Category: Wi-Fi
Journo Wi-Fi disasters
There's a 'funny if it wasn't so sad' article by Chris Partridge over at VNUnet about how he failed to find a working Wi-Fi hot spot on a recent press trip to France. We know what he means too after…
Exeter is UK's Wi-Fi capital
I am sure they will be partying in Exeter this weekend for Intel has named the city the UK Wi-Fi hot spot capital. Apparently it has more public access Wi-Fi hot spots per person than anywhere else in the…
Tosh turbocharges wireless systems
Toshiba's wireless R&D labs, based in Bristol, has come up with a low cost 100 Mbps WLAN – and apparently has even faster systems on the cards. It claims that the first 1Gbps wireless systems for homes and businesses is…
Wi-fi Hi-Fi from Digital Fidelity
Digital Fidelity has announced a wi-fi equipped music server that can be controlled anywhere in the home with a Dell PDA. Called the Hush AVX Music Centre, the company claims it runs much more quietly than other music servers…
Football's Wi-Fi wonderland
Now this is the kind story we like. Apparently Toshiba has hatched a plan to deliver Wi-Fi facilities to the nation's football league clubs The roll-out has already started at First Division clubs Reading and Notts Forest and the company…
Wi-Fi on the rails
The train may be hours late, but at least your e-mails will get there on time. According to The Register (www.theregister.co.uk/content/69/32375.html) the UK's east coast rail service operator GNER is testing out an onboard wi-fi (802.11b) service that will allow…
The wonder of Wi-Fi
"It's as if the dotcom boom and bust never happened." That's the verdict on Wi-Fi hot spots from Forrester's tech specilaist Lars Goodell in today's Guardian. He cites appalingly low usage figures and the ridiculous fees being charged by the…