Public Wi-Fi hot spots

On Amazon.com's Kindle: "This is the future of book reading. It will be everywhere." - Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and Liar's Poker. News release from Amazon.com: Introducing Amazon Kindle Revolutionary Portable Reader Lets Customers Wirelessly Download Books in Less Than a Minute and Automatically Receive Newspapers, Magazines and Blogs No PC Required, No Hunting for Wi-Fi Hot Spots SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2007--Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today introduced Amazon Kindle, a revolutionary portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, blogs, magazines and newspapers to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight. More than 90,000 books are now ... Read Full Story

Many will argue that radio, information, and life will be increasingly accessible to all of us via Wi-Fi, but we’ll always need a signal. Montreal-based designer Stefan Dukaczewski helps us envision the day when our clothing helps lead the way. His Wi-Fi sneakers light up to indicate signal strength whenever you walk near a zone. Each week, JoshSpear.com explores the latest projects by top creative professionals in the Behance Network and highlights a few that are pushing the edge of creative industry. Josh Spear also serves as an Advisor and Guest Curator for the Behance Network . Read Full Story

Section: Computers, Laptops, Networking, Security, Wireless Ah, summer.  Time to relax, go visit friends, vacation.  No worries, right?  Well, there may be a small one if you like to use public Wi-Fi on your travels. The latest trend for the in hacker is what has become known as “vacation hacking.”  It works by the hacker setting up fake Wi-Fi hot spots where they can lure in unsuspecting travelers.  Some favorite locations are airports and hotels.  Vacationers think everything is safe, especially if it is set up to somehow include the name of the place they are currently in while trying to connect.  Little do ... Read Full Story

Verizon experimented with deploying its own Wi-Fi hot spots several years ago in New York, but dismantled them. On Monday the company announced that customers subscribed to its Verizon Fios Internet service with 20Mbps per second downstream and 15Mbps upstream or faster and customers who subscribe to its 3Mbps/768 Kbps or higher DSL service will be able to connect to Verizon Wi-Fi hot spots, at no additional charge as part of their broadband service. Verizon has partnered with the Wi-Fi service Boingo to offer access in thousands of locations throughout the U.S. including hotels, airports, restaurants, coffee shops, retailers, convention centers and public locations ... Read Full Story

Genuine free Wi-Fi is thin on the ground…. errr….. air. Those places that do offer ‘free wi-fi’ will stand over you until you buy a coffee, beer or bun. That could be about to change with the introduction of Freerunner . Freerunner has been thought-up by Owen Geddes, one of the people responsible for The Cloud network. No need for a subscription as Freerunner is a solution for the UK, offering free to use access points in venues geared towards the community. I’m talkin bout libraries (the few that are left), transport hubs (stations), community centres and schools. Freerunner is also offering its Wi-Fi ... Read Full Story