Category: Wi-Fi
Virgin Trains will launch West Coast Mainline wi-fi in 2007
Trials of wi-fi Internet access aboard trains have already happened, and now Virgin Trains has announced its preferred bidder for rolling out Wi-fi internet services along the West Coast Mainline sometime in 2007. It will enable commuters, assuming they pay…
New iMacs: Is Apple using draft 802.11n wireless technology already?
There are some interesting discussions around the Web at the moment which suggest that Apple may already be adopting the draft 802.11n wireless specification in its latest line of Apple iMac computers. We've already reported the coming "iTV" from Apple…
Yay or Nay: Apple "iTV"
Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's plans for superiority over your living room TV by telling us that "iTV" (work in progress on the name) will be available from early next year. Yay or Nay to the iTV? Is iTV, coupled wirelessly…
BBC test out Norwich's new free wi-fi
The BBC tested out Norwich's new free wi-fi service yesterday and have some pictures to prove that they actually managed to get some work done on it. "Leaving the confines of the office, the team set up camp for the…
IFA 2006: Daewoo plan for wireless high-def TV
A whole host of manufacturers have recently been teaming up with MetaLink, a company that specialise in wireless media streaming technology based on the draft 802.11n specification – the next generation, higher-bandwidth wi-fi that should have sufficient capacity to stream…
IFA 2006: Commodore Gravel – downloadable entertainment on the move or in the home
I mentioned earlier in the week that the first viewing of the new Commodore (the Mpet II mp3 player), but the new Gravel entertainment system seems altogether more in line with the Commodore name. Commodore's latest baby is Commodore…
Impressive UK WiMax trials continue
We reported on Friday that Milton Keynes is set to be the UK's first WiMax-covered city thanks to Pipex Wireless. Well, PW have been busy on the latest phase of their WiMax trials in Stratford-upon-Avon, and have achieved some…
Milton Keynes soon to get WiMax – first in UK?
A tree… a flower… a concrete cow… a… a WiMax network. Milton Keynes is set to be the first UK city to get a high-speed WiMax network according to telecoms firm Pipex. Ironically, the town that's famed for cheesy…
City of London Square Mile to get complete Wi-fi coverage by end of year
The City of London Corporation is to set up almost complete Wi-fi mesh network coverage within the Square Mile by the end of this year, by installing transmitters in street furniture. Opting for a mesh network means that it's…
Sony Mylo – the Skype and Wi-Fi communicator
Sony aims to take advantage of the increasing Wi-Fi world with the introduction of Mylo – a handheld device that offers wireless networking, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 2.4-inch, 320 x 240 colour display and "straight from the box"…
