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In-Flight Broadband Flies Tomorrow in Test

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2008-06-24 19:51:25 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...onboard, in-flight Internet service via Wi-Fi. The test flight is a kind of soft launch, which will be followed in a few weeks by full-on service American will offer Gogo on its 15 Boeing 767-200s, which means all JFK-LAX routes and some JFK-SFO and JFK-MIA (Miami) routes. The test will likely stress the system because more people will get on...
 
Tags: jfk-lax routes, jfk, test, american airlines, american, routes, onboard, test flight, jfk-sfo
 
 
 
 
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Boeing's New 787 May Be Vulnerable to Hacker Attack

2008-01-06 16:43:41 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may have a serious security vulnerability in its onboard computer networks that could allow passengers to access the plane's control systems,The computer network in the Dreamliner's passenger compartment, designed to give passengers in-flight internet access, is connected to everything the plane controls
 
Tags: dreamliner, dreamliner passenger jet, plane, plane controls, onboard computer networks, passenger compartment, security vulnerability, control systems, computer network
 
 
 
 
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Midgets Hiding in Luggage

2008-02-04 13:19:48 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...onboard in sports bags National coach operator Swebus confirmed it'd been hit by the audacious crims, who have over the last few months has lifted "thousands of pounds" in cash, jewellery and other valuables The company's sales manager, Ingvar Ryggasjo, said that one short person had been put aboard a coach in a hockey bag. A female...
 
Tags: ingvar ryggasjo, heavy bag, cargo holds, hockey bag, female passenger, criminal records, audacious crims, sports bags, cargo hold
 
 
 
 
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The problem with Government contracting

2008-04-21 12:57:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...onboard. The article describes how the head of the selection team almost immediately "caved" and gave in after the highest ranking officer in the room, Maj. Gen. Stephen Goldfein advised them that if he could pick the winner, it would be SMS (the company with the recently retired four-star General Another member of the team described it as...
 
Tags: government, officers, contract, million dollar contract, air force officers, brassed-up bullies, barely, washington post, selection team
 
 
 
 
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I Am IronKey, and I Can Encrypt Anything

2008-05-22 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b58074 in Network World on Security
 
...onboard. Prices start at $79 including a one-year subscription for anonymous browsing; an 8 GB drive is $299
 
Tags: eponymous company ironkey, tamper evident, government certification, secure devices, one-year subscription, encrypts data, prices start, sunday, onboard
 
 
 
 
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JetBlue Expands Email Options in Test

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2008-06-05 09:23:15 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...onboard Wi-Fi expands to other services' email offerings: JetBlue is running a trial of in-flight email access on a single plane. Initially, service was limited to Yahoo Mail and BlackBerry mail on Wi-Fi-equipped BlackBerry phones. Now, the company has expanded to AOL, Gmail, Hotmail, and Windows Live Mail. Microsoft Exchange access is also...
 
Tags: email, jetblue, test, in-flight email access, microsoft exchange access, email offerings, service, test plane, onboard wi-fi expands
 
 
 
 
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JetBlue Buys Airfone's Network

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2008-06-08 21:47:04 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...onboard and email was using the ancient Airfone network, which is capable of slow dial-up modem speeds, rather than using the 1 MHz which could conceivably carry over 500 Kbps of data in each direction per plane
 
Tags: network, airfone, jetblue, ancient airfone network, verizon, verizon notes, auction, auction results, assume verizon airfone
 
 
 
 
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Transport-Fi: Wired Reviews Air-Fi; Buses Break out the Internet

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2008-06-12 10:22:29 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...onboard buses: The New York Daily News checks in on the trend to put Internet access via Wi-Fi on board East Coast buses. The article notes that Greyhound's new sidewalk-pickup BoltBus service among corridor cities has provoked the long-running Chinatown buses to bolt on Wi-Fi as well. The Chinatown Bus Association says here that their bus...
 
Tags: connexion service, service, sidewalk-pickup boltbus service, access, cost roughly, internet access, roughly, cost, bus
 
 
 
 
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In-Flight Wi-Fi on American as Soon as This Week

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2008-06-23 13:26:20 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...onboard media and caching servers is a great one, because it means that passengers could ostensibly stream or purchase downloadable digital content; and that whenever an airplane lands, its servers could automatically suck in at 802.11n speeds from a gate-mounted access point all the latest data to cache, including video On the cost of fuel...
 
Tags: flight, cross country flight, wi-fi, jardin, lax-jfk costs, xeni jardin, jfk, american airlines launches, aircell
 
 
 
 
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Mobile Post: Fly Me

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2008-06-25 09:22:12 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
I wish I was so high with some guy in the sky: In today's Mobile Post, I talk about the big event today: American Airlines flying the first commercial flight since Connexion shut down with broadband onboard. It's a test; it launches commercially in a few weeks. More in the post
 
Tags: post, mobile post, american airlines, commercial flight, broadband onboard, launches, sky, test, connexion