Burma is on its own

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorI seriously for a rare time at a loss for words, Burma's misplaced pride after the fall of a hundred thousand of it's dead, pretty much says it all of a country who place...

Eye-Fi Brings Online Ubiquity to Almost Every Digital Camera

This is a pretty cool looking new product:"New versions of the Eye-Fi hitting the market today. Now available in the original model (at $100) that allows online and local file uploads, the new versions are desktop...

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. Mobile...

Massive fire ruins historic buildings in Barrie, Ontario

A tragic loss for the city, but fortunately no life-threatening injuries have been reported."Crews are still dousing hotspots after a massive explosion and fire ripped through the historic downtown core of Barrie,...

Fire wreaks havoc in Wasaga Beach, Ontario

Does anyone have photos?UPDATE: Latest reports say that 80% of the main mall was destroyed or severely damaged. Investigators say it will take a few days to determine the cause, and arson hasn't been ruled...

BT and FON launch the world`s largest Wi-Fi community

"BT's more than 3 million consumer Total Broadband customers will be invited to join the global community of people sharing their broadband. At launch, new members will be part of an existing community of 500,000 members and will have access to more than 190,000 FON hotspots...

The World's Largest Wifi Community

"Whoa, this is astonishing news. British Telecom, the behemoth dinosaur telco of the UK, has just announced a mega deal with FON, the free community WiFi service. The upshot of the whole shebang is that BT’s 3...

Dounreay chiefs confirm plan for robots to tackle clean-up of seabed

"A £25 MILLION plan to use robots to clean up the worst of the radioactive particles from the seabed near Dounreay was unveiled yesterday amid claims such measures were long overdue. The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) confirmed its preferred way to tackle the problem...

Blackwater Responds

I would hope that everyone could read this story giving these guys the benefit of the doubt. But some people can only think good things about people like Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. I guess when your position...

Spillover of a Different Kind by Nikolas Gvosdev, National Interest

"In the forthcoming issue of The National Interest, Ken Pollack and Dan Byman will further develop their thoughts on how to manage spillover from the emerging Iraqi civil war. But another sort of spillover has already been taking place—one with negative implications for...

The Wi-Fi in Your Handset

"The potential for cheap calls through new phones that will make use of Wi-Fi hotspots has cellphone companies on edge."

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