Best Pre-Paid details Plan For a Visit To Germany? (Slashdot)
March 12, 2010
code prole writes “With two upcoming trips to Germany, and no readily available Net (WiFi or otherwise) in the location where we’ll be staying, I’m looking for a no-contract USB stick and pre-paid notes plan. Vodafone has a huge selection of USB sticks but has proven to be unresponsive to questions about documents plans. And the US-based T-Mobile Help Center was clueless about getting the device …
JiWire: WiFi to become predominant connection for mobile users (BizReport)
March 12, 2010
When it comes to mobile phones it is no secret that the devices are being used for much more than simple talk. From texting to notes plans, consumers are spending more on their mobiles. One change is that details card usage is shrinking while public WiFi access is on the upswing, a plus for marketers in the mobile space.
No WiFi for you! (The Sandusky Register)
March 12, 2010
PERKINS TWP. Perkins Township officials recently installed a wireless router on an office computer at the township hall, providing employees with wireless Web access whether they have laptops.
Airline Stops Video Chat considering You ‘Could Communicate With a Terrorist’ [contemporary And Awkward] (Gawker)
March 12, 2010
# modernandawkward United Airlines ordered tech writer John Battelle to stop video chatting with his daughters considering “maybe I could communicate with a terrorist on the ground.” Other in-flight wifi uses were OK, since terrorist don’t tweet or newsletter. ( Pic ) More »
The Web Nominated for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
March 12, 2010
If some public have their way, you could be the winner of that year’s Nobel Peace Prize. “You” in that case being used broadly to mean the billions of folks who log online daily.
Historic IEEE 802 Group Looks Back and Forward (Slashdot)
March 11, 2010
An anonymous reader writes “The IEEE MAN/LAN Standards Committee — better known as the society who brought us Ethernet, WiFi, and Bluetooth — is celebrating its 30th anniversary next week. that commentary has interviews with the original committee chairman and other veteran members, and reveals some of the inside situation. It plus looks at some of the upcoming 802.x standards including one that …
LED lights may be the future of WiFi (UPI)
March 11, 2010
BERLIN, March 10 (UPI) — German scientists say they’ve created a details connection that uses light produced by lamps to encode a wireless broadband signal.