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  • March 2008

    • New Wi-Fi Will Make Web Service Rural

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

      New Wi-Fi Will Make Web Service Rural

      (Newser) - 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

  • January 2008

    • FCC to Re-Test Wireless Internet Devices

      Associated Press  |  Jan 19, 08 12:20 AM CST

      FCC to Re-Test Wireless Internet Devices

      (Newser) - After a series of unsuccessful tests, the Federal Communications Commission is heading back to the lab to assess a new round of devices for broadcasting high-speed Internet in the white space available in between TV airwaves. The prototypes come from a coalition of top-tier bidders, including Microsoft, Philips, and Intel, none of which received positive grades the first time around, the AP reports. More »

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      Internet  • Microsoft  • FCC  • Wi-Fi  • broadband Internet  • wireless technology  • Philips  • rural area

  • December 2007

    • Country Life Often Opposite of Healthy

      Newsweek  |  Dec 13, 07 11:23 AM CST

      Country Life Often Opposite of Healthy

      (Newser) - Rural America isn’t all hearty farmland, Newsweek writes: Many country areas are “food deserts,” supplied mainly by convenience stores. With supermarkets distant and healthy food more expensive than junk, impoverished residents often become unhealthy—hungry and fat. “A nutritionist will just say, 'Buy more fruits and vegetables,' when, in fact, the buying part is not simple,” says one epidemiologist. More »

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      health  • diet  • nutrition  • junk food  • healthy eating  • rural area

  • September 2007

    • Rural America Gets Wired

      Economist  |  Sep 19, 07 7:39 AM CDT

      Rural America Gets Wired

      (Newser) - Measured by President Bush's goal—to give every America access to broadband this year—it's not a success. But the effort to wire rural America has made impressive progress, the Economist reports. The US government has given more than $1 billion to internet providers in distant markets in an effort reminiscent of the New Deal's rural electrification project. More »

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      Internet  • America  • broadband Internet  • rural area

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