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Portable radar stations help predict space weather

News A magnetic cloud generated by the sun can plunge a city into darkness, so SRI International has created mobile radar stations for monitoring space weather. The modular units are far smaller, and therefore less sensitive than the permanent radar...

4 August 2005, 9:42

Dutch robot pumps your petrol

News Motorists nostalgic for the time they could sit in their cars while attendants braved windswept petrol stations to fill their tanks may yet see the full-service days return -- compliments of a Dutch robot.

Tags: hands, fill, car, station

5 February 2008, 8:39

Three-year study finds phone masts 'safe'

News A three-year study into the possible short-term health effects of mobile base stations has found that base stations are not associated with ill health. Mast Sanity, a pressure group which campaigns against the building of cellular base stations...

Tags: study, base, mobile phone, health

26 July 2007, 12:24

O2 proposes indoor mobile network

News The mobile operator said on Thursday it will offer small mobile base stations to firms that experience poor mobile coverage in their offices. The first option has been made possible by the tumbling costs of so-called pico-cells -- small base...

17 November 2006, 9:10

Glasgow subway receptive to mobiles

News The network is being deployed across the city's 15 subway stations, which will enable passengers to use their mobile phones and access the Internet while underground. Work to deploy the network will begin later this month, with initial testing at...

15 January 2008, 8:25

Indie record labels seeing gold

News Earlier that day, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer had settled with Sony BMG Music Entertainment over charges of 'payola' -- essentially that the major label had paid radio stations to play its music.

27 July 2005, 11:16

RFID-based credit card on trial in Australia

News In the US, PayPass is accepted by grocery stores, parking stations, pharmacists, retailers, theatres, petrol stations and fast food restaurants. MasterCard has dismissed criticism its RFID-based PayPass credit card may be susceptible to skimming...

4 July 2006, 9:47

News.blog: Last.fm thinks big 'In a Box'

News Television Stations and CBS Affiliates. Last.fm audio content is already distributed on CBS Radio's online stations. Last.fm, the music-focused social site that CBS Interactive acquired last year, announced on Wednesday the launch of a project...

Tags: ad, interactive, networks, television

5 June 2008, 10:28

Singer breaking from Net to mainstream

News So this week, his managers -- who include the founding member of the band Kansas -- are signing Byrd to their own new label that will give him national distribution through a Universal Music Group affiliate and access to mainstream radio stations...

27 April 2005, 12:58

3 supercharges 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.

16 August 2006, 10:28

'Visual radio' headed for US mobile phones

News Infinity, Clear Channel and other radio stations are beginning to move more of their content online and distribute their content in downloadable podcasts, and they're ultimately moving toward digitising their over-the-air transmissions.

21 April 2005, 20:17

BT and Virgin to offer UK's first mobile TV service

News And BT has still not finalised the channel line-up, although during the trial it used stations including E4, ITV2 and Sky News. The company is hoping to eventually increase the line-up to around 15 stations.

13 January 2006, 11:08

WiMax to spread over UK within two years

News G operators] will need huge levels of new base stations or they will have to partner with WiMax and offer 3G solutions for specific [voice-related applications]," said Patel. The former approach is unlikely to happen, as European operators have...

Tags: base, generation, stations, surfing

9 May 2008, 10:34

Photos: Full steam ahead at St Pancras

News The LCR spokesman explained the company felt the previous application of technology in railway stations hasn't been imaginative enough. The new clock will be electrically operated and will be wirelessly linked to the national atomic clock at Rugby...

Tags: platform, station, stations, train

9 October 2007, 10:10

Photos: Top ten holiday gadgets

News A rugged, weatherproof digital radio with an impressive 15-hour battery life, the PURE Oasis lets you take your favourite DAB stations outdoors. It'll not only take you from A to B, but also show you cool places to explore and points of interest...

26 July 2006, 11:55