Southwest Airlines announced Wednesday that it plans to begin trials of satellite-to-airplane broadband Internet service sometime this summer.
Spokeswoman Marilee McInnis said Wednesday morning that initially Southwest plans to test the service on four planes. But because the airline’s planes fly many different routes, she did not anticipate–at least not yet–that travelers would be able to plan to fly on one of those planes.
That means that in the early going at least, the service–which will allow passengers to access the Internet if they have their own Wi-Fi-enabled laptops–will be available …

NTT DoCoMo on Thursday said it planned to use Google Internet search and other services in mobile phones, giving Google a major platform for delivering services and ads to the Japanese.
The companies said in a joint statement that Google search results would appear by default via the search portal available on DoCoMo i-mode handsets. In addition, keyword-based ads from Google’s AdWords advertising platform would also appear with results. The search and advertising services will be deployed in the spring.
Tokyo-based DoCoMo was in discussions with Google to pre-install Google Maps for …

SHANGHAI (AFP) — Shanghai’s metro rail authority apologised to a couple who had threatened to sue after a video of them kissing on a station platform was posted on the Internet, state media reported Friday.
The video clip shows the couple in a prolonged embrace as three voices speaking in the local Shanghai dialect can be heard in the background laughing and making lewd sexual comments.
“We have wrapped up an internal investigation and found the videotape was uploaded by people who had worked for Shanghai Metro,” officials with the Shanghai Metro …

HM Revenue and Customs was last night accused of taking a cavalier attitude to the protection of data on ordinary taxpayers after it emerged that MPs, royals and celebrities were banned from filling in their tax returns online for security reasons.
HMRC faced accusations of encouraging a two-tier system after thousands of Britons which are regarded as “high profile” are being asked to send in their applications by post while the general public – around three million users – are required to provide their details on the internet-based system. Consumer groups …

A firm that calls itself a “locator company” is offering a site to help people find radio stations that carry the Super Bowl.
SpatialPoint said the site “uses Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Microsoft Virtual Earth and SpatialPoint Atlas to allow users to enter a location where they will be for the game, or an origin and destination for a route on which they’ll be traveling, and get a map with a list of all of the AM and FM radio stations where they will be able to listen to the …

The ticket windows inside the main entrance to Coleman Coliseum will be open two hours prior to tip-off for those customers picking up tickets at Will Call and for purchases for future games. Please contact the Alabama Ticket Office at 877-TIDETIX or locally at 205-348-2262 with questions or concerns.
Fans attending the game are reminded of the convenience of the Crimson Ride, a free shuttle service to Coleman Coliseum on game days. Starting one hour before tip-off for every Tide home basketball game, the Crimson Ride transit system runs a direct …

TT Network Integration ASIA Pte Ltd (TTNI) and Trend Micro Incorporated (TSE: 4704) have decided to offer a joint security monitoring service called TTNI End Client Service (TECS) to Japanese multinational companies operating in Asia.
The service, which will be effective beginning 1 February 2008 has a sales target of SGD 735,000 (approximately 50 million Japanese Yen) for the first year.
As Japanese businesses are actively building factories in Asia, the effective utilisation of computer networks is indispensable and data system administrators are faced with the need to be flexible and prompt …