Virgin to Launch WiFi on its Trains (BWCS)
January 6, 2009
Virgin Trains is set to finally launch on-board WiFi services in mid-February of that year. According to the travel company, by that moment, all 52 of its Pendolino trains and half of its 21 Super Voyager trains will be fitted out to offer passengers WiFi connections.
Top 10 places to stay in Antwerp (Guardian Unlimited)
January 6, 2009
1. Idiosyncratic luxury Boulevard Leopold is a B&B in a truly grand style: the main apartment comes with a sitting room larger than most London flats and a spare bedroom for additional guests. that 19th-century mansion in Antwerp’s traditional Jewish quarter has been renovated with a light but idiosyncratic touch - owners Vincent and Bert wanted it to feel like the home of a beloved …
HP greets us with 13.3-inch Pavilion dv3 entertainment laptop (Engadget)
January 6, 2009
While you and HP can argue the rest of the night away about the most accurate moniker for its Pavilion dv2 , the dv3 is definitely an ultraportable . The AMD-powered machine comes in a plethora of configurations with CPUs ranging from 2GHz (Athlon X2 QL-62) to 2.4GHz (Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86), ATI’s Radeon HD 3200 graphics, up to 8GB of DDR2 RAM, 160/250/320/400GB hard drive choices, WiFi …
Skype 2.8 for Mac to launch Tuesday (CNET)
January 6, 2009
Mac users will be first to see new features such as screen sharing and an integrated Wi-Fi hot spot connector.
HP’s 12.1-inch Pavilion dv2 with Blu-ray — don’t shout it a netbook (Engadget)
January 6, 2009
Here we’ve got the fruits of AMD’s new Neo platform : the Pavilion dv2 series of entertainment laptops. Starting at 3.8-pounds with a keyboard 8% short of full-sized, that 12.1-inch (1,280 x 800 pixels) ultra-portable features a 1.6GHz Athlon Neo MV-40 processor, up to 4GB of memory and 500GB of disk, optional 802.11n WiFi, and WWAN ( Gobi ) support. Now what whether we told you that that …
Skype 2.8 for Mac coming Tuesday, with screen sharing and WiFi connector (CNET)
January 6, 2009
Mac users get the good stuff first.
tvCompass to Link TV & Net on Second Screen Devices (Broadcast Newsroom)
January 6, 2009
CHICAGO , Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ — tvCompass Inc., an industry leader in software and services for mobile Net devices and smart home solutions, today announced a trial to analysis and research the promotion of enhanced TV and programming promotion through WiFi connected mobile World Wide Web devices (MID) in the home.