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Smile, your car's on Wi-Fi camera

News The City of Westminster plans to crack down on rogue drivers by using a Wi-Fi-based closed-circuit television network. The parking crackdown is the most significant application to be deployed on Westminster's Wi-Fi network, which it has built over...

12 September 2007, 9:44

University limits Wi-Fi amidst health fears

News A Canadian university has announced it is limiting Wi-Fi on campus due to "health and security" fears. The president of Lakehead University, Fred Gilbert, recently took the decision to use wired internet connections rather than Wi-Fi as he believes...

27 February 2006, 10:12

Free Wi-Fi for UK MySpace users

News Social network MySpace has signed a promotional deal to bring free Wi-Fi to its UK users.but only to access MySpace-owned pages. It would've been an interesting extension of credential portability if social-network logins could be used to access Wi...

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7 August 2008, 9:27

Intel adds mileage to Wi-Fi

News Intel has come up with a form of Wi-Fi that would let a laptop in San Francisco connect to the Internet from a base station in San Jose, California (about 50 miles), and there would still be about 10 miles of wiggle room to spare.

28 March 2007, 10:29

City of London blanketed in Wi-Fi

News The City of London has signed an agreement to blanket the square mile with Wi-Fi access. The blanket Wi-Fi will provide city workers with wireless Internet access for laptops beyond traditional venues such as coffee shops, as well as on-the-move...

21 February 2006, 9:28

Windows Wi-Fi vulnerability uncovered

News A Windows feature that automatically searches for Wi-Fi connections can be exploited by hackers, a security researcher has warned. Get some protectionExperts recommended companies deploy a security policy, if one isn't already in place: "Any...

17 January 2006, 8:42

Intel pushes for 300Mbps Wi-Fi standard

News Leading Wi-Fi chip manufacturers will be announcing a new industry forum today to help accelerate efforts to create a new, faster Wi-Fi standard, says a source close to the companies. Intel, Broadcom, Marvel and Atheros have side-stepped the...

10 October 2005, 10:17

Faster Wi-Fi standard back on track

News After months of squabbling, the new, faster Wi-Fi standard that was derailed late in 2005 could finally be back on track, say people involved in the standards process. Wi-Fi chipmakers Broadcom, Marvell Technology Group and Atheros Communications...

12 January 2006, 9:14

Oxford commuters get Wi-Fi bonus

News The Oxford Tube will now offer coach commuters the chance to get online thanks to a Wi-Fi/3G connectivity combo. The commuter service, which carries passengers between Oxford and central London and is operated by Stagecoach, has rolled out Wi-Fi to...

24 April 2007, 10:19

Midlands buses get free Wi-Fi

News Independent bus operator Trent Barton has equipped eight of its 270 fleet of coaches with a free Wi-Fi service for commuters. The buses, which are used to ferry commuters from Nottingham to Derby, have been fitted with a Wi-Fi hub supplied by...

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20 May 2008, 8:05

Cicero launches auto Wi-Fi call program

News Dual-mode devices are able to route calls either through an office or home Wi-Fi connection -- thus saving call costs -- or through a standard cellular connection. It is also more targeted at "transferring the call from Wi-Fi to cellular as you...

3 November 2006, 9:08

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 network density compares favourably to other cities around the world that have also embraced citywide Wi-Fi, such as...

24 April 2007, 10:20

Wi-Fi ready to roll on East Coast trains

News Rail operator GNER has completed the fit-out of all its trains with Wi-Fi broadband connectivity. The company claims it now operates the "world's biggest fleet of wireless Internet equipped train carriages, and Britain's first all-Wi-Fi train fleet".

30 October 2006, 9:39

Heathrow Express gets 2Mbps Wi-Fi

News All Heathrow Express trains have been Wi-Fi-enabled to provide passengers with broadband speeds of up to 2Mbps for the 15- to 20-minute journey. Jay Saw, chief commercial officer at Nomad Digital, which supplies network operator T-Mobile, told CNET...

25 April 2007, 9:24

UK cities to get blanket Wi-Fi coverage

News Plans for a UK-wide wi-fi network have been unveiled that will give residents in nine cities high-speed wireless Internet access from laptops, PDAs and mobile phones. The first phase of the project is due to be completed by March 2006 and will see...

4 January 2006, 8:58