[Blog.newsfactor.com] Blog - -: Called VirtualWiFi, the technology reportedly can abstract a single WLAN card so that it appears to the end-user as if multiple virtual WLAN cards had been deployed within a single PC, giving the end-user to ability to configure virtual cards individually, with each one connecting to a different wireless network.

[Technology.updates.com] | Latest Networking News | Latest Technology Updates from ...: Microsoft VirtualWiFi: Connecting to multiple IEEE .The www.linux-wlan.org site provides driver software and Linux .

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 [Dynatech] 3/4/05: "According to BetaNews, 'America Online's Netscape team has opened its doors to the public, releasing the first beta of the revived Netscape Web browser. (screenshot) Based upon Firefox, Netscape version 8 focuses on security and user privacy, and supports rendering with both Mozilla's Gecko and Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser engines.' Before downloading the beta, remember that it uses Firefox 1.0, which contains some vulnerabilities." -Slashdot

[Angus Logan] How do you measure up with Reporting Services?: IMG SQL Server 2000 Evaluate · IMG Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000... Blogroll (newsgator) IMG Signup for .

[Microsoft.weblogsinc.com] The Unofficial Microsoft Weblog - microsoft.weblogsinc.com: The real Windows XP SP3 has been unofficially slated for release after Windows Vista arrives, making it unlikely that it will come any sooner than the end of 2006.

 [Anandtech.com] AnandTech: Microsoft has been loading so many features into Office over the past few years that finding the exact feature that you need or performing basic tasks has become rather tedious for some.  Microsoft is hoping to reverse this in Office 12:

 [Trovster.com] Trovster.com - General Internet-Related Geek-ery: Secondly, I often find myself typing the first few letters (or even just one) of a website and letting the browser auto-complete fill in from previously visited websites. Now, I also have a Yahoo!

 [Betanews.com] BetaNews | Google and Sun to Collaborate: Google chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt will sit down with Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy on Tuesday morning to outline a collaborative effort between the two companies. It's not clear what the partnership will entail, but Sun has already begun to hype the event.

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  White Blogs: What's notable about this article is that US franchisees are traveling abroad to hook up to franchise scenes in countries like Australia, Canada, and Japan. There's been a flood of foreign franchise concepts into the US, including refilling ink-jet and laser cartridges, exotic food restaurants, and pet training and grooming services. (via Cosmos)

  KyleM.xwell: My boss tipped me off to Pollo Campero, a great place for Guatemalan chicken. There’s evidently only one in the Dallas area, which is a bummer as it’s a little more of a drive than I’d like for fast food (think KFC but from Central America, not Appalachia). (via Cosmos)

[Stargeek.com] Blosxoms, Bryars and Blikis: Unfortunately, this may be taken by some as an Apple bashing post, butit's surprising to find out that the fancy new iMacs everyone istalking about don't include built-in WiFi, but are simply WiFi"ready." Apple has been such a big proponent of WiFi with theirAirport offerings that it just seems strange that this offeringwouldn't also include WiFi -- especially as it would cut down on onemore design-unfriendly wire sticking out of the machine. The articlealso complains about Apple's failure to include a TV-tuner card withTiVo like qualities.

 [Dickwray.com] Executive Recruiting for the food service industry: The first franchised branch of the Guatemalan-based POLLO CAMPERO quick-service chicken chain as well as its first in the Chicago market was opened by LEVY FAMILY PARTNERS, the investment division of Chicago-based LEVY RESTAURANTS. Levy bought the rights to open 50 units in Illinois, Wisconsin and Florida from the 33-year-old chain, which operates or franchises some 200 restaurants in Central America and Mexico.

 [Dc.metblogs.com] Metroblogging DC: So, there you are -- at least 100 buses full of NYC activists unloading downtown in all their hipster glory. If you're interested, here's some detail: anti-war march, globalization feeder march.

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[Discuss: Park Slope Message Boards (Latest Gadget News)] Wearable WiFi Server: Get rid of Net withdrawal symptoms forever with this DIY project - a wearable WiFi server. The WiFi bedouin is a small backpack that consists of an adapted 802.11b access point, RF amplifier a PowerBook G4, MovableType

[Travel Gadgets | Travelizmo] WiFi bedouin server backpack: The WiFi.Bedouin is a wearable, mobile 802.11b node disconnected from the global Internet. Yeah, it seems like small backpack on the outside, but don't ever judge a book by its cover, inside is an adapted 802.11b access point, RF amplifier a PowerBook G4, MovableType, Apache 2.0, the Tomcat Java Servlet Container, and WiJacker.

[Audio Activism] WiFi.Bedouin: The WiFi.Bedouin consists of a small backpack containing an adapted 802.11b access point, RF amplifier, custom power supply and a PowerBook G4 running custom software, MovableType Blog software, a custom chat application, Apache 2.0, the Tomcat Java Servlet Container, and WiJacker - a custom built application that translates arbitrary named URLs to local services. A PocketPC PDA - the iPAQ 2200 - is mounted to the front of the WiFi.Bedouin pack, and is configured with its own 802.11 card.

 [The Gadgets Blog] Wear a WiFi server today: The WiFi bedouin is a small backpack that consists of an adapted 802.11b access point, RF amplifier a PowerBook G4, MovableType, Apache 2.0, the Tomcat Java Servlet Container, and WiJacker. A PocketPC PDA mounted at the front completes the entire setup.

[Evdoinfo.com] Junxion Box, Share EVDO over Wifi, JB-110B - EVDOinfo.com: The Junixion Box™ ($699.95) allows you to share your high speed wireless EVDO (3G) connection with WiFi (or Ethernet) users. Plug in your EVDO Card and you now have an instant hotspot.

[Smartmobs.com] Smart Mobs: WiFi Bedouin: Wearable WiFi Access Point: There really isn't a huge difference between using the WiFi.Bedouin and just carrying around your G4 PowerBook and some other kit which, in fact, is what the WiFi.Bedouin is. Actually, I did just carry my G4 PowerBook and some other stuff for the prototype of the WiFi.Bedouin in City Hall Park during a NYCWireless event - it was a bit awkward, I was worried about my PowerBook getting dinged up, and consistent power was tricky.

[Eyebeam.org] Eyebeam reBlog: WiFi.Bedouin: "WiFi.Bedouin consists of a small backpack containing an adapted 802.11b access point, RF amplifier, custom power supply and a PowerBook G4 running....MovableType...

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 [Armwood Technology Blog] The Korea Times : Korea at Forefront of New Mobile Era: Thanks to the nimbleness led by Korea's foremost wireless carrier SK Telecom, the world's 10th-biggest economy has found a growth phase in the mobile telephony services and cell phone productions.

[Technology.updates.com] | Stories Tagged with "WLAN" | Latest Technology Updates from ...: MIMO is the current buzz word when it comes to WLAN technology these days.  Airgo is claiming that their .- September 21 2005 - AnandTech (Article)

[Rfid.weblogsinc.com] Know Your Wireless - The RFID Weblog - rfid.weblogsinc.com _: Wi-Fi: A trademarked term owned by the Wi-Fi Alliance which they say is short for "wireless fidelity." Wi-Fi is wireless Ethernet using radio waves to transmit packets in a nearly identical fashion as Ethernet uses wires. A certification standard that is backed by the industry trade group based on laboratory testing that all Wi-Fi labeled devices work interoperably with all other similar Wi-Fi devices.

[Dailywireless.org] Daily Wireless: WaveRider Communications, the leader in non-line-of-sight wireless broadband technology and deployments, today announced that North West Net, an Internet service provider in Ohio, has deployed WaveRider's 900 MHz systems to establish mobile broadband communications for police and other emergency personnel in the city of Van Wert, Ohio. When fully deployed, the system will support voice, video and data communications for police and other emergency workers in the field.

[Geekzone.co.nz] Qualcomm Integrates Wireless LAN Into Mobile Handsets: Qualcomm Inc will add Wireless LAN (WLAN) support to its Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chipsets, by supporting Philips' wireless local area network (WLAN) module. This integrated solution will offer connectivity to WLAN networks as well as to existing cellular networks and will feature compatibility with 802.11b and 802.11g protocols on both CDMA2000 and WCDMA (UMTS) networks.

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[ Press Releases :: PR Releases Database] QUALCOMM Integrates WLAN Functionality Into Mobile Handsets: Nokia supplies advanced Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions to Saunalahti in Finland Finnish operator Saunalahti has selected Nokia to provide comprehensive solutions for converged networks, allowing Saunalahti to offer services like VoIP and rich multimedia to both mobile and fixed telephony customers. "Saunalahti is an innovative and agile player in .

 [The Wireless Weblog - "Wireless Technology at its best" - Qualcomm adds WLAN Connectivity to Mobile Handsets] Qualcomm adds WLAN Connectivity to Mobile Handsets: QUALCOMM Incorporated, a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced that QUALCOMM's Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chipsets will support Philips' wireless local area network (WLAN) module. This integrated solution will offer connectivity to WLAN networks as well as to existing cellular networks and will feature compatibility with 802.11b and 802.11g protocols on both CDMA2000 and WCDMA (UMTS) networks.

 [Cell Phone Reviews and News - Welcome to Mobiledia] Qualcomm Integrates Wi-Fi into Cell Phones: Qualcomm today announced that Qualcomm's Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chipsets will support Philips' wireless local area network (WLAN) module. This integrated solution will offer connectivity to WLAN networks as well as to existing cellular networks and will feature compatibility with 802.11b and 802.11g protocols on both CDMA2000 and WCDMA (UMTS) networks.

[Mobilepipeline.com] Mobile Pipeline | Airgo Claims New-Gen WLAN Speeds Of 240 Mbps: "With True MIMO Gen3 technology our team has achieved a scientific milestone by proving that wireless can surpass wired speeds," Greg Raleigh, Airgo's president and CEO said in a statement. He said that the speed is appropriate for data-intensive applications such as distributing IP-based television throughout a house.

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[Hyperorg.com] Joho the Blog: March 2004 Archives: Susan Herring talks about "Weblog as Genre." Her group randomly sampled blogs from blo.gs They looked at the producers, purpose and structure of the blogs. They coded 44 features and quantified the results: Adult males produce blogs that are filters, while women and young people do more personal journals.

[Internettime.com] Internet Time Blog: handbook Archives: BlogDex (MIT) "blogdex is a system built to harness the power of personal news, amalgamating and organizing personal news content into one navigable source, moving democratic media to the masses. at current, blogdex is focused on the referential information provided by personal content, namely using the timeliness of weblogs to find important and interesting content on the web."

[Landolinkin.us] Carbondale 2 Cyberdale: Currently, City Council meetings are broadcast on Cable Channel 16, through agreement with MediaCom, or you can purchase videotapes of meetings from the City Clerk (free, if you bring your own tape), but webcasting would make more meetings available to more residents, at a fraction of the cost (I think). Stay tuned.

 [Recently.rainweb.net] Posts in the Politics Category - Recently. A (We)Blog: I was going to blog it yesterday, but as luck would have it, the story got better today. Here's s a nice summary of the original story. Basically, she got fired for having a Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker, but her boss puts notes his employee's paychecks saying Bush is good for them, and more importantly him, and that his employees better remember that come election day.

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Om Malik’s Broadband Blog: At Broadband WorldWide Conference in Madrid, Spain he said that the concept of free wireless in the cities supported by advertising is a disruptive idea, but warned that building wireless infrastructure in cities like San Francisco is not going to be either cheap or easy. He sees fatal flaws in Google’s plan to blanket the city with WiFi access points that would provide 95% outdoor and 90% indoor coverage. (via Cosmos)

[IP Democracy] A New Broadband Access Model From Google?: Google’s move to enter the broadband access market could even impact developments in Congress, which is considering various approaches to a Telecom Act rewrite. Among the more contentious issues addressed by various draft bills are network neutrality, municipal broadband and privacy, all of which are raised—and with a somewhat novel twist—by Google’s WiFi proposal.

 [The Stalwart] GoogleNet?: Get Ready for GoogleNet." href="http://www.business2.com/b2/web/articles/0,17863,1093558-1,00.html">Business 2.0 speculates that Google (NASD: GOOG) may be getting into the broadband game, possibly trying to offer free WiFi across cities nationwide that would drive usage of various high-bandwidth google.com applications in the future. He cites some interesting evidence:

[My Shingle] Is Small Always Better?: of Patent Baristas takes a skeptical look at whether small is the new big for law firms with a discussion of this recent post, Small Is the New Big, at Seth Godin's blog. Here's a sampling from Godin's post:

 [Koranteng's Toli] PITTs: Naming An Aesthetic: Over the weekend, I watched American Idol for the first time (in London) which reminded me of watching Dallas and Dynasty in the early 1980s in France - I never liked the English voices of JR and Bobby that I heard later, also watching Rambo/First Blood with Sylvester Stallone was more satisfying in French as were the good old Starsky et Hutch whose theme song I can still sing when alcohol has loosened the bonds of inhibition; there were also those Good Old Boys called the Dukes of Hazard who were great with provencal accents but that is stepping into the realm of political incorrectness).

 [Plugs] Geek Plug, Part Deux: Amazon's "Search Inside the Book," but what the hell. I like 'em, so I'm gonna plug 'em. 1. Google Maps - Satellite version. There's no denying that Google Maps kicks Mapquest's butt. IMG Hartsdale... pinpointing the nearest Kinkos -- it all rocks. But above all, the coolest part of Google Maps

 [News.com.com] Google | News.blog | CNET News.com: Now, that wording is gone and additional information has been added, including a footnote that says: "Full-disclosure update: When we first wrote these '10 things' four years ago, we included the phrase 'Google does not do horoscopes, financial advice or chat.' Over time, we've expanded our view of the range of services we can offer--Web search, for instance, isn't the only way for people to access or use information--and products that then seemed unlikely are now key aspects of our portfolio. This doesn't mean we've changed our core mission;

 [Muniwireless.com] MuniWireless » Blog Archive » Fund a free citywide Wi-Fi network ...: I was sitting in a Wi-Fi cafe (Lulu Carpenter’s) in Santa Cruz, California this afternoon with my husband, wondering how to create a citywide wireless broadband network that offers access free of charge to users and pays for itself (or even makes money). Suddenly it came to us: advertising (Google adsense plus Google Maps plus Local Search).

 [Ebiquity.umbc.edu] EBB: ebiquity blog at UMBC (mobile and pervasive computing ...: Altova released their XMLSpy in a time when many people are skeptical about .Evidence includes several pages found at wifi.google.com including a FAQ for .

[Wifi.weblogsinc.com] Can WiMax Live Up to The Hype? - The WiFi Weblog - wifi.weblogsinc ...: However, he is skeptical that it will be useful as a WiFi replacement and of claims that it will enable users to carry a high-speed Internet connection anywhere they go in a metro area.

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 [Presqueisle.blogspot.com] Erie PA and Life: July 2005: Juan Tejeda went 3-for-4 with a home run in leading the Erie SeaWolves to 5-4 victory over the Altoona Curve Wednesday afternoon at Jerry Uht Park in Erie. The first baseman continued his torrid hitting against the Curve, finishing the series 9-for-11 with a double, triple, two home runs, two RBI and seven runs scored.

 [Xmfan.com] XMFan.com :: #1 Fan Site of XM Satellite Radio :: XM Radio ...: Anyone going to the air show @ Burbank airport this weekend? Arkon windshield gooseneck in a Trailblazer?

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  Schwer Log: An awesome little bunny that has Wi-Fi and can move its ears and glow different colors based on events that you program; like the current weather outside, or receiving a message from a friend. (via Cosmos)

 [Boingboing.net] Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things: Record industry releases malware that deletes your P2P software IFPI -- the international equivalent of the RIAA -- has released a piece of software that will delete your P2P software, strongly implying that P2P is itself illegal and using ridiculous, non-legal terms like "copyright theft" (umm, you keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means). So much for 17,000,000 freely shareable CC-licensed works, so much for the public domain, so much for everything except for content from giant publishing orgs.

[Aws.typepad.com] Amazon Web Services Blog: Amazon DevCon - Rael Dornfest: this was a talk with author of XBox Hacks (Bunny Wang). You have to peel off stickers, participate in a little ritual.

[Globalideas.blogs.com] The Global Ideas Blog: Inventions: Social Innovations Day is a day devoted to human imagination and creativity used for social good, and this year's day will be marked by what we hope will be the world's largest ever virtual brainstorm, with thousands of ideas coming into the Global Ideas Bank throughout the day. The aim is to create a day-long worldwide extravaganza of creative thinking for social good.

 [77002.com] Houston Nightlife and Nightculture 77002.COM - Home: WiFi plastic bunny waggles ears when you get mail .Which is too bad, because I'm for any invention that lets me be lazier than I already am.

 [Corante.com] Social Software: InfoWorld has a short article on sociologist Marc Smith (one of a very short list of men I'd like to marry.) Smith has a Usenet filtering and visualization tool called Netscan e's been working on at MSFT which is going to be released as the Community .NET server.

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[Google.weblogsinc.com] Froogle Goes Through the Google Roof - The Unofficial Google ...: Numbers released from measuring service Hitwise, according to Search Engine Watch, indicate Froogle, Google’s shopping comparison service, shot from out of no where to number 8 on the “Shopping and Classifieds - Rewards and Directories” category.

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[Hyperorg.com] Joho the Blog: A reminder: I'm starting up this year's Web of Ideas discussion series at the Berkman Center, and our first guest will be David Isenberg. I'll interview him about the current telco situation and how to keep the Internet open and free, something David has been thinking about for a long time.

 [Kinja.com] Kinja, the weblog guide: Logan Airport - Crappy on purpose when it comes to wifi .And while I'm on the topic of Logan sucking: The re-done Terminal A opened a few months ago.

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 [Davenetics: Newsmonger] Look Out! Here Comes The WiFi Phone: The LG-CL400 is the first dual-mode phone offering WiFi and GSM/GPRS networks. LG partnered with US-based Kineto Wireless to make the tri-band GSM phone, which will still have a camera and MP3 player, but will also come loaded with Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology—the illegal-sounding 3Gpp standard for Cellular/WiFi convergence that will let you roam across both network types seamlessly.

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[Radio.weblogs.com] Net: Some Nigerian weirdo invents something about Nigerian selling Uranium to Iraq (must be in the same group of those sending you spam asking if they can move $4M to your bank account)

 [Highbeam.com] HighBeam Research: Learn more about Blogging using HighBeam by visiting our Blog enhancer demo and our Blogging tutorial

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 [Google Maps Mania] 3 new Google Maps mashups!: Free Wifi in San Francisco - A Google Map to find locations offering free wifi in San...Jabber Google Map - From the "Jabber" Wikipedia entry: Jabber is an open, XML-based protocol... the Internet and is used by over ten million people worldwide, according to the Jabber Software

[Good Morning Silicon Valley] Well, you see, we meant "Bay Areas" - you know Whitsand Bay, Byron Bay, Bay of Fundy: Bay Area satellite cities in the near future, perhaps along with the company's rumored WiFi service, all with one end in mind: Mining our online data for advertising leads. "Google primarily offers all this really cool free stuff in order to mine your hard drive for information and use it to sell ads," Seth Jayson notes in The Motley Fool.

 [flipthedolphin] You’ll Be Indexed. Resistance Is Futile: Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to Google, the book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company whose name is a favorite brand and a standard verb recognized around the world. Its stock is worth more than General Motors’ and Ford’s combined, its staff eats for free in a dining room run by the Grateful Dead’s former chef, and its employees traverse the firm’s colorful Silicon Valley campus on scooters and inline skates.

 [Stocks or Bonds?] GOOGLENET FOR A CHEAP PRICE: Eventually, ones Googler will calculate the cost of your groceries at your favorite store to be $155, the cost at your next favorite store to be $160 but the cost if you buy the lowest price at the two stores to be $153.

[Wifi.weblogsinc.com] The WiFi Weblog - wifi.weblogsinc.com _: According to their corporate website, Google Secure Access can be downloaded for free, but is only available in certain locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, by using Google Secure Access, the company says that a user’s Internet traffic will be encrypted and will prevent others from viewing the information you transmit.

[Wifinetnews.com] Wi-Fi Networking News: Take Control of Your Wi-Fi Security and Take Control of Your AirPort Network released: I co-wrote the former, Take Control of Your Wi-Fi Security, which offers extensive, hands-on, step-by-step coverage and detailed explanations of how to set up Wi-Fi security for home and small office networks for Mac and Windows. This is version 1.0 of this ebook ($10, downloadable, 161 pages), but it’s an adaptation with extensive revision and new material of a section of The Wireless Networking Starter Kit.

 [Jeremy.zawodny.com] Secure Google Wifi? (by Jeremy Zawodny): Your internet traffic becomes encryptedwhen you send it out, decrypted by Google, the requested data downloaded by Google, encrypted and sent to you, and decrypted on your maching. This has the effect of protecting your traffic data from others who may want to access it.

 [News.com.com] Google offers Wi-Fi protection | News.blog | CNET News.com: The process did raise some hackles among bloggers, who worried that the plan may be a way for Google to access massive amounts of data on people's surfing habits. Google's Web accelerator program, designed to speed up Internet access, also came under fire on privacy grounds, and Google eventually stopped allowing downloads of the service.

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