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Tighter budgets but airlines still focus on IT
News Some airlines focus on tech to improve passengers' travel experience, while IT-based onboard merchandising offers carriers another revenue source.
Tags: Music devices, Business development/management, Airline, TV, Semiconductor Industry Association, aircraft, entertainment, phone, monitoring, Web
Airbus spends millions on IBM-OATSystems RFID
News Airbus is looking to an RFID future, after signing a multimillion dollar deal with IBM and OATSystems.
Tags: RFID
In-flight mobile calls set for green light
News The in-flight use of mobile phones by passengers on short-haul airlines in Europe is expected to be approved by telecoms regulators by the end of this year.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications
Researchers prove kernel is secure
News Australian research organization says it has absolute mathematical proof of the security of an operating system core.
Tags: Components, Kernel, computer, aircraft, University of Cambridge, high-performance, researcher, buffer-overflow vulnerability, team, Components
British Airways won't retrofit for mobile communications
News Airline is planning to launch a mobile e-mail, Web browsing and texting service on two new Airbus A318 planes this fall. But retrofitting old planes is too costly, CEO says.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Web services, Budgeting/cost control, Mobile, mobile communication, Telecommunications, aircraft, CIO, British Airways Plc., GPRS
In-flight mobiles takes off in EU
News The European Union welcomes the take up of in-flight comms by airlines a year after it created rules allowing for safe use of phones on planes across European airspace.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, mobile communication, Cell Phone, European Union, Europe, aircraft, phone, European Commission, European company
Computer glitch caused Qantas drop
News The sudden drop in altitude of the aircraft over Western Australia last year was due to a computer error.
Tags: Operating systems, computer, aircraft, ADIRU, Airbus, Qantas Airways Ltd., Hardware, software, software development, U.S.
Air-traffic-control glitch hits London
News An unspecified computer problem is causing major disruptions to air traffic in the south east of England, with flights delayed or canceled at Gatwick, Heathrow and other airports.
Tags: Flight, Spokesperson, Matt Loney, aircraft, London, Hardware, software, England, Computer Problem, Brussels
Oracle's Sun deal: Oracle may need to loosen its grip
News Oracle may be forced by the European Union to give up some control of open source MySQL database software owned by Sun Microsystems, so as not to stifle competition.
Tags: Business development/management, Database, MySQL, Oracle Corp., software, Acquisition, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., Business development/management, European Union
Bill would give US president emergency control of Internet
News Critics question revised proposal from U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller to let the White House do what it deems necessary to respond to a "cybersecurity emergency".
Tags: Web sites, Cybersecurity, U.S. Senate, computer, aide, White House, Electronic Frontier Foundation, network, Internet, president
Air IT system cuts plane safety distance
News The plane outside the cabin window could get a lot closer, with the development of new air traffic management systems under the European Clean Sky project.
Tags: Databases, Business broadband, R&D
China to get in-flight mobile by 2009
News Shenzhen Airlines plans to install new communications technology that will enable its passengers to make voice calls and send text messages on their mobile phones.
Tags: Mobile, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Wireless e-mail devices
Korea Air to sue over Connexion failure
News Korea Air is to sue plane-maker Boeing over the failure of its in-flight broadband venture Connexion by Boeing.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Personal broadband, Legal
Boeing pilots RFID to track aircraft parts
News Boeing is piloting RFID tags and Wi-Fi technology to track and locate aircraft parts across its vast manufaturing factories.
Tags: Wireless LANs, Mobile platforms/communications, 802.11/Wi-Fi, RFID
NTT DoCoMo plans airborne Wi-Fi
News in brief Subscribers to mZone, NTT DoCoMo's wireless hot-spot service, could soon be surfing the Net at 30,000 feet.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi
