Action 2000 worried over bug...
News A spokesman for the fire service confirmed that fire stations would operate even if IT systems failed. Despite the assurances, 10 fire brigades and 24 police stations have not yet been visited by independent assessors.
[April 21, 1999, 15:43]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Many hospital radio stations have as much, if not more, IT infrastructure than the smaller commercial stations -- and rely on computers to play out specially prepared pre-recorded music and programmes during the 20 hours a day that the volunteers...
[November 5, 2004, 17:03]
WiFi for wireless LANs
News For consumers, WiFi certification will mean that a wide array of wireless LAN cards and base stations will be compatible straight out of the box. Today, wireless LAN cards and base stations from different vendors that use 802.11b aren't able to...
[March 16, 2000, 9:27]
More tests for school mobile masts
News The measurement programme will be carried out by the Radiocommunications Agency (RA), which completed an audit of mobile base stations located on or near schools earlier this year. Despite there being no scientific evidence that mobile base...
[March 4, 2002, 12:55]
Intel makes a mesh of wireless networking
News Each device on a mesh network not only receives and transmits its own traffic, it acts as a router that forwards messages destined for other stations. In the enterprise, mesh can be used to quickly extend the reach of a wireless LAN without having...
[February 21, 2003, 8:43]
Nuggets: Route planner knows the code...
News It also scores above its competitors in the amount of additional information contained in its database, including petrol stations, car parks, Underground and rail stations and tourist information. It rises in the West and settles in the .
[May 26, 1999, 15:46]
Mesh networking takes to the skies
News A project in the Australian outback is examining ways of remotely collecting data from unmanned weather stations," explained Lander. They are hoping to use mesh networking to allow them to fly over the stations and suck up the data.
[February 24, 2005, 13:45]
Trapeze makes secure Wi-Fi roaming tool
News The logic and access control is centralised, in a so-called Mobility Exchange switch, while the wireless base stations are reduced to Mobility Points containing the radio and some other features. The slim base stations are a clue that, unlike...
[April 14, 2003, 11:52]
BT turns to fruit flies for network tips
News The puzzle is compounded because base stations aren't distributed evenly, there are geographic complications such as hills, and network use changes constantly. But with dozens of base stations, each broadcasting with six of the 29 available...
[April 15, 2002, 10:29]
3 supercharges its network with HSDPA
News The rollout is expected to be much faster than that for 3G networks, as most base stations will only require a firmware upgrade. Very old base stations may need a "minor" hardware upgrade, but this will only be necessary in very few cases, said 3.
[August 15, 2006, 15:15]
Business and Investing Shows on Internet Radio
Downloads If a show you enjoy is not in our program guide, suggest it by e-mail or easily from within the application.Features:+ Schedule shows Live now or Coming up soon (and when)+ Schedule is accurate and time zone adjusted+ Streams work+ Multiple...
[December 20, 2009, 18:17]
Police suspects face Viper parade
News The C&W IP VPN takes 15-20 minutes to download IDs to individual police stations, where they can even be burnt onto DVDs to be shown to victims at home or in hospital. Over 14,000 IDs are now in the Viper system, which is initially being used by 70...
[March 17, 2003, 10:24]
Start-up shrinks PC to palm size
News The screen measures just 10 centimetres in diameter, roughly the same size as those on a Palm, but the company will also sell docking stations so that it can be used like a normal desktop or laptop. Two different docking stations will also be...
[April 17, 2002, 10:35]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog On the other side, the American record industry association RIAA failed to get its requested airtime rates through the Library of Congress -- which would, if passed, have shut down most of the small Internet radio stations.
[May 27, 2002, 17:26]
Swisscom to speed up Wi-Fi rollout
News Last summer, Megabeam announced that it would roll out its service at many of the UK's major railway stations -- a move that looked to give the company a major advantage against rivals such as BT Openzone.
[June 25, 2003, 16:33]
xG update - money, mystery and more
Blog And it's collected $6 million since that period for base stations. But Treco has now decided to become the "exclusive infrastructure partner" to xG (well, seeing as it's buying enough base stations to carpet the US, it's hard to see what else they...
[October 6, 2008, 17:36]
Real upgrade comes with strings attached
News There's more: Bookmark your favorite stations in RealPlayer, and they'll show up in RealJukebox. The latest version of RealPlayer delivers 2,500 radio stations to the desktop, single-click access to programming from more than 100 Internet...
[May 22, 2000, 16:21]
xG update - 2009 starts with silence
Blog Which is a shame.xG has promised so much for the beginning of 2009 - here's a press release from November last year: "xG Technology, Inc.xG" or "the Company"; LSE-AIM: XGT), which is implementing a revolutionary, low-cost mobile communications...
[January 14, 2009, 17:13]
Dell and Gateway go wireless
News Access points and base stations Access points and base stations As the price of wireless networking equipment has dropped over the past year, the major computer manufacturers have begun offering customers a variety of wireless options.
[August 20, 2002, 19:46]
Is MP3 dying already?
News Cuban's company is widely seen as a pioneer in distributing multimedia over the Internet, from hundreds of radio stations, television stations, audio books and business events. Network television stations as we know them will disappear, but local...
[March 15, 1999, 16:43]



