Addison, TX Goes WiFi

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[Face-to-Face] With several cities deploying WiFi, WiFi may end up becoming the weapon of choice in the arms race for economic development. Hopefully the city of Dallas will follow suit. Addison hopes that its WiFi blanket will draw more creative people there, which could in turn create new businesses. Who knows, your next business partner might be surfing & sitting at the table next to you?

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

[E-Bitz - SBS MVP the Official Blog of the SBS "Diva"] Running with Scissors... uh .....I mean admin rights: When we were little kids we were told by our parents to “don't run with you have sharp objects in your hands” .like..scissors.  So remember my rant how I don't trust any browser?  I want to revisit that a bit again tonight.  Active controls in a web browser are, I think, like “running with scissors”.  Why?  Because what I said before that they rely on me trusting too much.  While the whole concept of “active content” means great things have happened in the Internet space, it also means that the very way we have let our applications get away with being coded as horrifically as they are and haven't really noticed how bad they are is contributing to the malware/spyware and other gunk we now have to deal with. 

[Beastblog.com] Beast Blog: more free wi-fi!: A note - if you're looking for a meal and don't want to stop surfing, the wi-fi signal extends to the great (and quite reasonably priced) Chinese restaurant next door. But be sure to stop at Rooz for a latte afterwards since they're the one providing the free access and we want them to keep doing so.

[Mip.typepad.com] mip's scan: Nokia is hoping people will pick up this device rather than a 2nd or 3rd PC for their home.  That is short sighted - its woefully underpowered.  You could get a PDA that would allow you to do the same and then some.  I would think you'd be far better off getting a decent Tablet PC - you'd be able to recline and surf the web in your home and still take the device with you outside of the home.  That's the other issue I have with Nokia's Internet Tablet - its pretty much a paperweight when you leave the home or aren't near any WI-FI hotspots. 

[Cybersoc.blogs.com] cybersoc: Issue Five: Grassroots Political Activism Online (co-edited with Micz Flor from Crash Media) Published Online 01 April, 1999. Contents: Feature articles -- The High Tech Gift Economy (Richard Barbrook - London), Labour@Cyberspace: Problems in Creating a Global Solidarity Culture (Peter Waterman - Netherlands), Internet Against Censorship (Drazen Pantic - Belgrade), Cyberpower and the Meaning of Online Activism (Tim Jordan - London), A Few Points About Online Activism (Jon Lebkowsky - USA), Punk Science (Rachel Armstrong - London), Cyborg Film-Making (Rachel Armstrong - London), The Borg: A Critique (Dave Gordan), ¿Roam-Antics on the Cyber-Horizon or Home-Wrecking for a New Millennium? (Judy Hempel - USA), Admirable Utopian World (Eduardo Duarte - Brazil), LESSONS LEARNED: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF ON-LINE COMMUNITY NETWORKS (George Hunka - USA), Study of Men and Women's Gender Display in Text-based Communication (Sema Nicole Seyedi - USA) Field Reports -- INDONESIA: The Net as a Weapon (Tedjabayu - Indonesia), Introducing Radio Free Monterey (Barbara Steinberg - USA), Online Community Builders Toolkit for Activists (Robin Hamman - England), The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Introducing the Panel Discussion of the Counter-Strategies Corporations Employ Against Campaigns (Eveline Lubbers), Computer Aid International (UK). Book reviews -- Cyber-Democracy: Technology, Cities and civic networks; Processed Lives: Gender and Technology in Everyday Life; Technology of the Orgasm: Hysteria, the Vibrator and Women's Sexual Satisfaction; Communities in Cyberspace; Virtual Futures: Cyberotics, Technology, and Post-Human Pragmatism; Station Rose First Decade: Ten Years of Native Multimedia Art.

[Cheesebikini.com] cheesebikini?: Free Berkeley Wi-Fi Cafes: 8   Brewed Awakening:   1807 Euclid Avenue, at Ridge Road.   WARNING: Don't be tricked into paying for access that has already been paid for! This cafe does offer free wi-fi, but the access is through Sip and Surf, a service provider that forces you to submit a credit card number before you can register for free access.

[Bryan.daneman.org] Bryan's Weblog of Stuff: For those of you who are unfamiliar with Safari, it is an online library of more than 1,400 (currently -- they add more all the time) of the best technology books. The books are from familiar publishers like Addison Wesley, SAMS, QUE, New Riders, Microsoft Press, O'Reilly, and several others. The features include advanced search capabilities, a list of recent searches, recent pages views, notes, and bookmarks. There is a search to locate specific titles (by Author, ISBN, TItle, or Publisher, as well as a tree view for drilling down by category and for browsing the contents of a title itself.

Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, Hotspots, Wireless Networking News

Posted at May 28, 2005 12:49 PM