Ericsson predicts demise of wi-fi hotspots

I think most wi-fi users would agree, good riddance!"As mobile broadband takes off, Wi-Fi hotspots will become as irrelevant as telephone booths, Ericsson Chief Marketing Officer Johan Bergendahl said Monday....

Emergency - Developing Story - Explosion and Fire in Georgia

"More than 100 people reportedly have been injured in an explosion and fire at a sugar refinery in Savannah, Georgia."

Imus Sued Over Radio Spots

"A Tennessee company is suing Don Imus for $4 million after the radio host allegedly disparaged the firm last year while reading its commercials on his show."

Forest fires leave 48 hot spots in Sumatra

"The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said recent forest fires in Sumatra Island had left at least 48 hot spots, 35 of which were located in Riau province. Johanes Sudrajat, head of the BMG`s analysis...

Woman Spots Eye Defect Madeleine on Moroccan coast

"A battered and bruised girl bearing "the mark of Madeleine" has been spotted in Morocco. The blonde child was seen by a woman who told detectives she even recognised the distinctive fleck in Madeleine's eye,...

Brown hints at 24-hour drinking U-turn

"Since taking over from Mr Blair last June, Mr Brown has already decided to reverse the downgrading of cannabis and moved to abandon plans for Britain's first "super-casinos". The latest U-turn came as he announced a review of the licensing shake-up that had allowed pubs and...

Liberals say Tory ads are 'offensive, desperate'

"Liberals say Tory ads are 'offensive, desperate' The Canadian Press TORONTO — A new election campaign advertisement by the Progressive Conservatives is so "offensive,'' party leader John Tory should apologize...

NOAA detects 57 hot spots in W Kalimantan

A satellite of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has detected an increase in the number of hot spots in West Kalimantan province, namely from 24 on Saturday to 57 on Sunday, a local...

Second Life Bans Beastiality

"Linden Lab, the creators of Second Life, may be extending their crackdown on “Broadly Offensive” behavior to Bestiality, following attempts to remove virtual pedophilia (or Age-Play) from Second Life in...

London Scores Free Wi-Fi

"A free metropolitan Wi-Fi network has been launched in London, continuing the gradual trend toward free public wireless Internet access in Europe and the United States. The group behind Free-hotspot.com, which...

Premature Tropical Storm Not Due to Global Warming, Scientists Say

"The first named Atlantic storm of 2007 crept in today well before the season's official June 1 start, raising the question of whether global warming is responsible for the early arrival. Flowers, tree leaves, birds and other signs of spring have appeared earlier in recent...

Deadly Storms Hammer Texas

Lashing rain and howling, 100mph winds have besieged a huge area in Texas, shutting down travel into and out of Dallas."Days of deadly storms flooded roads, damaged homes and knocked down trees in Texas, and about...

Global Positioning “Goes To Ground” :: Symblogogy

"In a “complex technology made simple” scenario, one does not need specialized GPS Satellites and the systems that pick up their signals in order to determine a specific location in most cities in the United...

Web Startups Reboot 'London 2.0'

Any of you guys in on this? One of my friends is a partner in a music software company, and another lays fibre-optic cables.One thing I really liked about living in London was that the city was years ahead of North America in mobile technology but still had hot and cold water...

Binge drinking youth

"Binge drinking youth At least one third of Australia's young adults call themselves binge drinkers according to some frightening new statistics on alcohol. Latest research shows one in three 18-24 year old's over...

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