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Comment All calls will be routed through the plane's on-board GSM network and charged to the customer on their monthly bill as a standard international roaming call. Its back-of-the-seat phones incorporated in the entertainment system reportedly carry 7... [26 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... dirty computers, lie detectors, T5 tech, mobile ASBOs
Comment Anybody wanting to use a mobile in flight must state their intention at check-in and will consequently be seated at the back of the plane with the rest of the self-important morons shouting into their blingfones (TM). [15 May 2008]
Photos: Galileo's phase two goes into orbit
Photo The Giove-B satellite arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 13 March 2007 after being carried by this Antonov cargo plane. See pictures from the launch of the first test satellite, Giove-A back in summer 2006. [29 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Meanwhile, back on the ground and travellers flying with British Airways (BA) and other Oneworld alliance airlines will soon be able to access wireless broadband for free in UK airport lounges. The Round-Up will just get its coat and slip quietly... [28 Mar 2008]
Emirates rings up first in-flight mobile call
News Calls can be made and received while the plane is at cruising altitude. The airline, which signed up to the AeroMobile system back in 2006 and already offers phone calls, email and text messaging via an in-seat entertainment system across its... [25 Mar 2008]
The truth about software as a service
Comment But there is a problem, even more than for a CRM system: being unable to access a word processor from an internet-less plane or café will not suit many people. This application allowed salespeople to update their records and forecasts in places... [23 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Surfing at home, 'Big Brother' IT and batteries on planes…
Comment US plane security turns on batteries A good starting point would be a healthy debate about privacy in a technology-enabled world - leading to some rather tough constraints on what employers and government may do - rolling back the frontiers of some... [10 Jan 2008]
Photos: Technology at the heart of Terminal 5
Photo Above, a British Airways plane passes the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow. Nick Gaines, BAA business-critical systems director, explained that whatever was built needed to be integrated back into the existing Heathrow infrastructure. [17 Jul 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Let the train take the strain
Comment So all in all there's little difference between train and plane travel times. Actually, as I write that line the woman opposite me says, in broad Geordie tones after a loud phone conversation with her father: "Dad says they've got no electricity... [04 Jun 2007]
Top 10 tips for working from home
News Tapping away on a laptop is fine on a plane but when working from home make sure you have a full size keyboard and a mouse - and a monitor if possible, as well as a comfortable work space - your wrists/neck/eyes/back will thank you in the end. [21 May 2007]
Building an Integrated Information Back-Plane
White Paper Building an integrated data warehouse is very difficult, but it is possible. By using the best of both an Enterprise Data Backplane (EDB) and dimensional models the integrated informational backplane can work. [13 Dec 2006]
Photos: Cambridge boffins showcase tech of tomorrow
Photo Is it a plane? Inside the window is a touchscreen foil, developed by Cambridge-based group Visual Planet, with a back-projected image to guide shoppers to what they're looking for. Chips that can sniff out explosives, in-train entertainment systems... [13 Nov 2006]
Photos: A safer way to navigate the skies
Photo US industrial manufacturing giant, Honeywell, has developed a new safety system to show the pilot where the plane is in the sky when visibility is low and, more importantly, whether it's about to crash into anything.silicon.com recently got to see... [05 Oct 2006]
Nokia does GPS licensing love-in with Trimble
News Trimble's navigation technology is designed to aid users by pointing them in the right direction when travelling down city streets, hiking in the wilderness or flying a private plane. Back in September, Nokia shelled out to buy software mapping... [03 Oct 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.09.06
Round-Up It seems many of us are in the same boat - or more accurately plane - when it comes to a common annoyance. Here, I've brought you back a present. But anyway, back to the research which also revealed that 80 per cent of business travellers don't... [29 Sep 2006]
