Category: Wi-Fi
Roaming (a bit) more free
Good news for those who like to browse the Internet while grazing on a sandwich. BT is cutting down the price of its Openzone Wi-Fi service, so you can do all your work from a hotspot café. The company is…
Designer wi-fi lamp
Express your or your partner's mood with this new wi-fi enabled lamp named Dal. Designed by French company Violet, it changes colour depending on messages it receives via e-mail or the phone. For example, Dal can change colours according to…
Broadreach to deliver budget Wi-Fi
Some big Wi-Fi news this week from Broadreach Systems. The company, which turned the whole of London's Leicester Square into a Wi-Fi zone, is apparently working on plans to extend that wireless zone across more of central London. The company…
Wireless mini-bar puts pay to sneaking snacks
No more sneaking a Toblerone or a bag of peanuts and hoping to get away with it when you check out of your hotel the following morning. Hi-tech automated mini-bar manufacturer Bartech Systems has developed a new automated e-fridge complete…
Is this the end of the hot spot?
The Guardian has a piece on how the arrival of Vodafone's 3G laptop card is likely to impact on Wi-Fi operators and predicts that unless the hot spots are cheap and simple to use the days of the big Wi-Fi…
Planes, boats and trains for Wi-Fi users
To steal from the old Bacharach/David tune it will soon be a case of 'Planes and Boats and Trains' for owners of laptops equipped with Wi-Fi facilities. They can already surf the Internet wirelessly on some GNER trains between…
Gigabyte's wi-fi in your pocket
Gigabyte Technologies has come up with an innovative product, according to The Register. It's a USB flash drive with a built in wi-fi adaptor. The clever little gizmo, code name GN-WLBZ201, combines 128Mb of flash storage with a wi-fi…
Wi-fi on track for success
We've reported on wi-fi for trains before, but now it seems it's actually happening. In an article for The Guardian, Sean Dodson reports about his experiences of using wireless technology onboard a GNER train from York to London. And…
Wi-Fi zone encompasses London's West End
A new wi-fi zone that encompasses much of London's Piccadilly has been created by Broadreach Systems, according to a story in The Guardian. The zone, which enables anyone with a Wi-Fi connection to check their e-mail or acess the…
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…