Hughes Network Systems, the broadband satellite provider, today announced that it will provide Wayport Wi-Fi to its HughesNet subscribers at locations across the U.S., including hotels, Hertz airport locations and 10,000 McDonald’s restaurants. Wayport’s Wi-Fi package is available to HughesNet subscribers for $14.99 a month. It will give subscribers unlimited Wi-Fi access at select Wayport [...]
Asustek has released more details about their new EeePC-based net box, the EP20. Gizmodo says expect a global launch this July in both Linux and Windows XP versions. The cheapest model will start at about $330 and pack an 80GB hard drive (maxing out at 250GB). It will include 802.11n Wi-Fi, 4 USB ports, and [...]
McDonald’s no longer offering free WiFi to DS users, notes Engadget. Apparently the contract that enabled the access has expired, and there’s no signs of a renewal happening in the US or Canada. Nintendo’s Wi-Fi hotspot locator backs up that claim (despite outdated text claiming “more than 6,000 partner hotspots”). As a work around, the [...]
I’mma do the things that I wanna do I ain’t got a thing to prove to you I’ll eat my candy with the pork and beans Excuse my manners if I make a scene – Weezer Over 80 technical sessions on OpenSocial, Google App Engine, Android, Google Maps API, Google Web Toolkit, and more were [...]
Floridians are urged to prepare an emergency communications plan for the 2008 hurricane season which begins in June. Verizon Wireless offers these tips: Keep wireless phone batteries fully charged – in case local power is lost – well before warnings are issued. Have additional charged batteries and car-charger adapters available for back-up power. Keep phones, [...]
Intel has delayed the next generation “Montevina chipset until mind-July, with a formal launch in mid-August says PC Magazine. “Montevina” is the next-generation Centrino chipset, used in laptops and will include enhanced wireless capabilities with WiMAX and 802.11n. The new laptop design was originally expected to be launched in a week. Montevina-based notebooks will be [...]
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