wifi
Wireless Internet is Everywhere
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed During a discussion about Broadband and people near Seattle having trouble with Comcast, Rikai from our chat room brought up an interesting question. “What are your thoughts on the rumors of the 700Mhz spectrum potentially being used for Hi-Speed Wireless connections?” [...]
Wireless Routers Review
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed We’re using a GoToMeeting to get together and share desktops again tonight. GoToMeeting is an easy and affordable way to host online meetings. Be sure and take advantage of our special savings! The current presenter is surfing sites relating to WiFi, [...]
Eye-Fi Wireless SD Card Review
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The new Eye-Fi is a wireless memory card. It automatically uploads pictures from your digital camera to your PC or Mac and to your favorite photo sharing, printing, blogging or social networking site.No cables, no waiting, no hassles. At its core, [...]
Want a WiFi T-shirt?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Jeff was streaming live for me this morning, and I happened to notice a very cool T-shirt he was wearing. It’s definitely the geekiest T-shirt on the planet. I had to get him on a video to show it off. This [...]
Should Wi-Fi be Free?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed When Starbucks introduced for-pay Wi-Fi in 2002, it seemed like a great deal. But five years later, the model appears old and stale and ready for a complete overhaul. According to my friend Mike Elgan at ComputerWorld.com, Starbucks will begin providing [...]
Does Temperature Affect Wireless Connections?
http://live.pirillo.com/ – Applesauce in the chatroom want's to know if temperature affects WiFi and wireless connections. Wirless connections run on RF – radio frequency – and RF engineers admit that it's a bit of a black art. In terms of making connections and throughput: no, temperature should not be so much of a factor that [...]
WiFi Packet Sniffing
http://live.pirillo.com/ – Staying secure in the digital world can be a bit difficult, especially when you're out and about with the iPhone: the phone will sniff out wireless networks for you and then ask if you want to use that network rather than EDGE. This brings up a security concern: is it safe to use [...]
Clearwire Coupon
I just became a Clearwire subscriber the other day. They’re running a pretty good membership special right now, but that’s not the reason I signed up for an account. I’m using Clearwire at home for a few reasons: Broadband backup – when Comcast goes down, I can still be up. Downtime sucks. Bittorrent nirvana – [...]
Our Honeymoon Cruise Begins
Well, so much for free WiFi. Our travel agent from Vacations to Go told us that there would be free access available from the ship’s library, but it’s apparently closer to 35 cents a minute (ouch). I’ll just give Pluggd another plug for having kept us plugged in on our Alaskan adventure a few months [...]
Free WiFi in Silicon Valley?
Jake and I are “stuck” in San Jose today – our flight back to Seattle isn’t until 9pm tonight (unless it gets pushed back further due to today’s British thwarting). We’re going to get kicked out of our hotel room any minute now, and will need to seek shelter this afternoon. I’d rather not sit [...]
