Public Wi-Fi hot spots
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Remember when the search engine wars were about search? These days, it's a given that Google won on that front, but that's not stopping Yahoo and Microsoft from trying to beat Google at another game: free Wi-Fi. But, as usual, Google's getting involved too.
Yahoo is providing free Wi-Fi in New York's Times Square, complete with a landing page chock-full of links to Yahoo Local listings, Flickr photos, Yahoo News, and ads for Yahoo's new home...
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From clickz.com
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The Recreation Centers of Sun City West now has three wireless hot spots available in the community.
The Sports Pavilion was recently equipped with wireless Internet service, adding to the wireless hot spots also available at the Lecture Hall and the...
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From yourwestvalley.com
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Ever wonder how safe all your personal information is when it's beamed through the air over Wi-Fi ? If you haven't, then chances are, you haven't taken the right precautions to keep that information safe, either. In clear, easy-to-understand language, the 'Today Show' recently examined the security of Wi...
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From switched.com
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Connections provided by the UK's top three Wi-Fi networks - BT Openzone, The Cloud, and T-Mobile - are all vulnerable to attack by hackers, leaving people at risk of fraud, according to BBC's Watchdog.
In a programme due to air on Thursday night, it claims that the thousands of hotspots available nationwide - in hotels, trains, airport lounges and high street food outlets - are less safe than they appear.
Watchdog said that it used equipment...
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From hackinthebox.org
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Finding that elusive open Wi-Fi connection just got easier this week with the launch of a new application that is building a world Wi-Fi map from its users connections.
Devicescape, a Silicon Valley startup, had previously offered a simple program called Easy Wifi that enabled automatic logons to Wi-Fi networks - walk into a Starbucks and [...]
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From blogs.ft.com
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Devicescape today announced the Easy Wi-Fi Network, which provides an easy-to-use hotspot map finder, allowing users to find and connect to hundreds of thousands of free hotspots all over the world.
The Easy WiFi Network has been formed from a continuous process of discovery, classification, and monitoring of all the WiFi hotspots encountered by their [...]
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From dailywireless.org
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Devicescape, a provider of Wi-Fi services, has reportedly launched the first-ever free access to the world's largest Wi-Fi Network.
Users of the so-called Easy Wi-Fi Network, will receive a high-quality hotspot network, with the new network offering global Wi-Fi access integrated with an easy-to-use hotspot map finder. The new service helps users find and connect to hundreds of thousands of hotspots all over the world. The service is...
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From tmcnet.com
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