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Many UK citizens still clueless about Wi-Fi
News The report, which surveyed 1,000 people, found 40 percent of regular Wi-Fi users spent 10 minutes a day connected to a hot spot - a wireless connection point - while another 40 percent surfed for at least an hour in a single session.
[April 14, 2005, 18:05]
AMD chips in with Cray for world's fastest computer
Talkback As a techy, that just screams "hot spot" - it remains to be seen whether this causes a problem in enclosed spaces such as rack and blade server environments. Up until last Tuesday I would have put AMD in the top spot, processor-wise.
[June 20, 2006, 11:25]
High and confusing prices 'hampering' Wi-Fi take-up
News BT Openzone charges £85 per month for unlimited access to its hot spot network, although more competitive pricing is available to businesses who buy a multi-user licence. Smaller operators such as Internet Exchange charge lower prices for access to...
[May 22, 2003, 15:44]
Marriott to double Wi-Fi coverage
News More importantly for Intel, Marriott will hold in-hotel orientations to familiarise guests with "hot spot" access locations, identifying areas that have been tested for compatibility with Intel's mobile technology.
[February 27, 2003, 14:27]
Brokerage scheme to help close broadband divide
News We make available information by regular communication to all broadband solutions providers, large or small, who will then have the chance to bid to provide a service to a demand hot spot," Cowie explained.
[February 25, 2003, 13:28]
BT hints at cheaper Wi-Fi prices
News The UK government only legalised commercial Wi-Fi hot spots earlier this year, and there are thought to be just 41,000 Wi-Fi hot spot users worldwide. BT is likely to cut the cost of using its Wi-Fi hot spots once the technology proves popular with...
[October 2, 2002, 16:27]
Britain hottest in Europe for Wi-Fi
News Additionally, the sky-high costs of providing Internet backhaul from hot spots will kill many hot-spot business cases," predicted Lars Godell, Forrester senior analyst, when the Forrester figures were released in June.
[August 13, 2003, 12:50]
Football clubs to get Wi-Fi 'by January'
News Toshiba has been involved in some of the highest profile hot-spot deals, including a McDonald's plan to offer Wi-Fi in several major US cities. Under the deal, clubs would get Wi-Fi hot spots that would be accessible from anywhere in the club...
[September 17, 2003, 17:45]
iPass sees surge in Wi-Fi use
News Ken Greene, director of iPass's technical consultancy, said: "The main factors [behind the rise in usage] are the proliferation of the technology.wireless cards are now integrated in most laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots are becoming much more...
[August 23, 2006, 16:25]
BT to use Bluetooth to cut mobile costs
News This would let them surf the Web at high speed when within a Wi-Fi hot spot, and also make voice calls over GSM at other times. However, Bluetooth hot spots are far less common than Wi-Fi offerings. BT is working on a method of cutting mobile bills...
[July 29, 2003, 13:13]
Palm adds Net phoning to Wi-Fi handheld
News Wayport is offering a 30-day free trial to its service, which makes hot spot access available in areas such as hotels and airports. Palm is looking to add Net-phoning capabilities to the Tungsten C as well as additional security and the ability to...
[May 30, 2003, 8:21]
Google.org awards disease-prevention grants
News Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health received a $2.5m multi-year grant to support research to accelerate the discovery of new pathogens, and to enable rapid, regional response to outbreaks by establishing molecular diagnostics in...
[October 22, 2008, 12:18]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Just think of us when you next discover the Union Street hot spot in glorious downtown Plymouth, or gratefully log on at 33 Church Street, Inverness. With hundreds of hot spots just a mouse-click away, it's a great way to virtually zoom around the...
[October 31, 2003, 14:20]
Wi-Fi networks kiss and make up
News Because few locations in the UK offer more than one hot spot, companies need to check where their workers are likely to be before signing up. Thursday's deal between T-Mobile and Openzone only applies to their UK hot spots.
[October 21, 2004, 16:15]
Wireless deployment at enterprise level
News One of the most interesting points in the report is that wireless networking is no longer being used only as a "hot spot" solution for lobbies, conference rooms and other common areas, but is now being deployed more widely across the organisation.
[September 14, 2006, 15:40]
Wardriving sparks wireless treasure hunt
News As ZDNet UK found earlier this year, there's limited evidence of hot-spot activity even in some metropolitan areas. The chipmaker came to this conclusion after calculating that the Devon town has the highest ratio of hot spots to people of anywhere...
[November 14, 2003, 15:30]
From Mesh to UWB: Untangling the wireless future
News Building a Wi-Fi hot spot, for example, can cost as little as £500 (although it's not unusual for a business to spend around £10,000 on a company-wide, secure wireless LAN). Metro networks offer blanket access to the Net throughout an area the size...
[April 16, 2004, 12:35]
Chip-equipment sales fell in 2001
News Applied Materials had the top spot in terms of revenue, controlling 20.7 percent of the market even though its revenue fell 41 percent from a year earlier to $4.8bn. Canon was the only other company that moved up in the rankings, rising from the No...
[April 15, 2002, 7:31]
The great 3G data card road test
News Vodafone's hot-spot directory doesn't provide a map of each site, just the address. So users in an unfamiliar town would have to get their 3G or GPRS running in order to use an Internet map service and locate a hot spot.
[November 22, 2004, 18:20]
Is roaming coming to Wi-Fi?
News It and the company operating the hot spot split any revenue from Boingo users' wireless traffic. T-Mobile is also currently trialling hot-spots in UK Starbucks locations. A Boingo customer can now roam onto the 450 Wayport hot spots inside airport...
[September 11, 2002, 8:10]
