Ranger, Tim Ferguson, Nick Heath and Bethan Jones. [25 Jan 2008]
Mobiles go underground in Glasgow
News If the pilot is successful coverage is likely to be rolled out to other Tube lines and extended to include DAB digital radio and wi-fi coverage. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [14 Jan 2008]
Top 10 mobile & wireless stories of the year
News O2 Tube trial takes mobile payments underground But it's not all been about Steve Jobs this year. For starters, rumours of a Google mobile resurfaced and hung around, refusing to die. The search giant did finally serve... [13 Dec 2007]
O2 Tube trial takes mobile payments underground
News O2 has today launched a six-month pilot of NFC (near-field communications) wallet phone technology in London, describing it as the "largest and most comprehensive trial in Europe" of a technology that's already big in Japan. [28 Nov 2007]
The great working from home experiment
News Perhaps equally relieved at Tube-dodging or just expecting early technical hitches, several of my colleagues were also already online. It's said working from home can be good for productivity, the environment and... [21 May 2007]
