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Photos: Mio navigates London's landmarks

News Mio Technology has officially arrived in the UK, and what better way to see its mobile satellite-navigation systems in operation than a helicopter ride across London's skyline? Coming into land the we were greeted by London's fire brigade, who were...

22 June 2006, 14:45

Photos: Zooming in over London

News London. The height from which you can view places across London is the equivalent of looking down from a 10-storey building. The business listing company has launched a high resolution aerial photography service that covers the majority of central...

Tags: maps, station, zoom, london

31 January 2008, 9:13

24Mbps broadband comes to London

News Londoners could soon see broadband speeds triple to 24Mbps, as a recently launched company has promised to deliver fast ADSL2+ internet services. Be, which until recently traded under the name Avatar Broadband, said the service will dwarf current...

5 July 2005, 8:57

TfL puts Oyster's future in question

News Transport for London has terminated its contract with the Transys consortium that provides the Oyster ticketing system for the London Underground, buses and trams. A spokesperson for TfL insisted that the contract has been terminated due to...

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11 August 2008, 8:14

New UK Apple store welcomes Tiger fans

News It may not be London's swank Regent's Street, but Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre saw its share of Mac fans camping out for the grand opening of Apple Computer's retail outlet -- and the arrival of the Tiger operating system.

3 May 2005, 9:02

Students try texting to combat knife crime

News A plan to use SMS to combat youth knife crime is being trialled in schools in east London. A wave of knife crime violence has claimed the lives of scores of teenagers in London this year, which is why the pilot is focused on gaining information...

Tags: details, children, anti, london

4 June 2008, 9:13

BT offers citywide Ethernet LANs to the capital

News BT will offer Ethernet networks that span London, in a new virtual private LAN service (VPLS) that forms a stepping stone to its much-heralded 21st Century Network (21CN). Alan Davis, worldwide head of BT Internet Services, said: "It's for anyone...

15 September 2005, 9:27

Photos: High-tech travel at St Pancras

News This is the main entrance to the newly reopened London St Pancras station which is now home to the Eurostar and a high speed train service to the south coast.Credit: Tim Ferguson The station's developer, London and Continental Railways, has...

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28 November 2007, 9:45

Londoners get sneak peek at 'Pro Evo 6'

News As part of the London Games Festival, UK gamers got a sneak preview and the chance to play Konami's hotly anticipated Pro Evolution Soccer 6 for the Xbox 360 at HMV's Oxford Street store on Friday. However, the gamers all expressed a general lack...

9 October 2006, 9:04

The City embraces new Wi-Fi network

News The City of London's Wi-Fi network, which launched yesterday, is one of the densest citywide wireless networks in the world. The mesh network covers London's Square Mile using 127 broadband nodes built into street furniture -- such as lampposts and...

24 April 2007, 10:20

Software soups up surveillance

News There was a good reason why British authorities were able to identify the suspected London bombers last year more quickly than usual from surveillance tapes. In London, public security cameras have been pervasive for years.

26 January 2006, 9:26

Orange and T-Mobile to trial mobile TV

News Orange and T-Mobile will jointly trial a mobile TV service in West London during the second half of 2008. Jevons, product and innovation director at Orange, said the London pilot is an "excellent opportunity for us to properly explore the great...

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14 February 2008, 7:33

Ministry of Sound takes tickets mobile

News London club Ministry of Sound has completed a live trial of end-to-end mobile ticketing that saw clubbers able to buy, receive and redeem tickets on their phones. The text 'ticket' contained another PIN number which was verified at the nightclub's...

30 November 2006, 9:22

Football club tracks fans with RFID tickets

News London-based Premiership football club Fulham has started issuing RFID-enabled smartcard tickets to fans to cut queues at the turnstiles on match days and increase safety around the stadium. McGrory said Fulham will also be trialling the RFID...

16 November 2006, 9:13

PS3 queuers get free 46-inch Sony TV

News Sony finally unleashed the PlayStation 3 in the UK on Friday, with a midnight launch at Virgin's flagship store on London's Oxford Street. Jason Sarris, from Wood Green in London, said, "I'm speechless, I still don't believe it.

23 March 2007, 10:40