Wi Fi

Free WiFi If You Subscribe To One Of These Cable Companies

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: 50000 Hotspots, Time Warner Cable, Video, Wi-Fi Networks, Giant Wi-Fi Network, Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Cox Communications, Cablewifi, Comcast, Cable Companies Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi, Cable Companies Share Wifi, Free Wifi, Cablewifi Network, Technology News

Five major U.S. cable companies have joined forces to create a giant WiFi network with more than 50,000 hotspots across the nation. The joint effort h...

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Study Says We Are About To Enter 'Golden Age Of Public Wi-Fi'

Posted 01.09.2012

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(Reuters) - The amount of public Internet hotspots (Wi-Fi) globally will grow more than fourfold to 5.8 million by 2015, boosted by consumers increa...

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Amtrak Expands Wi-Fi Coverage, But With A Catch

Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Train Travel, Global Pulse, Amtrak Acela, Wireless Internet, Video, Amtrak, Northeast Corridor, Amtrak Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi, Travel News

Rail passengers in the Northeast will no longer have to book seats on Amtrak's pricey Acela to have access to Wi-Fi. Wireless internet access has been...

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Wi-Fi Coming To New York City Subways

| Kareem Johnson | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: New York City Subway, Chelsea New York, Ny News, Wireless Internet, Transit-Wireless, Mta, New York News, Wi-Fi, New York News

CHELSEA -- Straphangers eager to stay in touch with the outside world while traveling underground will soon be able to surf the web at four Chelsea st...

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Travel Site Lets You Find Which Flights Have Wi-Fi

Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Poll, Hipmunk, hipmunk.com, Gogo, In-Flight Internet, Travel Tech, Hipmunk Wi-Fi Search, Wi-Fi, Technology News

Would you book a different flight if you were certain it had wireless Internet on it? That's what the web savvy folks at Hipmunk are betting on. T...

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Since When Did My Free Wi-Fi Become a 'Hotspot?'

Gil Laroya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Internet, Hotspot, Wireless, Smartphones, Wi-Fi, Air, Internet Providers, Technology News

At this point in the technology of wireless devices, we are all familiar with wi-fi; the service that shares an internet connection wirelessly amongst...

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FTC Warns About Public Wi-Fi Hotspot Dangers

Larry Magid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Onguardonline, Federal Trade Commission, Wifi, Homeland Security, Ftc, Wi-Fi, Wifi Hotspots, Public Wifi, Technology News

The agency says users on public Wi-Fi hotspots should "only log in to sites that are fully encrypted." Encrypted sites have an https at the beginning of their address and typically have a lock in the lower right corner of the browser.

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Why Innovation Isn't Just Another Buzz Word

Dean Garfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Innovation, R&D Tax Credit, Faces of Innovation, Technology, Wi-Fi, America, High-Tech, R&D, Technology News

The nation's drive to continue to invest in R&D is stalling at a time when such investment is most needed to keep up with our global competitors. The message? R&D and innovation matter.

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Wi-Fi To Come In Much Faster, Short-Range Version

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The industry group that supports Wi-Fi is adopting a new technology that should boost data speeds more than 10 times at short distanc...

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Adam Black, KeyWifi: 27 Million And Counting

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 07.30.2011

Read More: Adam Black, Video, Hotspots, Wi-Fi Loacations, Keywifi, Technology, 27 Million and Counting, Small Business Video, Wi-Fi, Home News

Starting your own business is a noble -- not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy -- undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the...

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Nook 'Lite' Coming Out Soon From Barnes & Noble

Gizmodo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nook, Ereaders, Apple, Kindle, Books, Nook Lite, Barnes and Noble, Nook 2, Wi-Fi, Ipad, Amazon, Ebooks, Books News

We're told that Barnes & Noble will be revealing some new products later this year: Nook 2 ("Project Encore") and a Wi-Fi-only Nook Lite. Meanwhile, a...

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Starbucks Free Wi-Fi: Coffee Giant To Offer Free Wireless At Most U.S. Locations Next Month

AP | ASHLEY M. HEHER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Starbucks Locations, Starbucks Free Wi-Fi, Starbucks, Wireless, Starbucks Coffee, Starbucks Wireless, Coffee, Wi-Fi, Food News

CHICAGO — Starbucks Corp. will begin offering unlimited free wireless Internet access at all company-operated U.S. locations starting July 1, pa...

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Three Good Reasons to Lock Down Your Wireless Network

Christopher Burgess | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cisco, Wireless Internet, Internet, Christopher Burgess, Data Security, Home Network, Wi-Fi, Technology News

Remember, anyone driving or sitting in proximity to your business, home, or office may be within the exploitable footprint of Wi-Fi signal.

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Line2 App Sidesteps AT&T For Better Service

Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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*See update and video below* UPDATE 12:51PM ET 3/26/2010: CSMonitor reports that the Line2 app was pulled from the app store by its creator after i...

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I Hate Airplane WiFi: The Last Bastion of Unreachable Tranquility Disappears Forever...

Marc Ruxin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Airplane Wifi, Wi-Fi Networks, Wifi, Wi-Fi, Technology News

For me airplane trips, long and short, have always been an oasis of productivity and introspection, professional and personal. For as long as a plane was in the air you were theoretically unreachable.

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Researchers Create Anti Wi-Fi Paint

Piers Fawkes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of Tokyo, Wi-Fi, Japan, Anti-Wi-Fi Paint, 100GHz, Movie Theaters, Electromagnetic Waves, Wireless Networks, Electromagnetic Radiation, Technology News

Researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have created a special paint which can block out wireless signals by absorbing and blocking the airborne data.

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Converting Tea-Lovers Into Coffee-Lovers

Jeanette Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coffee, Tea, Coffee Drinking, India, Coffee Culture, Tea Bag, Pakistan, Tea Culture, Pakistani, Tea Drinking, Wi-Fi, World News

In the last few years Pakistan has seen an explosion in coffee lounges and cafes. Some are like your traditional Starbucks, while others are more all-inclusive cafes, serving coffee accompanied by proper meals.

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How To: Green Your iPod

Planet Green | Cara Smusiak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Ipod, Apple, Battery Recycling, Pvc, Apple Ipod, Mercury, Flame-Retardant, Green Living, Electronics, Wi-Fi, Green News

iPod Nano's and iPod Classic's eco-friendly characteristics--they're arsenic-free glass, brominated flame retardant-free, mercury-free, PVC-free--go a...

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FCC Approves "Wi-Fi On Steroid:" Good News For Consumers, Bad News For Telcos

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White Spaces, Fcc, Wi-Fi, White Space Wi-Fi, Business News

As anticipated, the FCC has voted to approve the use of wireless airwaves between TV channels -- so-called "white spaces" -- for Internet devices. Th...

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Delta To Add Wi-Fi To Domestic Fleet

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Delta Airlines, Delta, Wi-Fi, Airline Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi on Planes, Wireless Connection on Planes, Business News

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines Inc. said Tuesday it will offer broadband wireless Internet access on its entire domestic mainline fleet by the middle...

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Starbucks Ditches T-Mobile For AT&T

Crave | Caroline McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: T-Mobile, Starbucks WiFi, Starbucks AT&T, AT&T, Wi-Fi, Starbucks Wi-Fi, Starbucks, Business News

Ubiquitous caffeine conglomerate Starbucks has ended its Wi-Fi partnership with T-Mobile in favor of one with AT&T. Under the existing plan with T-Mo...

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