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Review of Virgin America’s in-flight WiFi service

I finally got a chance to test out Virgin America’s in-flight WiFi service for myself on a Boston to Los Angeles flight and found that it performed quite well. Download speed (which is what most folks care about) was well over 1Mbps in all of my various speed tests; in some cases, I got as… Continue reading Review of Virgin America’s in-flight WiFi service

GfG’s Article Recap for Week Ending May 15, 2009

This past week we took a look at the very beautiful (although perhaps not awfully practical) glass foosball table from Teckell. We reviewed a powerful nutrition scale to help you keep an eye on what you eat. Virgin Galatic is looking to offer uber short long haul flights and we reported on the new bill… Continue reading GfG’s Article Recap for Week Ending May 15, 2009

Virgin to use spacecraft for planetary transport?

Virgin Galactic is thinking ahead, although they are yet to run a commercial flight. If their spacecraft works out and the economics are there, then it may be possible to shuttle passengers on long hauls across the planet in much less time. Think Britain to Australia in 2.5 hours. That would be as big a… Continue reading Virgin to use spacecraft for planetary transport?