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  • Amtrak to Offer Free Wi-Fi. Should Airlines Worry?

    01/15/2010 1:15:51 PM PST · by Willie Green · 20 replies · 715+ views
    DailyFinance ^ | Friday, January 15, 2010 | MARK FIGHTMASTER
    As airlines struggle, Amtrak is trying and take a bit of their market share. Business travelers who routinely fly the shuttle -- mildly affordable, and as comfortable as can be expected -- have enjoyed wi-fi access on some airlines, but not all. Amtrak sees an opening here: It's announced plans to offer wi-fi access on Acela trains between Boston, New York, and Washington, starting in March. Amtrak's Wi-Fi will be free at first, but the carrier may impose a fee in the future. While one reason for introducing the wi-fi perk is to compete with the likes of Delta and...
  • Wi-Fi Foe Sues Neighbor for Using Electronics (Electromagnetic Sensitivity )

    01/11/2010 8:04:30 AM PST · by Dallas59 · 160 replies · 4,073+ views
    TMC.Net ^ | 1/08/2010 | TNC News
    (Santa Fe New Mexican, The (NM) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jan. 8--A Santa Fe man who says he suffers from electromagnetic sensitivity is suing his next-door neighbor for refusing to turn off her cell phone and other electronic devices. Arthur Firstenberg, who has actively opposed the proliferation of wireless systems in public buildings, claims he has been made homeless by Raphaela Monribot's rejection of his requests. "Within a day of (Monribot) moving in, I began to feel sick when I was in my house," Firstenberg wrote in his affidavit. "(Monribot's) house is located 25 feet from my house. Further, because...
  • WiFi for passive-aggressives

    01/06/2010 8:40:59 AM PST · by Dacula · 22 replies · 1,366+ views
    passiveaggressivenotes.com ^ | 12-30-09 | passiveaggressivenotes
    When even leaving a note is too direct…you folks with wireless networks still named “linksys” or “trendnet” are clearly missing out on a priceless opportunity to pi$$ off your neighbors.
  • Blackberry outage: Service down for second time in one week

    12/22/2009 10:06:19 PM PST · by Behind Liberal Lines · 11 replies · 729+ views
    NY DAILY NEWS ^ | Wednesday, December 23rd 2009, 12:26 AM | By Bill Hutchinson
    A Blackberry blackout - the second in less than a week - had users of the popular phone and texting service fuming Tuesday night. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/tech_guide/2009/12/22/2009-12-22_werent_blackberry_useful.html#ixzz0aUOdyTNU
  • Chasing RATS

    12/18/2009 2:37:08 AM PST · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 2 replies · 491+ views
    The Strategy Page ^ | 12/18/2009 | The Strategy Page
    While the Pentagon may not have been listening to the increasing calls, from the troops, for a militarized smart phone, one defense supplier (Raytheon) has, and resulted in RATS (Raytheon Android Tactical System). Taking advantage of the open source Android operating system (think of it as mobile Linux), and the thousands of applications already available for it, RATS combines this with increasingly powerful, and inexpensive smart phone hardware, to produce something the troops want. Actually, RATS isn't a phone, it's a wi-fi device that looks like one (as does the Ipod Touch). RATS has GPS, a compass, vidcam and software...
  • Wi Fi Antenna Do they work

    12/16/2009 4:51:43 PM PST · by Don@VB · 38 replies · 1,782+ views
    Just Me | 12/16/09 | Don
    I work near a wi-fi restaurant.....
  • McDonald's Switches to Free Wi-Fi in January

    12/16/2009 4:06:15 PM PST · by Poser · 19 replies · 976+ views
    Wi-Fi Net News ^ | 12/16/2009 | Wi-Fi Net News
    Starting in January 2010, US McDonald's restaurants will no longer charge for Wi-Fi: The quick-service chain has service in 11,000 of its 14,000 locations in the US, and previously charge $2.95 for two hours access. The network is operated by AT&T, originally contracted by Wayport which was acquired by the phone giant last year. Most AT&T subscribers get free access at McDonald's, Starbucks, and a few thousand other locations...
  • Apple's Base Stations Have Three 802.11n Streams [Faster WiFi on Apple]

    12/06/2009 2:58:13 PM PST · by Star Traveler · 17 replies · 645+ views
    WNN Wi-Fi Net News ^ | Saturday, December 5, 2009 | Glenn Fleishman
    Apple's Base Stations Have Three 802.11n Streams DECEMBER 5, 2009 Apple's October revision to its AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule lets these units run at up to 450 Mbps, 50 percent faster: I knew that Apple had put a 3x3 antenna array into these devices, which could be argued was intended to improve speed-over-range, a common reason to add antennas. (Read the background in my 20 October 2009 article, "Apple Slipstreams 3x3 into Wi-Fi Base Stations.") But I had heard that Apple had built three streams in, making these devices capable of a raw 450 Mbps operation, or...
  • Apple's iPhone predicted to find home at T-Mobile U.S. in 2010

    12/02/2009 8:09:08 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 18 replies · 899+ views
    AppleInsider ^ | Tuesday, December 1, 2009 | Kasper's Automated Slave
    While rumors of a possible Verizon-compatible iPhone in 2010 persist, one analyst has predicted that Apple will instead bring the iPhone to another GSM-based carrier in the U.S.: T-Mobile. In a note to investors released this week, Doug Reid of Thomas Weisel Partners said his firm believes that T-Mobile, and not Verizon, will be the beneficiary when Apple's exclusive agreement with AT&T expires next year... AT&T's exclusive contract with Apple for the iPhone is due to expire in 2010... While the iPhone in its current iteration is compatible with T-Mobile's network, it is not capable of connecting to its high-speed...
  • Going on vacation to a place that will have wireless internet but how do I do not know how to get ?

    11/16/2009 2:49:10 AM PST · by GregB · 19 replies · 894+ views
    I want to know how to get on the net with a P3.
  • Internet for your car is one step closer to reality

    10/13/2009 6:41:02 AM PDT · by raccoonradio · 40 replies · 1,408+ views
    radio-info.com ^ | 10/13/09 | radio-info.com
    Internet hot spots are already available in some models of Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge, the Volkswagen Routan and Cadillac CTS vehicles as a dealer option. Autonet Mobile, maker of a Wi-Fi hot spot for the car, has created an OEM developer kit to allow its “hotA” spot to be embedded in new cars. According to Reed Business Informaton’s Twice Magazine, the Autonet hot spot produces an EV-DO cellular connection that is then converted to Wi-Fi, allowing anyone in your car access to the internet on a number of devices. Users in a car can watch YouTube, check Facebook and listen...
  • Anti-Wi-Fi paint keeps your wireless signal to yourself

    10/02/2009 11:28:48 PM PDT · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 106 replies · 3,408+ views
    Yahoo Tech ^ | 9/30/2009 | unknown
    Don't like the idea of your neighbors rudely snooping on the wireless signal you slaved to pay for from the lazy comfort of their living room? It's not just about slowing down your connection; while they're downloading Mad Men via bittorrent, you could be on the hook for their actions. Wireless security and encryption systems are fraught with problems and insecurity, and other methods to restrict your signal to a small area are cumbersome at best. Enter a new solution: Anti-Wi-Fi paint. The idea is simple: Use a special paint on walls where you don't want wireless to pass through...
  • Wireless Cybercriminals Target Clueless Vacationers

    07/10/2009 8:59:47 AM PDT · by Red in Blue PA · 21 replies · 926+ views
    Foxnews ^ | 7/10/2009 | Staff
    The newest trend in Internet fraud is "vacation hacking," a sinister sort of tourist trap. Cybercriminals are targeting travelers by creating phony Wi-Fi hot spots in airports, in hotels, and even aboard airliners. Vacationers on their way to fun in the sun, or already there, think they're using designated Wi-Fi access points. But instead, they're signing on to fraudulent networks and hand-delivering everything on their laptops to the crooks. "More and more people are traveling with Wi-Fi devices like smartphones and laptops," says Marian Merritt, Internet safety advocate at the computer-security giant Symantec. "Airports and airlines and hotels are responding....
  • McCain Wants Predators to Provide Wi-Fi for Iranians

    06/27/2009 5:13:15 AM PDT · by SolidWood · 38 replies · 2,610+ views
    Gizmodo, AFP ^ | June 26, 2009 | Jesus Diaz
    Reportedly, Senator John McCain wants Predators to provide with uncensored Wi-Fi coverage to the people of Iran. I don't know if this is even technically possible, but its so preposterous and fantastically cool that I love the idea: "During the Cold War, we provided the Polish people and dissidents with printing presses. Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are the modern-day printing presses. They are the way to spread information and keep the hope of freedom alive amongst the Iranian people." Of course, the Predators—or whatever other method—could be taken down with missiles or fighter planes, but the basic idea is spot...
  • Technology could stop speeding and crashes

    05/17/2009 9:44:02 AM PDT · by Schnucki · 17 replies · 680+ views
    Times Online (U.K.) ^ | May 17, 2009 | Emma Smith
    Cohda intelligent transport system allows cars to communicate mph or kph and location and BMW/Car 2 Care are researching A device that could dramatically reduce the number of collisions by eliminating driver error is to be tested in Europe. The system uses technology similar to wi-fi to enable vehicles to communicate with each other, sharing information about their speed and location, to determine when a crash is imminent. It can then warn the driver or take over the controls. Cohda Wireless, an Australian technology start-up, will announce this month that it has signed a multi-million-pound contract with a partnership of...
  • Proposed bill would force ISP, WiFi logs for security, criminal investigations

    02/20/2009 3:16:40 PM PST · by MyTwoCopperCoins · 7 replies · 777+ views
    Engadget ^ | 21 Feb., 2009 | Laura June
      This proposed bill has been floating around the ether for a long time -- and it's just made a big time comeback. Essentially, the Republican-backed bill would be a "sweeping" federal measure which would require all ISPs and many WiFi access point providers to keep records of their users for two years, in order to aid police investigations. There are two separate bills -- one in the Senate and one in the House -- both named the "Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act," or Internet Safety Act. Catchy, right? The bill would cover, as...
  • Bill proposes ISPs, Wi-Fi keep logs for police [even home users] [it's for the children]

    02/20/2009 6:01:36 AM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 91 replies · 1,796+ views
    CNET ^ | 2009-02-19 | Declan McCullagh
    Republican politicians on Thursday called for a sweeping new federal law that would require all Internet providers and operators of millions of Wi-Fi access points, even hotels, local coffee shops, and home users, to keep records about users for two years to aid police investigations. The legislation, which echoes a measure proposed by one of their Democratic colleagues three years ago, would impose unprecedented data retention requirements on a broad swath of Internet access providers and is certain to draw fire from businesses and privacy advocates. "While the Internet has generated many positive changes in the way we communicate and...
  • Not everyone cheers as Wi-Fi takes to the skies

    02/08/2009 8:03:33 PM PST · by Jet Jaguar · 15 replies · 818+ views
    International Herald Tribune ^ | Feb 8, 2009 | Michelle Maynard
    For all the annoyance of being crammed into an aluminum tube at 35,000 feet with a bunch of strangers, air travel has offered one benefit: the ability to tell bosses and colleagues, "I'll be on a flight, so you won't be able to reach me." So much for that excuse. Wireless Internet service is starting to spread among airlines in the United States — Delta and American have installed it on more than a dozen planes each, and several other carriers are planning to test it. For the airlines, always desperate for new sources of revenue, offering the service —...
  • English Hippies Want Local Wi-Fi Network Turned Off

    01/02/2009 12:36:02 PM PST · by Joiseydude · 59 replies · 1,437+ views
    FoxNews.com ^ | Friday, January 02, 2009
    Turn off that Wi-Fi network — it's disturbing our chakras. That's what many residents of Glastonbury, a lovely medieval town turned New Age hub in southwestern England, are demanding the local government do. Ever since the town's free municipal wireless broadband network went online in May, people have been complaining of, as an online petition puts it, "headaches, dizziness, nausea, severe tiredness, brain fog, disorientation and loss of appetite, loss of balance, inability to concentrate, loss of creativity" — all ailments an examining physician would find it difficult to prove or disprove.
  • Free Wi-Fi! (Kind Of, Sort Of, Not Really) from Dumb Starbucks

    07/07/2008 1:04:17 PM PDT · by Invisigoth · 61 replies · 134+ views
    North Star Writers Group ^ | July 7, 2008 | D.F. Krause
    Poor Starbucks! The purveyor of caffeine-fueled trendiness has announced it will soon be closing 600 underperforming stores and laying off 12,000 people. It bears repeating. Poor Starbucks! Dumb Starbucks. Here’s what caught my eye about the story. ABC News reported that Starbucks, in an attempt to better retain customers and attract new ones, is now offering free Wi-Fi. Did you hear that? Free Wi-Fi! Wow! What’s next? A place to sit? As it turns out, the super-amazing offer of free Wi-Fi isn’t even what it first appears to be. If, and only if, you buy a Starbucks Rewards Card, you...