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3 hrs ago | Patch.com

Wi-Fi on Metra Trains: Pricey, but Worth It?

Should Metra get Wi-Fi? Even if it's expensive and hard to implement and maintain? The commuter-rail network is considering the possibility, the Chicago Tribune and other news agencies report, but price and technology are major barriers, despite that a DePaul University report shows 48 percent of Metra riders use personal electronic devices during ... (more)

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Related Topix: Wireless, Emerging Technology, Science / Technology, DePaul University

4 hrs ago | Criminal Report Daily

Wi-Fi Network Breaks Speed Record

Think your network is fast? Getting a gigabyte-sized movie over your local wireless network to your hard drive in a few seconds is old hat.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Wireless, Science / Technology

4 hrs ago | The Kyoto Shimbun News

385 Free LAN Wireless Internet Access Points

Kyoto City has prepared "KYOTO Wi-Fi," free LAN wireless Internet access points in the city at 385 spots around bus stops, subway stations and convenience stores, for the purpose of enabling tourists to easily get sightseeing information.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Wireless, Science / Technology

5 hrs ago | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Amtrak on track for computer-friendly travel

After years of criticism of the wireless service on its trains, Amtrak announced Thursday that it has upgraded its cellular-based Wi-Fi offering using broadband technologies that will improve the speed and reliability of the Internet in its passenger cars.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Science / Technology, Emerging Technology, Time Warner, Media, Computers

6 hrs ago | CED

Report: Carrier Wi-Fi heats ups

The carrier Wi-Fi market continues to burn brightly as mobile operators are using it to offload the heavy traffic from their 3G and 4G networks.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Science / Technology, Emerging Technology

8 hrs ago | Technabob.com

Archos 80 Xenon Android Tablet: Unlocked 3G Wireless & GPS on the Cheap

Archos has been making Android tablets for almost as long as Android has been around.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Emerging Technology, Wireless

12 hrs ago | International Business Times

Google Glass Privacy Questioned by US Congress

Headed by Congressman Joe Barton , the eight members want to know if Glass's facial recognition technology will reveal personal information about people seen by the device's camera, and whether Google will be storing data collected without user knowledge or consent.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Joe Barton, Republican, US House of Representatives, Cameras, Privacy, Science / Technology

16 hrs ago | Big News Network.com

Inside a hackers mind Free Wi-Fi scams

Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Science / Technology, Emerging Technology

20 hrs ago | Hispanically Speaking

Sao Paulo to Get Free Public Wi-Fi Ahead of 2014 World Cup

Brazil recently released a list of 120 public spaces in Sao Paulo where free WiFi access is set to be made available.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Emerging Technology, Wireless

Thu May 16, 2013

Digital Video Editing

America Movil binds Brazil units closer with Wi-Fi offering

Carlos Slim's America Movil subsidiaries in Brazil announced on Thursday a new combined broadband service, increasing their operational integration ahead of an expected corporate merger in the country.

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Related Topix: South America, Brazil, World News, Science / Technology, Carlos Slim Helu,

Business Journal

After acquisition, Meridian directs its GPS to Aruba

Meridian, a Portland-based developer of location-aware mobile apps, on Thursday said it's been acquired by Wi-Fi hardware-maker Aruba Networks Inc.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Aruba Networks, Startups, Sunnyvale, CA, Marketing

JK on the run

Devicescape coaxes smartphone users onto their own home Wi-Fi networks

Devicescape says nearly one and three smartphone buyers never bother to connect their devices to their home Wi-Fi networks, but it's developed a means of luring those customers into the Wi-Fi fold.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Emerging Technology, Science / Technology, Devicescape, Science, Computer Science

Cellular News

London Expands Municipal Wi-Fi Coverage

A district of the UK city, London is to get a municipal Wi-Fi network after the local government authority signed a 10-year deal with Arqiva.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Buteman Today

CalMac 'actively working' on on-board wi-fi

We contacted the company after the announcement earlier this week from train operator ScotRail that wi-fi equipment was to be installed at Wemyss Bay station and on the trains which run most of the services between Wemyss Bay and Glasgow.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Science / Technology, Emerging Technology, United Kingdom, Strathclyde County, Scotland

Bloomberg

Turning Off IPhone Critical to Plane Interference

The regional airliner was climbing past 9,000 feet when its compasses went haywire, leading pilots several miles off course until a flight attendant persuaded a passenger in row 9 to switch off an Apple Inc.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, US Politics, US News, Claire McCaskill, US Senate, Democrat, Federal Aviation Administration, Science / Technology, NASA, Transportation, Airlines, Delta Air Lines

Wed May 15, 2013

The Inquirer

Google unveils Hangouts messaging and Google+ redesign

SOCIAL MEDIA UPSTART Google announced a Google Hangouts messaging feature for Android, iOS and Chrome on Wednesday, along with a major redesign of Google+. At its I/O conference in San Francisco, Google announced that its updated Hangouts feature now supports instant messages, allowing users to send messages over 3G and WiFi much like Whatsapp and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Science / Technology, Facebook, Social Software, iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App

This is The West Country

Wireless internet reaches 100,000 Somerset public places

BT has published the stats to mark the number of Wi-Fi hotspots in the South-West region passing 500,000. Jon Reynolds, of BT in the South-West, said: "We are seeing growing use of our network as Wi-Fi users spend more time online and use more data."

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Wireless, Science / Technology

The Village Voice

Union Square is Getting a Massive Wi-Fi Expansion in June

The good people at the Union Square Partnership are bringing Wi-Fi to the masses.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Emerging Technology, Wireless

Gazette.net

Montgomery judge denies Internet searches for jury selection

While preparing to defend a man last month accused of child sex abuse, Andy Jezic asked a Montgomery County judge for permission to do something he considers routine: use the Internet to research potential jurors during jury selection.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, AL, Science / Technology, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

CNN

How I 'stole' $14 million from a bank: A security tester's tale

Security Compass CEO Nish Bhalla kept this ATM receipt to illustrate the $14 million his firm fraudulently transferred into a bank account it created.

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Related Topix: Computers, Emerging Technology, Wireless, Science / Technology

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