The BBC are reporting that the there is a potential solution for wireless power.

Having just travelled round Sweden with numerous power adaptors, not to mention the need to keep finding a socket in different airports so I could plug in and power up, I'd welcome something that eliminated the need to tie myself to a wall.

Of course airports, hotels and offices are an ideal place where this could be helpful. Imagine just sitting at a desk in the airport lounge and get both power and wifi.

What's not clear from the article is whether there will be any way to control this, short of turning the units on and off. That might be a problem in terms of the companies monetizing the service, but it will still be an improvement on the current hunt-and-plug situation.

The BBC are reporting that the there is a potential solution for wireless power.

Having just travelled round Sweden with numerous power adaptors, not to mention the need to keep finding a socket in different airports so I could plug in and power up, I'd welcome something that eliminated the need to tie myself to a wall.

Of course airports, hotels and offices are an ideal place where this could be helpful. Imagine just sitting at a desk in the airport lounge and get both power and wifi.

What's not clear from the article is whether there will be any way to control this, short of turning the units on and off. That might be a problem in terms of the companies monetizing the service, but it will still be an improvement on the current hunt-and-plug situation.

The BBC are reporting that the there is a potential solution for wireless power.

Having just travelled round Sweden with numerous power adaptors, not to mention the need to keep finding a socket in different airports so I could plug in and power up, I'd welcome something that eliminated the need to tie myself to a wall.

Of course airports, hotels and offices are an ideal place where this could be helpful. Imagine just sitting at a desk in the airport lounge and get both power and wifi.

What's not clear from the article is whether there will be any way to control this, short of turning the units on and off. That might be a problem in terms of the companies monetizing the service, but it will still be an improvement on the current hunt-and-plug situation.

The BBC are reporting that the there is a potential solution for wireless power.

Having just travelled round Sweden with numerous power adaptors, not to mention the need to keep finding a socket in different airports so I could plug in and power up, I'd welcome something that eliminated the need to tie myself to a wall.

Of course airports, hotels and offices are an ideal place where this could be helpful. Imagine just sitting at a desk in the airport lounge and get both power and wifi.

What's not clear from the article is whether there will be any way to control this, short of turning the units on and off. That might be a problem in terms of the companies monetizing the service, but it will still be an improvement on the current hunt-and-plug situation.

Microsoft have made a number of Microsoft Virtual PC/Virtual Server ready-to-run virtual hard disks available. There are three at the moment, Windows Server 2003 R2, Visual Studio Team Server and Windows Vista Enterprise.

All you have to do is download them (up to 4GB for VStudio, 1.7GB for Windows Server 2003, I haven't downloaded Vista yet), extract them and then run them in VPC/Virtual Server.

Best of all, Parallels has so far converted both of them fine and is happy to run them. It may not be the most efficient method of setting up some test servers, but it will probably save you a lot of time.

Microsoft have made a number of Microsoft Virtual PC/Virtual Server ready-to-run virtual hard disks available. There are three at the moment, Windows Server 2003 R2, Visual Studio Team Server and Windows Vista Enterprise.

All you have to do is download them (up to 4GB for VStudio, 1.7GB for Windows Server 2003, I haven't downloaded Vista yet), extract them and then run them in VPC/Virtual Server.

Best of all, Parallels has so far converted both of them fine and is happy to run them. It may not be the most efficient method of setting up some test servers, but it will probably save you a lot of time.

Microsoft have made a number of Microsoft Virtual PC/Virtual Server ready-to-run virtual hard disks available. There are three at the moment, Windows Server 2003 R2, Visual Studio Team Server and Windows Vista Enterprise.

All you have to do is download them (up to 4GB for VStudio, 1.7GB for Windows Server 2003, I haven't downloaded Vista yet), extract them and then run them in VPC/Virtual Server.

Best of all, Parallels has so far converted both of them fine and is happy to run them. It may not be the most efficient method of setting up some test servers, but it will probably save you a lot of time.

Microsoft have made a number of Microsoft Virtual PC/Virtual Server ready-to-run virtual hard disks available. There are three at the moment, Windows Server 2003 R2, Visual Studio Team Server and Windows Vista Enterprise.

All you have to do is download them (up to 4GB for VStudio, 1.7GB for Windows Server 2003, I haven't downloaded Vista yet), extract them and then run them in VPC/Virtual Server.

Best of all, Parallels has so far converted both of them fine and is happy to run them. It may not be the most efficient method of setting up some test servers, but it will probably save you a lot of time.

Another part of the house puzzle is that I want to have networking in the home without running cables everywhere, so I ordered some of the Netgear HDX101 Powerline HD Ethernet Adapters.

Wow am I impressed. Plug them in to a couple of wall sockets (preferably a couple of rooms apart of course), and then plug your Ethernet cable into the side. Done. It's that easy to get it set up.

I haven't tested the speed yet, but I haven't noticed things feeling particularly slow compared, say, to my 100MBps switch (the units work at 200MBps, effectively Full-Duplex Ethernet speed).

Another part of the house puzzle is that I want to have networking in the home without running cables everywhere, so I ordered some of the Netgear HDX101 Powerline HD Ethernet Adapters.

Wow am I impressed. Plug them in to a couple of wall sockets (preferably a couple of rooms apart of course), and then plug your Ethernet cable into the side. Done. It's that easy to get it set up.

I haven't tested the speed yet, but I haven't noticed things feeling particularly slow compared, say, to my 100MBps switch (the units work at 200MBps, effectively Full-Duplex Ethernet speed).