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FI-FM Radio
Downloads The FI-FM Radio player is an application to listen to FI-FM anywhere in the world. Includes all the contents of your favourite station live and the music you like in non-stop music time.Featured with integrated volume control and streaming pause...
[March 28, 2009, 6:04]
SCI FI Wire Reader
Downloads Use this app to stay up to date with the latest SCI FI Wire news stories and videos on your iPhone wherever you go. With the free SCI FI Wire iPhone App, you'll read the latest stories and watch exclusive videos whether you're using an...
[February 7, 2009, 6:46]
Faster Wi-Fi hot spots get green light
News As ZDNet UK reported last week, the move will allow commercial network operators to run Wi-Fi hot spots based on 802.11a. The government has announced plans to deregulate the 5GHz band of the radiocommunications spectrum.
[January 21, 2003, 8:19]
Starbucks keeps up Wi-Fi rollout
News Coffee retailer Starbucks announced on Tuesday that it has increased its rollout of Wi-Fi hot spots. Back in August last year, Starbucks set up its first two UK Wi-Fi hot spots, both in London. In rolling out a Wi-Fi network, Starbucks and its...
[January 21, 2003, 16:39]
US defence department reaches Wi-Fi pact
News The two sides said Friday that they had reached a resolution that establishes a new radio frequency threshold for products using unlicensed radio spectrum -- primarily Wi-Fi products. Wi-Fi is a technology that lets devices located within a 300...
[February 3, 2003, 8:57]
Railways set for Wi-Fi showdown
News The UK's two leading Wi-Fi operators are on course for their first territorial clash, and the scene of battle is Britain's largest railway stations. BT Openzone, the pace-setter in the rollout of 802.11b, or Wi-Fi, hot spots across the UK, said...
[February 3, 2003, 14:37]
London still Wi-Fi capital of the world
News London has shored up its status as Wi-Fi capital of the world with usage soaring 156 percent and the average session time lasting 72 minutes. But the world is in the grip of Wi-Fi fever, according to the latest data from iPass's "Wi-Fi Hotspot...
[March 17, 2008, 7:30]
Windows XP gets Wi-Fi security upgrade
News The update adds support for Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), which is intended to replace the current standard, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). WPA has been approved by the Wi-Fi Alliance, which is the group responsible for establishing standards...
[March 31, 2003, 14:46]
Microsoft loses ground in Wi-Fi market
News Microsoft's decision to wait on delivering faster, "g"-class Wi-Fi gear may have reversed huge market share gains the company made in the hot consumer category. In January, Microsoft captured the No.position in US retail sales of Wi-Fi wireless...
[March 28, 2003, 17:02]
Boston airport battles with free Wi-Fi
News Boston's Logan International Airport is attempting to pull the plug on Continental Airlines' free Wi-Fi node, which competes with the airport's $7.95 (£4.48) per day pay service. In an escalating series of threatening letters sent over the last few...
[August 4, 2005, 9:50]
High and confusing prices 'hampering' Wi-Fi take-up
News Wi-Fi take-up in Europe is being hampered because the prices being charged are generally too high, and also vary widely between operators, a senior analyst claimed on Wednesday. Speaking at The Wireless LAN Event in London on Thursday, Ross Pow...
[May 22, 2003, 15:44]
All aboard for Wi-Fi trains?
News Rail companies may soon be Wi-Fi enabled, giving laptop and PDA users the chance to surf and email on the train. However, there is a phalanx of formidable obstacles to overcome, which could mean that widespread Wi-Fi rollout across the rolling...
[May 23, 2003, 17:13]
UK's Wi-Fi market may not match the hype
News Although Wi-Fi is one of the hottest issues in the IT sector at present, there are worrying signs that both rollout and take-up of the technology are undershooting industry targets. The Wireless LAN Event, held at London Olympia last week, heard...
[May 27, 2003, 14:44]
Palm adds Net phoning to Wi-Fi handheld
News Handheld market share leader Palm is teaming with software developers to make its Wi-Fi device more attractive to consumers and businesses, with features such as Internet-based telephone calls. The company announced on Thursday that it is joining...
[May 30, 2003, 8:21]
Home Wi-Fi 'crucial' for wireless take-up
News The implementation of wireless home networks is key to achieving a significant take-up of Wi-Fi, operators now believe. Clive Mayhew-Begg, chief zones officer for Myzones, told an audience at The Wireless LAN Event at London's Olympia conference...
[May 22, 2003, 16:30]
Wi-Fi to become common mobile feature
News Converged Wi-Fi and VoIP phones are still a drop in the handset ocean this year - but don't rule them out as the next big thing yet, a new report has suggested. Revenue from Wi-Fi/VoIP handsets totalled $54.7m (£31.1m) last year with 130,000 units...
[July 21, 2005, 17:00]
Virgin leaps on board with Wi-Fi
News Virgin Trains is rolling out wireless networks at several of the railway stations it serves, and is also aiming to crack the holy grail of Wi-Fi access on a moving train. The train operator announced last week that it is installing Wi-Fi hot spots...
[June 3, 2003, 11:38]
Linux PDA has Wi-Fi, camera and phone
News A Japanese firm is launching a Linux-based handheld computer sporting Wi-Fi, a mobile phone and a camera, the result of collaboration between China, Korea and Japan. The device is aimed at manufacturers and vendors who may wish to include...
[April 28, 2003, 9:23]
