Albany (pop: 95,658), the state capital of New York, will begin deployment of Cisco’s ServiceMesh solution to provide free Internet access to residents and visitors, as well as public safety services.
Local service provider Tech Valley Communications will manage the deployment throughout the capital, initiating Wi-Fi services at key strategic points of commerce and industry.
As Tech [...]
On December 5th, Jennifer Murray and Colin Bodill will climb into their Bell 407 helicopter and attempt to set a world record for circumnavigating the globe by way of the North and South Poles.
Their Polar First expedition originally attempted this goal in 2003, but the expedition was abruptly and dramatically cut short when the aircraft [...]
The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), the global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux and open source software, today announced that Chinese handset manufacturer Datang Mobile will join OSDL as an active member of the Mobile Linux Initiative (MLI).
“Linux is being deployed on mobile devices shipped in China at a much higher rate [...]
In mid-December, Razor, a popular scooter manufacturer, plans to begin affixing EPC Gen 2 RFID tags to one model of its electric scooter bound for Wal-Mart, reports RF-ID Journal.
Razor, based in Cerritos, Calif., is implementing RFID technology to comply with Wal-Mart’s mandate, says Kevin MacDonald, vice president of client architecture at ODIN Technologies.
ODIN, an RFID [...]
Today, Opera Software introduced Opera Mini 3.0, the latest version of its mobile browser already used by eight million people worldwide.
New features in Opera Mini 3.0 include:
Easy photo sharing
RSS Feed Reader
Secure banking/shopping
Content folding
Faster surfing
The upgrade, available today, introduces new features that enhance mobile social networking abilities with photo sharing, RSS feeds and secure connections.
Opera Mini [...]
Runcom has announced the world’s first Mobile WiMAX Compact Flash card for Pocket PC, according to PDA Live.
Besides creating a prototype Mobile WiMAX (802.16e) transceiver on a CompactFlash card, the Israel-based company signed a collaboration agreement with Microsoft. The software giant agreed to help develop Windows Mobile 5.0 drivers to allow Plug and Play functionality. [...]
In partnership with Government Technology magazine, the Center for Digital Government is releasing detailed findings from the 2006 Digital States Survey online.
Taken as a whole, the top 25 states reflect variations on a common theme of improved service delivery, increased capacity and lower costs. Michigan successfully defended its first-place finish in 2004 and remains in [...]
Comcast has become the first U.S. cable operator to take on telecommunications rivals in the cell phone market, having introduced the service in two cities, says Reuters.
Comcast, the largest U.S. cable television operator, launched the new service in Boston and Portland, Oregon, earlier this month after a year-long trial.
Time Warner’s cable unit and Cox Communications [...]
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has created a handy Wi-Fi map profiling the signal strength (in bars) at different locations around the downtown area.
Some 3,200 users have signed up to use “Pittsburgh’s the new Wi-Fi service, since its September launch by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership. The two hours are available free-of-charge wireless Internet network
Wi-Fi Pittsburgh is free [...]
Steve Outing inevitably has become the acknowledged leader in transitioning newspapers to online.
Just about everyone — finally — is on board and working to address the big problem: How to transition a significant part of the newspaper business to online and new media while keeping enough money flowing in during the transition period [...]
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