The National Emergency Technology Guard (NETGuard) mobilizes a corps of volunteers with technology experience who could help out after a disaster. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon discusses the effort with NPR (audio). It is funded by the Department of Homeland Security.
NET Guard teams may assist local communities in temporarily reconstituting voice, data, and other [...]
An emotional Bill Gates said good-bye to Microsoft (audio) in a celebration this morning filled with memories and an assessment of his legacy.
Today is Gates’ last day as a full-time Microsoft employee.
He will focus most of his attention now on philanthropy at the helm of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
More than 800 employees, figures [...]
Forbes Magazine ranks The World’s 10 Most Wired Countries. Rankings are based on a combination of hard data from organizations like the International Telecommunications Union and responses to an Executive Opinion Survey by the World Economic Forum, on topics such as business adoption of technology and laws relating to ICT. About 11,000 business executives in [...]
Virgin Mobile USA said on Friday it will buy SK Telecom’s money-losing Helio cellular service for $39 million in stock.
South Korea’s SK Telecom will also invest an additional $25 million in Virgin Mobile, as will the Virgin Group, which jointly owns Virgin Mobile with Sprint Nextel. SK Telecom is South Korea’s top mobile operator with [...]
Chrysler announced today that it will now bundle innovative consumer technologies under one umbrella name - “uconnect.”
A bundle of high-tech applications, fashionably spelled with undercase lettering, are included under the uconnect umbrella. Perhaps the most unique is Chrysler’s in-car Wi-Fi access point, called uconnect Web, that allows passengers to e-mail, download music, play [...]
Alltel and Boingo Wireless are teaming for nationwide hotspot access. The Alltel Wi-Fi plan is available for purchase by anyone in the United States as a stand alone offer.
Unlimited Wi-Fi access costs $19.99 per month or $3.99 per day with no contract commitment. In the past year, more than 15,000 additional hotspots have been [...]
The Orchestra Master: We’re unemployed, then.
The Presenter: Unemployed…until the next movie. I’ve already got an idea.
— Allegro Non Troppo (Not So Fast!)
EarthLink spent $16 million to build a wireless Internet “cloud” over Philadelphia, but couldn’t generate a profit with only 6,000 subscribers.
Network Acquisition Company announced last week their intentions to form a for-profit [...]
Devicescape Software today announced Devicescape Agent 2.1, an embedded software package for handsets, cameras, and all types of Wi-Fi devices. It allows instant access to Wi-Fi hotspots, right out-of-the-box. No user setup is required.
Devicescape makes connection to AT&T WiFi, BT Openzone, FON WiFi, Google WiFi and other networks fast and easy by remembering your [...]
American Airlines and technology provider Aircell staged a dress rehearsal of their WiFi service in planes on a round-trip flight between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport today. BoingBoing and WiFiNetNews helped promote it.
Broader customer trials on flights between New York and San Francisco and between New York and [...]
Aruba Networks and Meru Networks have been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research, essentially tied for first place as the leading 802.11n Wi-Fi equipment vendors.
Motorola claimed the second spot in the company’s new evaluation of worldwide vendors.
The Vendor Matrix is an analytical tool developed by ABI to provide [...]
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