Tag archive: WiFi

Skype has announced news of Skype WiFi (basically a rebranding of Skype Access) with the launch of a new iOS app, available for free from Apple’s App Store. The app enables iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners to connect to the Internet via a million WiFi hotspots worldwide at places such as hotels, airports, train stations, convention centres, bars and restaurants. The service isn't free, but the rates are very competitive (from $0.06 per… Read More

The National Telecommunications and Information Association (NTIA) released the National Broadband Map today. This $200 million project offers public access to a thorough analysis of national broadband availability, and hopes to increase access, especially to “communities at risk of being left behind.” The NTIA collaborated with the FCC to extract the data, which revealed that 5 to 10 percent of Americans cannot access Internet speeds that would… Read More

Airports, coffee shops, and campuses everywhere became a little more dangerous this week when Wi-Fi hotspots were inundated with curious “hackers” who downloaded the Firesheep plug-in to take a peek at their neighbors Internet habits. The downloadable Firefox extension created by Seattle Web developer Eric Butler and released to the public this week has been a hit with novice hackers everywhere. While Firesheep does allow users to hijack someone… Read More

In case you weren’t already weary of Internet security plagues, here’s a new one for you. Firesheep, a downloadable extension for Firefox, can now make it more than possible for someone to take over your Wi-Fi session. It makes it really easy. Once installed, a person can hijack your Wi-Fi session, including the ability to access Twitter, Facebook, WordPress, and Amazon accounts, among others. Who’s responsible for this? Software developer Eric… Read More

JetBlue has announced it will be bringing fleet-wide internet access to their planes by the end of 2010. The airline is partnering with telecommunications company ViaSat Inc. to begin installing the service on its 160 planes. “This system will be designed for the 21st century, not just for today’s personal connectivity needs, but with the bandwidth to expand to meet tomorrow’s needs as well,” JetBlue Chief Executive Dave Barger said in a… Read More

Starbucks Corp. will begin offering unlimited free wireless Internet access at all company-operated U.S. locations starting July 1, part of an ongoing effort to bring more customers in the door. The Wi-Fi access, which will eventually include a new network of news and entertainment content exclusively for customers, comes as Starbucks works to take business back from rivals like McDonald's Corp. and independent cafes that have long offered… Read More

Germany's consumer protection minister strongly criticized Google for a widespread privacy breach and insisted Saturday the U.S. Internet giant must cooperate better with data protection authorities. Google Inc. issued an apology Friday, acknowledging it has been vacuuming up fragments of people's online activities broadcast over public Wi-Fi networks for the past four years while expanding a mapping feature called “Street… Read More

With WiFi capabilities, you can e-mail, upload, view and share pictures anywhere there is WiFi internet access, this means at home, Star Bucks or any Hotspot area. Thos that purchase the newEasyShare One camera will receive a complimentary trial service with Hotspot provider T-Mobile which has more than 12,000 hotspots world-wide.   The EasyShare One is a 4-MegaPixel digital camerawhich features a 3X optical zoom lens, 256MB of internal… Read More

Nintendo plans on implementing around 1,000 WiFi hotspots throughout Japan by the end of 2005. DS owners will be able to play online games at those hotspots free of charge. If you live in the United States, fear not, because Nintendo will eventually bring the service here, although a date has not been set. But at least Nintendo is already talking with potential partners. As part of the new WiFi Hotspot launch, Nintendo will be… Read More

From the City's press release: Heralding in a new era of city-wide WiFi Internet access, Grand Haven, Mich., Mayor Roger Bergman today announced the completion and full operation of the nation's first city-wide WiFi broadband network. Other cities have announced intent to build similar networks or have announced partial deployments; in contrast, the Grand Haven implementation, by Ottawa Wireless Inc., is the first full and… Read More

Quote from the review: “The latest feature being used by manufacturers to set their boards is integrated WiFi (or 802.11b wireless lan). WiFi is becoming extremely affordable, to the point where it is an alternative to wired networks for people who would otherwise not even consider wireless. You can put together a 2 computer wireless LAN, with internet sharing via router for less than $100 now if you shop around. So in… Read More