Here are the Top Ten Stories, by popularity, from Dailywireless.org logs.
- The Open Mesh Revolution (03/11): Michael Burmeister-Brown announces a new product and company designed to fill the void left by Meraki — Open-Mesh. The Open Source WiFi router/repeater does everything the original Meraki did — and more – for less.
- Top iPhone Games (08/14): Today, game prices are lower and games are better.
- Oceanic Fiber Cut (01/30): The first big optical cable disaster. How is it that Flag Telecom, Falcon, and SEA-ME-WEA 4 cables were severed within hours of each other, although Marseille, France and Alexandria, Egypt, are hundreds of miles apart? Bad weather took the rap.
- Android G-1 Reviews (10/16): On Oct. 22, T-Mobile and Google bring out the G1, the first hand-held computer that’s in the same class as Apple’s iPhone. The consensus: Not bad, with good potential for the future.
- DTV Converter Box Coupons (01/02): Get yours before broadcasters end their analog signals on Feb. 17, 2009.
- WiFi Gets A Roaming Standard: 80211r (08/28): The IEEE has been working on 802.11r for four years, and the concept has been solid since 2005, but the standard was formally approved and published by the IEEE this summer.
- Cern’s Red Button Day (04/07): The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the new particle accelerator built to probe the origin of the universe, is the largest scientific instrument on the planet. When repairs are finished.
- Penryn Laptops Roll Out (01/02): On January 6, 2008, Intel’s Penryn-based notebook processors rolled out. Turned out to be less eventful then the rise of the Netbook.
- 2008 Olympics (08/06): The Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics took place on 8/8/08 at 8 p.m. Wow!
- Three Submarine Cables Damaged (12/19): Bookends!
