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  • June 2008

    • Chrysler Plans Wi-Fi on 2009 Models

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 25, 08 8:30 AM CDT

      Chrysler Plans Wi-Fi on 2009 Models

      Struggling automaker Chrysler—the weakest of Detroit’s Big Three—is looking to the information highway to gain an advantage. To the dismay of some highway safety experts, the automaker will offer wireless Internet access as an option in all of its 2009 models, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      auto industry  • Chrysler  • Wi-Fi  • highway safety  • wireless internet

    • 'Dress Rehearsal' Tomorrow for American's Wi-Fi

      newser  |  Fort Worth Star-Telegram  |  Jun 24, 08 4:12 PM CDT

      'Dress Rehearsal' Tomorrow for American's Wi-Fi

      American Airlines will offer a trial of its in-flight wireless Internet service tomorrow, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. "Gogo" will be installed on 15 of American’s 767s, and available on flights departing New York’s JFK for Los Angeles, San Francisco and Miami. Free tomorrow, the service will eventually cost $12.95 on flights longer than 3 hours, and $9.95 on shorter flights. More »

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      Internet  • American Airlines  • Wi-Fi  • business class  • in-flight  • Boeing 767

    • In-Flight WiFi Takes Off

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 19, 08 2:32 PM CDT

      In-Flight WiFi Takes Off

      Now you can manically check your inbox from 40,000 feet, reports Walter Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal . Certain American Airlines routes between New York and Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami will offer in-flight WiFi starting in July, and Virgin America will have it later in the year. The service will cost $12.95 for longer flights, and $9.95 for shorter ones. More »

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      air travel  • American Airlines  • Wi-Fi  • Internet access  • Virgin America

    • Stolen Gadgets Call Home With Pictures of Thieves

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jun 6, 08 3:40 PM CDT

      Stolen Gadgets Call Home With Pictures of Thieves

      Technology letting cameras and other gadgets automatically contact their owners is thwarting thieves, Reuters reports. GadgetTrak software, for example, lets stolen BlackBerrys send data from thieves’ SIM cards to their rightful owners and allows Macs to shoot and send video of robbers. In other cases, emailed data not intended to stop thefts has helped owners track missing items. More »

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      technology  • Wi-Fi  • gadget  • theft  • Eye-Fi

    • Starbucks Offers Free Wi-Fi for 2 Hours a Day

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Jun 3, 08 5:30 PM CDT

      Starbucks Offers Free Wi-Fi for 2 Hours a Day

      Starbucks will offer its customers 2 hours of free Wi-Fi a day starting next week, its latest effort to snap out of a sales slump, USA Today reports. Those eligible need a Starbucks Card and must register online with the company's rewards program. Critics say the move isn’t the severe re-imagining the firm needs, but Starbucks argues the Internet access will pump up the already successful Starbucks Card program More »

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      economy  • Starbucks  • Wi-Fi  • wireless internet

  • May 2008

    • Free Broadband Could Be Part of Feds' Auction Plan

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 29, 08 3:47 PM CDT

      Free Broadband Could Be Part of Feds' Auction Plan

      The Federal Communication Commission wants you to have free Internet, the Wall Street Journal reports, and it's considering a plan to auction airwaves with the requirement that the winner offer Wi-fi free to most of the US. The free access would come with its own strings for users, though, in the form of content restrictions blocking porn and obscene materials. More »

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      FCC  • Wi-Fi  • spectrum auction  • Internet access  • bandwidth  • free

    • WiFi Startup Wants to Share the Love

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 25, 08 3:16 PM CDT

      WiFi Startup Wants to Share the Love

      WiFi hot spots should be anywhere and everywhere, says Martin Varsavsky. The 48-year-old Internet guru founded FON, a company that's built a WiFi network on members' shared wireless connections. Analysts say such global WiFi is only years away, but FON could still lose out; despite $55.2 million from giants like Google and BT, FON may fall to better-funded competitors. More »

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      Internet  • Wi-Fi  • WiMAX

    • Google Guru Prods FCC Over Wi-Fi

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 23, 08 11:46 AM CDT

      Google Guru Prods FCC Over Wi-Fi

      Google co-founder Larry Page urged Congress and the FCC this week to open up access to unused television airwaves to broaden the reach of wireless Internet. Page asserted that the unused waves, called "white space," would increase Wi-Fi range in rural areas and help provide Internet capability to the entire country, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Internet  • Google  • FCC  • Wi-Fi  • wireless  • Larry Page  • airwaves  • white space  • Federal Communications Commission

  • April 2008

    • Russians Must Register Their WiFi Devices

      newser  |  Wi-Fi Networking News  |  Apr 15, 08 3:33 PM CDT

      Russians Must Register Their WiFi Devices

      WiFi users in Russia better get ready for mounds of red tape—every capable device will now have to be registered, the country’s Mass Media, Communications and Cultural Protection Service has ruled. Individuals must register, Wi-Fi Networking News reports, and licenses won't be transferable. Until now, indoor use of WiFi in certain bands has been exempt from Russia’s registration requirements. More »

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      Russia  • Wi-Fi  • networks

  • March 2008

    • Google Still Wants Unused TV 'White Space' for Wireless Web

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 24, 08 4:25 PM CDT

      Google Still Wants Unused TV 'White Space' for Wireless Web

      Google is re-doubling its efforts to get the FCC to allow the development of unused space in the TV spectrum for wireless Internet service, the Wall Street Journal reports. "The vast majority of viable spectrum in this country simply goes unused," the tech giant wrote to the commission. "There is no benefit to allowing this spectrum to lie fallow." TV broadcasters, fearful of interference, oppose the co-opting of the white space. More »

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      Google  • FCC  • Wi-Fi  • Internet service providers  • spectrum

    • Hopes for Wifi Cities Fizzling Fast

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 22, 08 12:48 PM CDT

      Hopes for Wifi Cities Fizzling Fast

      Hopes for wireless cities are flickering out one by one as Internet providers run up against mounting logistics and small profits, the New York Times reports. Ambitious plans to provide free or cheap high-speed service to poor residents of cities such as Philadelphia, Houston, and San Francisco have ground to a halt as the providers, most notably Earthlink, pull out of the projects.  More »

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      San Francisco  • Wi-Fi  • Philadelphia  • telecommunications  • Internet access  • municipal wireless  • EarthLink  • Meraki

    • New Wi-Fi Will Make Web Service Rural

      newser  |  MIT Technology Review  |  Mar 18, 08 4:14 PM CDT

      New Wi-Fi Will Make Web Service Rural

      A new device will link rural areas to the Internet at low cost and without cables, Technology Review reports. Intel has tested the Wi-Fi platform in Africa, Asia and South America, and will sell it this year for less than $500. What makes it work? The router and antenna are old-style, but radios beam signals back and forth to make sure data was received. More »

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      Internet  • Intel  • Wi-Fi  • rural area

    • Fly the Tech-Friendly Skies

      newser  |  PC World  |  Mar 18, 08 2:42 PM CDT

      Fly the Tech-Friendly Skies

      Travelers who want to stay connected while they're on the move get an assist from PC World , which finds that some airlines and airports are soaring ahead in the technology stakes while others are stuck on the runway. Virgin America leads the way, with a power port in every seat, in-flight WiFi rolling out this year, high-tech entertainment, and an on-board system that lets you IM other passengers—or order a meal. More »

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      Internet  • airline industry  • air travel  • airplane  • American Airlines  • Wi-Fi  • United Airlines  • JetBlue  • Virgin America

    • Gates to FCC: Give Us More WiFi Spectrum

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 14, 08 11:07 AM CDT

      Gates to FCC: Give Us More WiFi Spectrum

      A month after Microsoft failed its second opportunity to convince the FCC that companies could deliver broadband Internet via unused TV frequencies without interfering with programming, Bill Gates pushed regulators Thursday to approve the plan, Reuters reports. He said “white space” between channels could allow WiFi to “explode” into less densely populated areas of the US. More »

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      television  • Microsoft  • FCC  • Bill Gates  • Wi-Fi  • broadband Internet  • white space  • spectrum

  • February 2008

    • T-Mobile Brings Cell Phone Service Home

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 28, 08 4:10 AM CST

      T-Mobile Brings Cell Phone Service Home

      Cell phone giant T-Mobile is moving into the landline business. The company is trying out a service that ties cell phones to landlines that if successful in Seattle and Dallas could go nationwide within months, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company's new service uses a special router to tie a home WiFi network into its cell phone network. It allows consumers to use a cell phone account with any home phone, with multiple extensions and unlimited domestic calls, for an additional $10 a month. More »

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      cell phones  • Wi-Fi  • telecommunications  • telephone  • T-Mobile

    • Wireless Tech Leaps Forward ... on Balloons

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 20, 08 11:22 AM CST

      Wireless Tech Leaps Forward ... on Balloons

      A decidedly whimsical business model could bring wireless Internet and cell service to wide swaths of rural America, slinging signals from balloons drifting toward the edge of space. Don’t scoff—the system is already providing services for truckers and oil companies, courtesy of Space Data Corp., and Google is so intrigued it might buy the little company, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • Wi-Fi  • telecom  • hot air balloon  • municipal wireless  • rural America

    • BlackBerry Service Down in US and Canada

      newser  |  PC World  |  Feb 11, 08 6:45 PM CST

      BlackBerry Service Down in US and Canada

      Blackberry's wireless service is down across the US and Canada today, PC World reports. Blackberry-maker Research in Motion, at a loss to explain the outage, first reported it at 3:30 p.m. EST and called the outage "ongoing." Only half of Blackberries are currently without email, RIM added. More »

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      cell phones  • email  • Wi-Fi  • BlackBerry  • Research In Motion

    • Bluetooth to Combine With Wi-Fi

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 11, 08 12:47 PM CST

      Bluetooth to Combine With Wi-Fi

      Bluetooth companies plan to combine the technology with Wi-Fi to increase speed, an industry group said. The combination could facilitate the speedy transfer of large amounts of data—like music, pictures, or video—between devices, like your laptop and cellphone. The first products with the combined technology should be available in the middle of next year, reports AP. More »

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      cell phones  • Wi-Fi  • laptop  • wireless technology  • Bluetooth

  • January 2008

    • Bids Top $2.8B for Wireless Spectrum

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jan 25, 08 6:31 AM CST

      Bids Top $2.8B for Wireless Spectrum

      The Federal Communication Commission’s much-anticipated auction of five “blocks” of airwaves kicked off yesterday with first-round bids of nearly $2.8 billion, including a $1.24 billion offer for the “C” block, considered the most valuable commercially, reports Reuters. Bidders could use the 700-MHz spectrum to offer wireless high-speed internet to mobile phones and computers. The auction could net $10 billion. More »

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      Google  • Verizon  • Wi-Fi  • spectrum auction

    • 10 Life-Changing Innovations

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  Jan 20, 08 12:33 PM CST

      10 Life-Changing Innovations

      From omnipresent Internet to cloned donor organs, LiveScience picks 10 new technologies that, when fully developed, will transform our lives. Digital libraries: When all of humanity's texts are digitized, any factual question will be answerable online. Gene therapy/stem cells: The key to curing some of our nastiest afflictions. Ubiquitous wireless Internet: WiMAX and 3G point the way to a future where communication between any two devices is possible. Mobile robots: Too lazy to go to the store? Just send your car! More »

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      list  • Wi-Fi  • green technology  • cloning  • information technology  • hydrogen fuel cells  • biotechnology  • WiMAX  • Moore's Law

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