Baby Monitors vs. Wi-Fi

Ofcom, the British regulatory body in charge of communications, has released a report which states that household radio devices such as baby monitors interfere with Wi-Fi network performance. The prevailing belief...

Verizon Mifi: revolutionary device delivers Wi-Fi on the go

Verizon Wireless announced Wednesday, the Mifi, a portable hotspot that generates a wireless network for wireless enabled devices. Complete with a catchy name, the device can support up to five gizmos at one...

Bill proposes ISPs, Wi-Fi keep logs for police

" 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...

Apple launches new iPod series for festive season in India

Apple has announced that it has introduced a new range of iPods in India to coincide with the festive season. The new range varies from the 1GB iPod Shuffle starting at Rs2,300 to a 32GB iPod Touch at...

773 Lounge- The Oldest New Game in Town - Brooklyn, NY

More and more, young artists and musicians are fleeing their overpriced, underserved neighborhoods for the land of big houses, front yards and clean, peaceful streets. No, they’re not moving to the suburbs —...

Michigan Man Fined for Using Coffee Shop's Wi-Fi Network

"A Michigan man has been fined $400 and given 40 hours of community service for accessing an open wireless Internet connection outside a coffee shop. Under a little known state law against computer...

Delta to Block Porn on In-Flight Wi-Fi

Using airline Wi-Fi for surfing porn... admit it, you thought about it-- not about actually watching, of course, but about how an airline can manage the viewing of "objectionable" content in coach class, where...

China Mobile Asking Apple for Crippled iPhones

China Mobile is requesting a customized version of the iPhone for official release on its network. This is the opposite of an enhanced model, though, with disabled WiFi and W_CDMA chips (The article specifies...

New Google Android Phone Unveiled

The Open Handset Alliance, comprised of Google and 33 other companies, unveiled the new G1 phone which operates on Google's open-source Android system.  The phone will initially be released by T-Mobile for...

Zune to Get Free Wi-Fi at McDonald's

More and more is coming aout about the Microsoft Zune's newest model, the 3.0. First was iTunes library compatibility, a must if they're to win over the white-headphones crowd. Now we hear word of a deal with...

A word of warning about 'free' public Wi-Fi

"I recently found myself in an airport terminal with a laptop and time to kill. Not knowing what the Wi-Fi options were, I let Windows XP search for available wireless networks. As you can see below, one of the...

Wi-Fi to be offered on Delta Airlines domestic flights

Checking email, chatting on MSN, twittering (--and posting on NowPublic--) will be made possible on board of Delta Airlines domestic planes by the middle of next year when it installs a Wi-Fi system on its...

"Smart Parking": Balm for San Francisco's Parking Woes

Parking in San Francisco sucks. That's not opinion, alas, but fact."Lack of parking is a serious issue in San Francisco. Donald Shoup, an urban planning expert at UCLA, says his research shows that drivers on the...

Wireless System Links to Health Risks

Two years ago, innovation seemed to soar at a whole new level with the wi-fi technology that was suddenly widely available. Developers tried everything from wireless sensors to Livecast from mobile phones,...

Free Wi-Fi Comes to Philadelphia

Free Wi-Fi in Philly as of today. To be honest, I did not think this project would ever come to fruition. I'm glad that it did: it's a 21st-Century quality-of-life boost."Although details are still being worked out, free wireless access will be available to Philadelphians as...

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