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National Work from Home Day: A blessing or a curse?

News I don't have the TV or radio on, because I know it will disturb me. In honour of National Work from Home Day, the silicon.com team stayed out of the office to find out just how easy it is to do your job remotely.

Tags: home, work

[16 May 2008]

Google lays out mobile future

News T is for TV Google is aiming to make an impact in the mobile sector by focusing on web-based applications, super-fast search and location based services (LBS). The online search giant has been ramping up its mobile applications for some time and...

Tags: web, apps, android, mobile

[13 May 2008]

Nationwide WiMax in next two years?

News T is for TV Speaking at a roundtable discussion yesterday, Ashish Patel said the long-range wireless technology would find an enthusiastic audience among the users of mini-notebooks and other portable web-surfing devices.

Tags: 3g, wimax

[09 May 2008]

Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear

News T is for TV 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...

Tags: e-health, ofcom, wireless

[08 May 2008]

The tech behind the Beijing 2008 Olympics

News We also have a commentator information system [CIS] which gives them information on the state of play so that when they are talking on the TV they have all the statistical information to make the commentary more colourful.

Tags: infrastructure, servers, olympic

[08 May 2008]

Mobile M2M connections on the up

News T is for TV Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus B is for Bluetooth C is for The Cloud D is for dotMobi E is for Email F is for FMC G is for GPS H is for HSDPA

Tags: ecall, telematics, m2m

[06 May 2008]

Multiple network access becoming mobile norm

News Key factors expected to shape handsets in the coming five years include the Apple iPhone, alternative networks such as wi-fi and WiMax, and mobile TV and video, according to In-Stat. Mobiles are growing up.

Tags: networks, mobile, wi-fi

[02 May 2008]

iPlayer loses its Virgin-ity

News The BBC iPlayer is now available on Virgin Media's cable service, further expanding the availability of the on-demand TV service. This is the first time iPlayer has been available on a TV platform and will bring full quality BBC programmes to the...

Tags: platform, cable, virgin media, bbc

[30 Apr 2008]

Satyam spices up silver screen with latest effects

News The division, based in Chennai, specialises in animation and has already put cartoon series on TV screens, both for entertainment and education. The glamour of Hollywood and the Indian outsourcing industry will collide on the big screen this year.

Tags: hollywood, bpo, india

[29 Apr 2008]

Tesco to launch iTunes challenger

News There are also plans to expand Tesco Digital to TV, films and games in the near future. Tesco Digital will initially offer all of the tracks in Window Media format with around half (1.6 million) also available as MP3s.

Tags: mp3, online, digital music, itunes

[15 Apr 2008]

BBC's Highfield hops off to Kangaroo

News BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield, is to leave the corporation to head up the Kangaroo online TV service. Highfield will become CEO of Kangaroo, which is a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 to create...

Tags: itv, channel 4, online, iplayer

[15 Apr 2008]

Coffee Republic to offer free wi-fi

News T is for TV 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. Wireless from A to Z

Tags: wi-fi, coffee republic

[14 Apr 2008]

WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?

News T is for TV Teresa Kellett, director of global development for telco Sprint Nextel, said during a panel discussion at this week's WiMax Forum Asia 2008 that WiMax's first-mover advantage over the long-term evolution of 3G (LTE) may eventually help...

Tags: 4g, 3g, wimax

[11 Apr 2008]

BBC iPlayer comes to the Wii

News The BBC has announced its iPlayer online TV catch-up service is being made available for the Nintendo Wii. 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...

Tags: tv, nintendo, iplayer

[10 Apr 2008]

Who's king of advertising? Web set to overtake TV

News The report said last year's 38 per cent online-ad growth was driven by the rising number of people online, the introduction of cheap laptops and the growing popularity of catch-up TV on the internet through services such as Channel 4's 4oD.

Tags: tv, 4od, online ads

[09 Apr 2008]

'Super-3Gs' get connected via the Gobi

News T is for TV Gobi, which Qualcomm released in October 2007, is a chipset that allows travellers to connect to both High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Evolution-Data Optimised (EV-DO) networks. Both are types of "super-3G", but are incompatible.

Tags: hp, wireless, lenovo, dell

[07 Apr 2008]

BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage

News Highfield claims broadband usage has "changed beyond recognition" since BBC iPlayer received its full launch on Christmas Day last year, contributing to a significant growth in people watching TV on the web.

Tags: content, highfield, bbc, iplayer

[04 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! to 'revolutionise' mobile search with OneSearch

News T is for TV Yahoo! announced upgrades to its Yahoo! OneSearch product at the CTIA trade show in Las Vegas yesterday, which it says make mobile search smarter, more relevant and easier to use with voice-activation technology.

Tags: web, mobile, search, yahoo

[03 Apr 2008]

Facebook for BlackBerry racks up a million hits

News Cheat Sheets  Cheat Sheet: Google Android  Cheat Sheet: Mobile TV  Cheat Sheet: Galileo  Video Cheat Sheet: Femtocells BlackBerry users have racked up more than one million downloads of a Facebook app in the five...

Tags: facebook, blackberry, rim

[02 Apr 2008]

The high-tech road to happiness

News In addition, the HA is opening up its network of traffic cameras - still images from 1,200 cameras are available on the HA website and on partner websites and streamed images from the cameras will soon be used in TV travel bulletins.

Tags: cars, highways agency, traffic

[01 Apr 2008]

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