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RSS warwick in newsFreedom4 spreads WiMax love to students
News Warwick is one of three cities in the UK to have a commercial WiMax network from Freedom4, along with Manchester and Milton Keynes. A spokesman for Freedom4 said Warwick's commercial network went live back in May. [16 Jul 2008]
UK WiMax company snaps up wi-fi buddy
News Freedom4 has also signed new reseller deals in the Manchester and Warwick areas. The reseller agreements announced on Tuesday include Mumtel in Manchester, as well as Konnex networks in Warwick. WiMax operator Freedom4 has bought a UK wi-fi roaming... [21 May 2008]
India's Wipro to create hundreds of UK tech jobs
News Bangalore-based Wipro is evaluating several regions for its next delivery centre including Birmingham, Cranfield, Edinburgh, Manchester and Warwick. Indian IT giant Wipro is set to create hundreds of new jobs in the UK by taking advantage of... [20 Mar 2008]
Computer says 'No' - lie detectors trap benefit cheats
News The system is also being used in Birmingham, Chester-le-Street, Coventry, Derwentside, Durham, Edinburgh, Hinckley and Bosworth, Lambeth, Rochford, Sedgefield, Warwick and Wealden. Computer voice analysis is being used to root out benefit cheats... [18 Feb 2008]
UK tech has 12 years to help save the planet
News Working with scientists at the University of Warwick to develop a mechanism to allow business to quantify IT-related emissions. The UK technology industry has just 12 years to slash its rapidly growing carbon footprint if it is to help the world... [12 Feb 2008]
Pipex reveals nationwide WiMax plans
News Freedom4 has already deployed WiMax base stations in Milton Keynes and Warwick. Freedom4 - the new brand name for the Pipex Wireless division - will initially target SMEs with the rollout of its symmetrical WiMax service, which it claims will... [05 Oct 2007]
Stop e-voting trials, government told
News Thirteen local authorities - including Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick - ran trials for electronic voting, vote counting and voting in advance.silicon.com Public Sector The Electoral Commission has called for the government to... [02 Aug 2007]
Tiscali buys Pipex's broadband
News Pipex Wireless, a joint venture between Intel and the ISP, rolled out WiMax in Milton Keynes last year with a Warwick rollout on the cards for this year. Pipex has sold its broadband and phone division to Tiscali for £210m. [13 Jul 2007]
States back European tech institute
News Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe, chief executive of the higher-education action group Universities UK, has slammed the scheme as being "politically motivated" and has suggested that tax and regulatory incentives would be a better way to stimulate... [27 Jun 2007]
WiMax to go live in Warwick
News Warwick District Council's WiMax trial will start this spring with the objective of a full rollout by the end of the year. From mid-May, the southern part of the district - including Leamington Spa and Warwick - will be WiMax enabled. [03 Apr 2007]
WiMax WISP hits Warwick
News The number two rollout will take place in the city of Warwick, with the WISP (wireless ISP) working with National Grid Wireless, Warwick District Council and Intel to set up WiMax connectivity over three sites. [18 Jan 2007]
Embedded chips not getting under shoppers' skin
News But Kevin Warwick, professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading said the idea of chips embedded under the skin still has "enormous potential". Warwick said he could see the tech taking off in the retail environment if shops offered... [10 Oct 2006]
Stop bullying your outsourcer, companies warned
News Outsourcing based on mutual trust can create a 20 per cent to 40 per cent difference on service, quality, cost and other performance indicators, according to research by LogicaCMG and Warwick Business School. [24 Nov 2005]
Tech brain implant reads man's mind
News Kevin Warwick, professor of cybernetics at Reading University, has recently conducted experiments to connect his nervous system to a PC using an RFID implant in his arm. Cybernetics - the fusion of human beings and technology - is helping one... [01 Apr 2005]
Could future computer viruses infect humans?
News Kevin Warwick, professor of cybernetics at Reading University and a man who has wired up his nervous system to a computer and put an RFID chip in his arm, is looking forward to becoming a cyborg once again - but warned the day will come when... [12 Nov 2004]
