Hotspots not the best way to preserve biodiversity

Conservationists must make better choices of the areas they focus their protection efforts on, say researchers.

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Chicago Gears Up for Wireless Broadband

The nationwide rush to go wireless appears poised to extend to its biggest city yet. Chicago is launching an effort to offer wireless broadband, city officials said Friday, jumping on the Wi-Fi bandwagon as similar initiatives proceed in Philadelphia, San Francisco and smaller cities.

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On the southern coast of Sri Lanka, ten miles from one of the world's busiest shipping routes, a vast construction site is engulfing the once sleepy fishing town of Hambantota.

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February 11, 2008 (Computerworld) Starbucks Corp. said today that it is moving away from T-Mobile as its in-store Wi-Fi provider and will transition to AT&T Inc.'s Wi-Fi service in more than 7,000 of its high-end coffee shops beginning this spring.

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We often hear stories in the media of internet fraud and identity theft. Ordinary people have their lives turned upside down when some malicious stranger in an unknown location invades their computer and steals valuable information.

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iPhone users may have free Wi-Fi throughout the month of August in 13 US airports. This is courtesy of Boingo Wireless, it is intended to get iPhone types hooked.

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Pricey stealth-fighter finally useful?

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More and more cities are cutting their wires and going wireless. But as councils offer public wi-fi, questions are being asked about how much citizens will use them and how sustainable they are.

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MOUNT DESERT – Are there places on Mount Desert Island where you and your dog are more likely to be bitten by a tick that carries Lyme disease?

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Although wi-fi isnt perfect (put anything in its way and it starts to play up), its popularity is quite high. This ranges from personal use in the homes to businesses offering wireless internet spots. The uk has increased its number of wifi spots from 5,000 to 50,000 in just a  …

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Article about legal issues involved in accessing third party public wireless access points.

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We have just launched some updates to the Birmingham Wifi list, adding a Google Map of all the hotspots.

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With Google and Skype reportedly investing in this plan, perhaps it will succeed in propogating wireless networks where others have so far failed.

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They've got over 3,000 "hotspots" in just two months. Not a bad idea, but a bit too geeky to actually work.

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