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RSS fiFI Group and Druid merge in £2.4bn deal
News UK consultancies Druid and FI Group are to merge, creating a £2.4bn company. The deal is based on a share swap offer by FI for Druid, valuing the latter at approximately £670m. In a statement, Hilary... [18 Jan 2000]
Virgin Trains completes wi-fi rollout one year late
News Virgin Trains has completed the rollout of wi-fi on its Pendolino trains operating between London and Scotland, more than a year later than originally planned. Virgin Trains did not want to provide a... [29 Apr 2009]
Case Study: D-Link Brings Affordable, Single Network Wi-Fi Solution to Redeemer University College for Enhanced Internet Access and Reliability
White Paper Redeemer University College was being hindered by its spotty, unreliable Wi-Fi network that was patched together with random access points and lacked central communication. Redeemer University College is an undergraduate... [11 Jul 2009]
Wi-Fi gets much-needed security boost
News A Wi-Fi security standard awaiting final approval is intended to restore confidence in a market damaged by previous weak specifications. Wi-Fi products establish wireless local area networks that allow... [24 Jun 2004]
Wi-Fi Client Device Security and Compliance With PCI DSS
White Paper Wi-Fi Client Device Security and Compliance With PCI DSS is every retailer's nightmare: An attacker exploits weak network security at a retail store to steal information from customers' payment cards (credit cards and... [13 Jul 2009]
'Wi-fi hack makes plan to ban file-sharers unfair'
News ISP TalkTalk has criticised proposals by the government to cut illegal file-sharers' internet access, on the grounds of wi-fi vulnerability to hacking. In a blog post last week, Andrew Heaney, TalkTalk's executive... [19 Oct 2009]
BlackBerry Storm2: RIM's second touchscreen - this time with wi-fi
News Unlike the first Storm handset, the Storm2 comes with wi-fi - "a key thing that was missing from Storm1 that our users demanded", according to Rob Orr, senior director of product management EMEA at RIM. [15 Oct 2009]
Rail travellers lapping up free wi-fi
News A free wi-fi service on the East Coast Main Line railway is proving extremely popular with passengers. Rail operator National Express has seen wi-fi usage more than triple since it introduced a free... [05 Mar 2008]
Students get blanketed in wi-fi at Brum uni
Case Study The wi-fi network would have cost more but the university was able to make a saving of £87,000 by reusing fibre freed up when the core network was recently upgraded from 8MB to 10MB, said Turnbull. The university is in... [18 Mar 2008]
Approved: Super-speedy wi-fi standard finally gets green light
News Task group members include the majority of wi-fi chipmakers, software developers, and equipment OEM vendors. According to the Wi-Fi Alliance, the group that tests and certifies wireless products to... [14 Sep 2009]
More Wi-Fi hotspots for BT customers?
News BT's roaming agreement with The Cloud, the UK's largest Wi-Fi network, gives it access to some 4,000 hotspots. Without roaming deals, a customer on one UK Wi-Fi network has to pay again if they want to... [28 Jul 2004]
London Eye pod getting wi-fi upgrade
News The London Eye is investing in its wi-fi as part of a multimillion-pound revamp. The capital's viewing wheel, which has seen more than 33 million visitors take a turn in one of its pods since it opened in 2000, is... [19 May 2009]
Starbucks drinkers get an extra shot at wi-fi
News BT has teamed up with ubiquitous coffee chain Starbucks to provide wi-fi connectivity in all its cafes in the UK and Ireland. The rollout, set to begin this week and be completed by the end of this year, will see the... [21 Apr 2009]
Wi-Fi protocol open to PDA attacks
News The attack can be executed using a standard PDA with 802.11 facilities and cause "significant disruption" to all Wi-Fi traffic from access points in a range of around 100 metres. A vulnerability in the 802.11 wireless... [14 May 2004]
US Wi-Fi venture Cometa to fold
News Wi-Fi pioneer Cometa Networks will announce today that it is suspending operations following a failure to raise additional capital needed to expand its service nationwide in the US. Wi-Fi start-up... [19 May 2004]
