Category: Wireless Networking
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WebWorkerDaily Provides an Excellent List of Franchise WiFi Locations in the Northeastern U.S.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWebWorkerDaily.com provides a great list of franchised businesses in the USA that provide reliable WiFi at all of their locations. According to the author, Judi Sohn, “Admittedly, these are franchises with locations in the Northeast United States.” She goes on to describe the ambiance of the Panera bakery on Nassau Street…
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Nokia N93: The Swiss Army Knife of GSM / UMTS Multimedia Phones
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Nokia N93 produces DVD-quality video, has a terrific MP3 player, and includes wireless broadband and WiFi capability. It’s great for people who want a phone that can be used in relatively serious video production. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ][ Check out my Nokia N93 photo set on Flickr. ] A friend who works with Nokia…
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Mobile Broadband Services Only Being Used by a Select Few Notebook Users at the Moment
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday Martin O’Donnell sent me an article that reported wireless broadband services offered by Verizon, Cingular, and Sprint Nextel are being adopted by some road warriors, but that adoption has been mainly limited to outside sales people, building contractors, insurance claims adjustors, and first responders. There are a lot of other businesses…
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WSJ Says The Slingbox and Place-Shifting are the Latest Threats to the Television Industry
Reading Time: 2 minutesA page one article in today’s Wall Street Journal discusses the technological threats that are developing to the television industry’s business model. One example given in the article is that Major League Baseball‘s MLB.tv video streaming service collected $265 million from 1.3 million subscribers last year, but still blocked subscribers from watching…
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DirecTiVo Owners Have a Pretty Simple Upgrade Option to Get Series 2 Features
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Thanksgiving, my cousin Brian Lynch and I exchanged emails about our dilemma as owners of DirecTV Series 2 digital video recorders. Brian said: My DirecTV Tivo has two USB ports in the back. The instruction book says the ports are for “future use”. Do you think I can hook a USB…
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Nikon Coolpix P2 and P1: Is the World Ready for WiFi in Digital Cameras?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNikon has released two digital cameras with built-in WiFi capability. The Coolpix P2 is silver and has a 5.1-megapixel image sensor and a 3.5x optical zoom lens. The Coolpix P1 is black and has an 8-megapixel image sensor and a 3.5x optical zoom lens. Both cameras have nice-looking 2.5-inch LCD displays.…