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Verizon Wireless customers who have Mobile Broadband and Global Access mobile data plans will now be able to access thousands of WiFi hotspots in the U.S., Canada and Mexico for no additional charge. The plan covers customers who access the Internet via Verizon’s USB modems, PC cards and netbooks; however, the plan does not cover Verizon’s WiFi-enabled smartphones such as the Motorola Droid.

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Administrator — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:00:07 +0000

GANDALF conjures up faster, seamless Internet technique
PhysOrg.com, VA - 1 hour ago GANDALF has developed a groundbreaking technique to increase data rates by a thousand-fold compared to existing DSL and a hundred-fold compared to WiFi.

Kodak EasyShare One WiFi
Digital Camera Tracker (press release) - 19 hours ago Kodak's EasyShare One features include: 4 megapixels, 256 MB of internal memory, 3.0 LCD screen, Wi-Fi enabled, and SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH C-VARIOGON 3X optical

Nintendo's WiFi Gaming Service Site Launches
DailyGame - 12 hours ago Nintendo's launched Nintendo WiFi today, their site for learning about taking your DS handheld online. Every detail is covered, including

Sujets : clé sub wifi sous kaella
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Nintendo WiFi on DS Shaping Up
Neoseeker - 21 hours ago 1Up has some nice hands-on impressions with the Nintendo WiFi Connection using the DS, and they confirms pretty much all the details previously reported here

Review posted for the (WiFi-equipped) Nikon Coolpix P1
imaging resource, GA - 4 hours ago Will WiFi-connected cameras be the next big wave in the digital camera market Perhaps and perhaps not. Regardless of whether

Administrator — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:00:04 +0000

SJ will seek bids for WiFi plan
San Jose Mercury News, United States - Oct 26, 2005 Over the next two months, the city will seek proposals from private companies to bring wireless Internet, or WiFi, to areas beyond its three current hotspots.

Canon debuts WiFi Ixus camera
Macworld UK, UK - Oct 25, 2005 By Jonny Evans. Canon has announced a new WiFi-enabled version of its popular Ixus digital camera, which ships in January in the UK.

Google's WiFi Bid for San Francisco
AlterNet, CA - Oct 27, 2005 cable service; SBC, its local phone company; and Earthlink, the Internet service provider that won the bid to provide free city-backed WiFi in Philadelphia.

Administrator — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:00:06 +0000

InterNetwork Experts Implements Mobile WiFi Solution for City of
Business Wire (press release), CA - 4 hours ago InterNetwork Experts, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of I-Sector Corporation (AMEX:ISR), announced today the launch of a Mobile Wi-Fi solution for the City of

Cognio Enhances WiFi
Unstrung - 20 hours ago GERMANTOWN, Md. — Cognio, the leader in cognitive spectrum analysis for wireless networks, today announced enhancements to its

Students want more WiFi, UCS online poll finds
Brown Daily Herald, RI - Oct 24, 2005 A majority of respondents to an Undergraduate Council of Students poll said they were at least "fairly satisfied" with UCS this year.

Korea Looking to Speed WiMax Deployments
TechNewsWorld, CA - 2 hours ago one year. Cellular data services have spawned an array of acronyms, including W-CDMA, WiFi , WiMax, and CDMA2000 1x EvDO. For those

Administrator — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:00:07 +0000

Wireless Internet Now Available in the "People's Library
Kansas City infoZine, MO - 4 hours ago Topeka, Kan. – infoZine – In a continuing effort to deliver quality service to Kansans, the Kansas State Library is now providing wireless Internet access for

'Prodigy(TM) WiFlyer(R)' to Offer Wireless Internet and Networking
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Oct 11, 2005 The Prodigy WiFlyer offers wireless Internet access and wireless networking to users of dial as well as DSL Internet access services. SBC Yahoo!

Clearwire to Sell High-Speed Wireless Internet Service at Best Buy
Broadband Wireless Exchange, AZ - Oct 11, 2005 "Our relationship will make it easier for Internet users to acquire Clearwire's simple, fast and affordable wireless broadband Internet service.".

Administrator — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:00:07 +0000

Bringing wi-fi to the islands
MaineToday.com, ME - 3 hours ago The antennas provide wireless Internet for the Inn and its customers and also sends out a signal, giving access to a 10- to 15-acre area on the north part of

Philadelphia Chooses Earthlink for City-Wide Wireless Internet
Government Technology, CA - Oct 5, 2005 EarthLink will also help Wireless Philadelphia promote 'digital inclusion,' a to offer certain qualifying Philadelphia residents discounted Internet access at

'Prodigy(TM) WiFlyer(R)' to Offer Wireless Internet and Networking
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 1 hour ago The Prodigy WiFlyer offers wireless Internet access and wireless networking to users of dial as well as DSL Internet access services. SBC Yahoo!

Valley Junction goes wireless
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McAfee Releases New Wireless Home Network Security Suites for
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 2 hours ago McAfee Personal Firewall Plus continuously monitors broadband, dial-up, or wireless Internet connections, preventing unwanted traffic to and from the PC.

Grand Hyatt Muscat offers wireless Internet solution powered by
Hotels Magazine, IL - 19 hours ago To use the service, the guest simply switches on their wireless Internet enabled laptop computer and opens their Internet browser.

Administrator — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 15:00:08 +0000

Philly WiFi provider to be announced Tuesday
CNet News.com Blog - 14 hours ago The city of Philadelphia is expected to announce on Tuesday who has won the contract to build a municipal Wi-Fi network. The two

WiFi competition in SF
San Jose Mercury News, United States - 4 hours ago By Jessie Seyfer. Google may have the cachet, but it faces nearly two dozen competitors — some of them serious players in the telecom

Briefly: Elements classes; Phillipines NUG; SF WiFi
MacNN - 22 hours ago formed . Google is making a bid to build a San Francisco-wide free wifi network to operate at 300 kilobits per second . Tunewear

Administrator — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:00:07 +0000

Linux powers VoIP WiFi router reference design
Linux News - 22 hours ago Broadband customer premises equipment chip vendor PMC-Sierra is shipping a Linux-powered hardware/software reference design for VoIP WiFi broadband routers.

i-mate K-JAM with WiFi is out
Mobilemag.com - 2 hours ago The brand new I-mate K-JAM boasts of a moving keyboard and built-in WiFi, similar to that of the latest HTC PPC-6700 launched by Sprint last week, but still

JiWire Launches Free WiFi Toolbar; Browser Toolbar Makes Finding
Business Wire (press release), CA - 2 hours ago 2005–JiWire, the leading provider of information and services to help people connect to the Internet without wires, today unveiled its new WiFi toolbar for

Qualcomm, Philips partner for cellular/WiFi dual mode devices
Telecoms (press release), UK - 23 hours ago Qualcomm today announced that its MSM chipsets will support Dutch electronics manufacturer Philips' WiFi, allowing connectivity to WLAN networks as well as to

Administrator — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:00:13 +0000

Home security the wireless way
Charlotte Observer, NC - 19 hours ago Wireless-G Internet video camera and two more advanced $1,000 cameras, the Panasonic BB-HCM371A network camera and the D-Link DCS-6620G Wireless Internet camera

Google plans own WiFi service — company Web site
Reuters.uk, UK - 3 hours ago LONDON (Reuters) – Online search leader Google is preparing to launch its own wireless Internet service, Google WiFi, according to several pages found on the

Wireless internet catching on in Clovis
Clovis News Journal, NM - Sep 12, 2005 The latest commodity to arrive in some Clovis cafes isn’t coffee-bean inspired. It’s called wireless Internet, wireless fidelity or Wi-Fi for short.

Firetide and Transnumeric Deploy Wi-Fi Mesh Network in the Village
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 1 hour ago "The wireless Internet access that Gordes has acquired with the Firetide mesh network will revitalize rural zones, benefit regional planning, and increase

YSU closer to campus-wide wireless Internet
TheJambar.com (subscription), OH - Sep 13, 2005 Youngstown State University may be closer to receiving campus-wide wireless Internet after a meeting last week between Amanda Mielke, vice president of the

Zen Internet Provide Broadband Wireless Access to Southampton Boat
Broadband Wireless Exchange, AZ - 19 hours ago The 'Internet Surf Shack' at the beach-themed Boat Show is a relaxation hotspot providing wireless Internet access, but visitors and exhibitors to the show can

Administrator — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:00:10 +0000

Large Enterprises Planning Investments in WiFi, GPS, Push-to-Talk
Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter (press release), CA - Sep 9, 2005 of wireless contracts. Push-to-talk and WiFi were also frequently mentioned as new applications for upcoming contracts. “We are

UT Starcom’s F1000G 802.11g WiFi phone
engadget, CA - Sep 12, 2005 Vonage’s first WiFi phone, the F1000, is still nowhere to be found (it’s been nearly five months since we reviewed the damn thing).

WiFi phone taps into home wireless broadband nets
San Jose Mercury News, United States - Sep 12, 2005 An emerging class of WiFi phones lets you tap into your wireless home network to make calls over the Internet, without the snap, crackle or pop of a cordless.

Enter the WiFi cellphone
U.S. News & World Report - 17 hours ago First came the cordless, then the wireless, and now there's the WiFi phone – for making free voice calls across wireless Internet connections.