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Photos: Wi-fi in the great outdoors
Photo Noise pollution: There may be no annoying hum from air conditioning units but there's plenty of noise from the heavens as several planes and a helicopter pass over. Outdoor office: A quiet corner of St James' park in London was turned into an... [08 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes
Comment Also getting readers reaching for their keyboards this week, the OFT and Kangaroo and phones on planes - love them or loathe them? The issue that got readers talking this week was the IT-teacher drought - is "boring" IT to blame? [03 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment Oil prices drive up transport costs whether on planes or roads. Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring against business travel. Those factors are also coinciding with the growth of the very tech that could spare you a journey, says... [30 Jun 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment The key technology in allowing mobile phone use on planes is the picocell. This resistance to mobile telephony on planes has even prompted airlines, such as Emirates' local competitor Qatar Airways, to publicly announce they will not be allowing... [26 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Robin Dargue, Group CIO, Royal Mail
Comment Robin Dargue has long been known as something of a high-flyer in CIO circles - and that's not just about his hobby of flying planes (more of which later). After hitting the heady heights of CIO for drinks giant Diageo aged just 36, he has now taken... [11 Jun 2008]
Brits want ASBOs for rude mobile users
News The survey, which was carried out by moneysupermarket.com, also found more than half of respondents are against mobile use on planes - flying in the face of European Commission moves to bring mobile calls to European flights. [09 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... T5 chaos, mobile maladies, and laptop losses…
Comment On the bright side, thanks to passengers refusing to be finger printed, problems with the "high-tech" computer security systems failing were avoided and as a result planes managed to leave the airport with passengers onboard. [03 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Planes, trains and automobiles - the title of an amusing comedy flick starring Steve Martin is also a neat segue into the Round-Up's opening gambit, after a week gorging itself senseless on chocolate eggs and iPlayer programmes. [28 Mar 2008]
In-flight mobile gets Ofcom thumbs up
News The approved system will be useable once planes are more than three kilometres above ground level so they don't interfere with ground-based mobile networks. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [26 Mar 2008]
Transforming the Network Edge: Lufthansa Systems and Cisco Unified WAN Services
White Paper Lufthansa Airlines VP Bardo Werum knows that to keep planes in the air, it's important to keep data flying too. This free News@Cisco video reveals how a new approach to router technology helps one of the world's best known airlines soar smoothly... [17 Mar 2008]
Mile-high wi-fi takes off on US airlines
News American Airlines will initially enable 15 of its 767s with broadband, and eventually it will offer internet connectivity on 500 planes. Virgin plans to provide broadband on all its planes, according to a blog posted on GigaOm. [13 Mar 2008]
Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide
News Planes The planes would then have been launched over cities, circling at altitudes of more than 51,000 feet to provide a comms service footprint on the ground of around 120km in diameter. The A to Z of broadband [06 Mar 2008]
A Real-Time Parallel-Processing Imaging System for Radio Astronomy
White Paper In mapping modes, these spectra are further inserted into a 3-dimensional data cube of image planes as a function of radio frequency. ACSIS (Auto Correlation Spectrometer Imaging System) is a real-time data collection and reduction system intended... [04 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Galileo
Cheat Sheet Well, the EU argues that satellites have become the standard way of navigating on the road as well as for ships and planes. What's a 16th century scientist got to do with technology? I see what you're thinking but this isn't the Galileo from Pisa... [28 Jan 2008]
Fast Development for a Rugged Plane
White Paper This is a plane that's specifically designed to go places other planes can't. Quest Aircraft Company wanted to achieve FAA certification and begin selling planes. Quest Aircraft Company has designed a new 10-place single engine utility turboprop... [14 Jan 2008]
