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RSS terminal 5BAA preparing for Windows 7 take off
News BAA's Heathrow airport with Terminal 5 in the foreground Airport operator BAA is hoping the roll out of Windows 7 will help simplify its IT infrastructure and contribute to a cost-cutting initiative... [09 Oct 2009]
Apple tablet, Windows 7, Nokia mini laptop, 3D printers and future mobiles
Photo The driverless ULTra will take passengers to Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 from next year. August saw this futuristic-looking machine, the ULTra personal rapid transit (PRT) vehicle, on display at... [02 Sep 2009]
Photos: Driverless pod cars offer a glimpse of the future of transport
Photo From next year, travellers at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 will be able to step into one of these vehicles and be whisked straight to their destination - all without the need for a driver. The... [13 Aug 2009]
BAA on IT offshoring, T5 opening and selling Gatwick
News The transition took place while BAA was opening the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow, although Mercer said the additional workload had not contributed to the widely publicised failure of the T5's baggage... [18 Jun 2009]
Nick Gaines
CIO Profile Gaines started his career as a nuclear engineer and has worked within financial services, airports and construction, before taking up the role of BAA's director of business critical systems where he was accountable for the systems'... [03 Jun 2009]
Photos: The top tech sites on Google Street View
Photo Way out west at the edge of Street View's coverage area in London is the unimposing low-rise building pictured in the middle of this photograph: Heathrow Airport's newest addition and tech mega-project, Terminal... [20 Mar 2009]
IT Analysis - Terminal Decline at Heathrow - Failing IT or Management Failing?
White Paper This month's debacle was the British Airways' / British Airport Authority's flagship, £4.3billion development of Heathrow's Terminal 5. Big news, a state of the art, high tech system aimed at saving... [01 Mar 2009]
Minority Report: Why I loathe Apple Stores
Comment A dreadlocked, pasty-faced girl with enough metal in her face to cause a full-scale security shutdown in Terminal 5 approached me with a reassuring smile on her lips and a patronising look in her eyes. [18 Feb 2009]
"It's either Segways or Strangeways"
News BA CEO Willie Walsh's assessment of the chaotic opening of Heathrow Terminal 5 January There are very few companies that understand software. Former chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, speaking in an... [23 Dec 2008]
2008 in film: From Gates' departure to T5 opening its gates
News The past year has seen some memorable footage come to silicon.com including Bill Gates' final visit to London before stepping down as Microsoft chairman, and a behind-the-scenes look at the tech in Heathrow's Terminal... [12 Dec 2008]
Tech in pictures: The best of 2008
Photo In 2008 silicon.com has crossed the globe; delved beneath the streets of London; taken to the skies; travelled back in time; marked the departure of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates; seen the launch of the MacBook Air and the not so... [11 Dec 2008]
Inbox: Women still getting a rough deal on pay
Comment Unfortunately, Heathrow's Terminal 5 is going to be remembered as a text-book example of what happens when systems are not tested properly. By not testing [properly], organisations run the risk of... [07 Nov 2008]
BA blames Heathrow T5 chaos on IT testing slip ups
News Both BA and BAA have been criticised for "serious failings" in a parliamentary transport committee report into the shambolic opening of the £4.3bn terminal in March this year. Video: Heathrow Terminal... [03 Nov 2008]
UK flights grounded by air traffic control glitch
News Video: Heathrow Terminal 5 uncovered Photos: Passenger's eye view of Heathrow Terminal 5 Photos: Inside Heathrow's Terminal 5 Photos:... [26 Sep 2008]
Airports spending $3bn to be tech high fliers
News Video: Heathrow Terminal 5 uncovered Photos: Passenger's eye view of Heathrow Terminal 5 Photos: Inside Heathrow's Terminal 5 Photos:... [23 Sep 2008]
