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RSS t5Heathrow T5 gets massive wi-fi hotspot
News Heathrow's Terminal 5 has gone live with a wi-fi hotspot for its passengers. The service is aimed particularly at business travelers who can access the network using laptops, PDAs and mobiles, with the T5 network promising speeds of up to 8Mbps. [04 Sep 2008]
Highways Agency drives on with traffic tech
News The Highways Agency has awarded a £96m contract for the expansion of its active traffic management technology to Carillion. The scheme has been trialled on the M42 south of Birmingham, with the hard shoulder of the motorway opened to traffic during... [28 Jul 2008]
Video: Behind the scenes at Heathrow T5
Video Heathrow airport's new Terminal 5 endured a nightmare opening at the end of March but British Airways' flagship terminal is now getting on track following the transfer of the airline's long haul operations to the terminal this month. [25 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... dirty computers, lie detectors, T5 tech, mobile ASBOs
Comment This week, readers get worked up over rude mobile users - should they be slapped with an ASBO? Also, dirty NHS keyboards get an airing, benefit cheats hunted out with lie detectors and the T5 "tech not to blame" fiasco all attracted some feisty... [15 May 2008]
Tech not to blame for Terminal 5 fiasco
News The opening day problems at Heathrow's Terminal 5 (T5) were largely down to a lack of staff familiarisation with new facilities and processes, rather than technology issues. That's according to British Airways CEO, Willie Walsh, who has made it... [08 May 2008]
Computer classics, Vista uptake, iPhone price cuts and Heathrow T5...
News It was time for some tech nostalgia during April with the Sinclair ZX spectrum crowned the most popular first home computer by silicon.com readers. Check out where your favourite golden oldies came in the running. [28 Apr 2008]
RFID bag tags could save air-travel industry millions
News As Heathrow Terminal Five (T5) recovers from go-live glitches in its baggage handling systems, air travel IT specialist Sita has released research showing 42.4 million bags are lost in airports across the world. [18 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?
Comment It's a small claim to fame, I know, but I was one of the passengers who flew from the newly opened Heathrow Terminal 5 last week - and my luggage even came with me. Online check-in worked fine, as did the fast bag drop. [16 Apr 2008]
The Naked CIO: Crunch time for large projects
Comment Project failures suck all the attention away from IT's real contributions. So knowing when to delay or cancel a project is just as important as giving it the green light, says the Naked CIO. Do large projects make or break a CIO? [14 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Eating your own dog food
Comment Written at London's Heathrow airport after a confused journey through the newly opened Terminal 5. Copy dispatched via a free wi-fi hotel service in Athens. If I could be God for a day there are many things I would put right for humanity and planet... [14 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... T5 chaos, mobile maladies, and laptop losses…
Comment The Heathrow Terminal 5 (T5) chaos has dominated reader comments this week, with many readers, unsurprisingly, astonished it went so wrong. Following that, another topic on readers' radars is the debate over the dangers of mobile phones, and lastly... [03 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: My Freecycle identity crisis
Comment Recently I had a bed I wanted to get rid of - one that was, I felt, too good to spend the next 1,000 years rotting in landfill. So I decided to have a go at Freecycling it instead, which to my surprise threw up some interesting questions about... [01 Apr 2008]
Beijing airport gets in shape for Olympics
News Beijing's new $3bn airport terminal has completed the rollout of a major part of its IT infrastructure ahead of the Olympic Games in August. Sita, the IT services company which specialises in aviation, has completed the installation of 700 work... [31 Mar 2008]
Heathrow T5: The end in sight for first day blues?
News The problems at Heathrow's new Terminal 5 appear to be lessening four days after the less than perfect opening day. Around 87 per cent of flights (both arrivals and departures) are due to run today, with a similar proportion operating tomorrow. [31 Mar 2008]
How did the Heathrow T5 launch go so wrong?
Comment To many, the travails of Heathrow's new Terminal 5 (T5) won't come as a huge surprise with the airport's infamous delays, lost baggage and struggling infrastructure often making the headlines. But T5 promised to be different. [28 Mar 2008]
