Penn. Town Gets Second Wi-Fi Hotspot: the Library
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Another Small Pa. Town Marks First
Hotspot
Another Small Pa. Town Marks First
Hotspot
02/10/2004 02:40 AMA restaurant in Bradford, Pa. believes it's the first in the area to
offer a hotspot: Customers, who include executives from Zippo and KOA,
can use the network for free. The restaurant owners decided to offer
the network when it ordered a high speed access line to speed up
credit card payments. They hope the network will encourage more
business people to visit. Earlier this week we wrote about a KFC in
another small Pennsylvania town that was the first in its area to
offer Wi-Fi. It appears that Wi-Fi continues to spread even to the
small towns....
e-Minister will make every public
library a Wi-Fi hotspot
e-Minister will make every public
library a Wi-Fi hotspot
12/04/2003 11:57 AM'I'm very keen on the idea' - Timms
Penn Station's Wi-Fi
Penn Station's Wi-Fi
06/25/2004 12:01 PMA correspondent notes that Amtrak's waiting room at Penn Station has
AT&T Wireless's Wi-Fi active: He writes, the splashpage finally
arrived at the Amtrak waiting-room at Penn Station. After filling in
the personal info ( they have the nerve to ask for the last four
digits of your SS number!)... He was on a PDA and the page failed to
allow him to purchase a connection. A call to AT&T Wireless Wi-Fi
was a waste of time, the lady I talked to was clueless. The funny part
is that I got far enough into the process to receive an 'Thank you for
registering for the AT&T Wireless e-Wallet' e-mail. The
correspondent notes, There's a Starbucks at the other end of the
station (I have an account with them) and hopefully the McDonald's
also in the station will work again soon. And then Verizon which works
from the McDonald's on 7th Ave. if you sit close enough to the front
window....
The mightier Penn
The mightier Penn
07/22/2004 07:41 AMHe transformed before us from a Caravaggio-like dancing teen to a
love-handled bad guy. While Chris Penn has never received the
attention of his older brother, he's deserved it -- and oh, so much
more.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town
02/17/2004 01:12 PMuh oh. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town: Cory's coming to
London. Then, starting on April 1, I'll be heading off to London,
England, to work for Creative Commons and EFF on a variety of
projects: • Responding to...
"Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town"
"Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town"
06/22/2005 02:21 AMPenn State, Napster Ink Pact
Penn State, Napster Ink Pact
11/06/2003 07:21 PMPenn State students will receive a free subscription to Napster as a
way of curtailing illegal music downloads on campus. The deal could
pave the way for similar services at other schools. By Katie Dean.
There is magic behind Penn State's
Napster deal
There is magic behind Penn State's
Napster deal
11/12/2003 02:59 PMLetters Only communists want something for nothing
Jude Law Says Sean Penn Deserves Oscar
(AP)
Jude Law Says Sean Penn Deserves Oscar
(AP)
02/12/2004 05:51 AMAP - Jude Law's performance in "Cold Mountain" has earned him an Oscar
nomination, but the 31-year-old actor says rival Sean Penn deserves
this year's best actor honors.
Napster to provide music to Penn State
Napster to provide music to Penn State
11/07/2003 02:05 AM During a panel presentation on peer-to-peer file
sharing at the Educause
conference this morning,
Graham Spanier , President of The
Pennsylvania State University , announced a deal with Napster that will give Penn State
students access to music for $.99 per song downloaded. A Penn State
press release outlines
the way in which the service is expected to work:
• Students living in residence halls at a
dozen Penn State campuses will be able to participate initially.
• Unlimited streaming of music files will be available from
Napster’s inventory of more than 500,000 songs.
• Tethered downloading is included at no additional charge.
This means a student can download and keep the music files on up to
three personal computers. These songs can be burned to CDs or
transferred to portable devices if purchased for 99 cents each.
Penn State plans to roll out a pilot of the program
beginning in January. The deal is being promoted as a way to provide
students with the ability to download music legally while addressing
issues of bandwidth overload.
Entertainment Industry Gets In The Way
Of Education At Penn State
Entertainment Industry Gets In The Way
Of Education At Penn State
05/20/2004 04:00 PMPenn State University has a cozy relationship with the RIAA - and it
shows in a variety of policies they've put in place which seem
designed more to appease their RIAA friends than to encourage
education or a real analysis of issues. They were one of the first
universities to
kick
students off the university network when it was discovered they
had set up a local area system for exchanging files. Then, of course,
they put in place the somewhat useless (and
mostly
unwanted) plan to
take
student funds to pay Napster so that students can get streaming
music which they don't get to keep and which only works on campus.
Now, Ed Felten reports that the university has
forbidden
any student from operating any kind of server from a dorm.
Despite the fact that it seems clear that whoever came up with this
policy doesn't seem to know what a server is, Felten points out just
how terrible this is from an education standpoint. They're preventing
students from learning about important and useful technologies just
because there's a
chance that students may use a server to
infringe on copyrights. In other words the
risk of
infringement outweighs the benefits of education to the administration
at Penn State.
"Rumsfield says 9-11 plane 'shot down'
in Penn."
"Rumsfield says 9-11 plane 'shot down'
in Penn."
12/28/2004 04:58 AM"RipDigital is a bulk CD-ripping
operation: send them your CD library and
they'll ship your library back in MP3
format"
"RipDigital is a bulk CD-ripping
operation: send them your CD library and
they'll ship your library back in MP3
format"
01/12/2004 02:57 AMPenn State inks Napster deal for
students
Penn State inks Napster deal for
students
11/10/2003 11:12 PMToday it came to light that Penn State has reached a deal with Napster
to provide its students with access to the new online music
service/store.
Penn State's pigopolist pork is not
smelling sweet
Penn State's pigopolist pork is not
smelling sweet
11/10/2003 11:09 PMRIAA fraternity
Penn State Students Pissed Off About
Napster Deal
Penn State Students Pissed Off About
Napster Deal
11/07/2003 03:13 AMThis probably wasn't what administrators at Penn State were expecting
after working out the deal to let on-campus students
acces
s Napster music streams without charge to the students. Instead
of being happy, many Penn State students are
pisse
d off at administrators for wasting their money. Despite the Penn
State claims that the service is "free", clearly the university is
paying for the service, and those fees will be reflected in tuition -
or at least, they'll be withheld from something else on campus. The
students say they don't want to be
forced to pay money to a
recording industry they don't agree with, who is giving them something
of extremely limited value (no downloads, just a limited choice of
streams - and only if you happen to be on campus).
Penn State students blast Napster deal
Penn State students blast Napster deal
11/06/2003 10:46 PMCNET Nov 6 2003 10:42PM ET
Penn State Students to Get Free Music
From Napster
Penn State Students to Get Free Music
From Napster
11/06/2003 09:35 PMMr. Show writes "Napster and Penn State have unveiled a deal to give
faculty and students free access to music beginning next spring. The
deal would give ...
Penn State warns students off of
Internet Explorer
Penn State warns students off of
Internet Explorer
12/19/2004 03:46 PMPenn State is advising its students to drop Internet Explorer in favor
of alternative browsers. The decision to advise against IE use arises
out of concerns about security.
Penn State and Napster Offer 'Free'
Music?
Penn State and Napster Offer 'Free'
Music?
11/06/2003 03:57 PM
Excite.com reports that Penn State University is planning to offer
"free digital music listening and limited downloading" to their
students..
Rosen...
Penn State to offer Napster service to
students
Penn State to offer Napster service to
students
11/06/2003 09:58 AMStudents at Pennsylvania State University will soon be able to listen
to digital music through the recently relaunched Napster 2.0 free of
charge. The existence of Penn State's new online music service with
Napster was confirmed Thursday by an announcement posted on the
University's Web site. The details of the service are expected to be
outlined by University President Graham Spanier at 02:15 p.m. Eastern
time, after Spanier's scheduled appearance at a technology conference
in Anaheim, California.
Napster, Penn State reportedly in music
pact
Napster, Penn State reportedly in music
pact
11/05/2003 10:34 PMCNET Nov 5 2003 10:18PM ET
Daily Download: "Walter Reed," Michael
Penn
Daily Download: "Walter Reed," Michael
Penn
04/18/2005 11:15 AMA free download from Michael Penn's upcoming record.
Penn Jillette's daughter is named "Moxie
CrimeFighter"
Penn Jillette's daughter is named "Moxie
CrimeFighter"
06/05/2005 11:42 PMCory Doctorow:
Penn and Teller's Penn Jillette has named his new baby daughter "Moxie
CrimeFighter." With an incap on the "F" in CrimeFighter. This man is
my hero.
Link
(
via Fark)
Reliable Controls Donates to Penn
Colleges BBT Program
Reliable Controls Donates to Penn
Colleges BBT Program
04/15/2004 09:09 PMBC Technology Apr 16 2004 1:17AM GMT
Penn Wins Dramatic Actor Golden Globe
Penn Wins Dramatic Actor Golden Globe
01/26/2004 01:16 AMReuters via Wired News Jan 26 2004 5:41AM GMT
Bush Pushes Patriot Act, National
Security in Penn
Bush Pushes Patriot Act, National
Security in Penn
04/19/2004 08:39 PMReuters via Wired News Apr 20 2004 0:41AM GMT
A Slashdot post about how Penn State
students log on to Napster 2.0
A Slashdot post about how Penn State
students log on to Napster 2.0
01/16/2004 10:57 AMA
Slashdot post about how Penn State students log on to Napster 2.0
gives a glimpse of one possible future of identity management, and
it's damn complicated.
Delicious Library 1.0: Easy, Fun Library
Software Catalogs Your Media
Delicious Library 1.0: Easy, Fun Library
Software Catalogs Your Media
03/17/2005 03:10 AMIn addition to being useful and easy to use, it's just plain fun.
By Mathew Honan, Macworld
Napster and Penn State Announce Free
Music Deal
Napster and Penn State Announce Free
Music Deal
11/06/2003 03:52 PMNew York Times Nov 6 2003 2:43PM ET
Bush Pushes Patriot Act, National
Security in Penn. (Reuters)
Bush Pushes Patriot Act, National
Security in Penn. (Reuters)
04/19/2004 04:28 PMReuters - President Bush, campaigning in the
battleground state of Pennsylvania, called on Congress on
Monday to renew and expand the Patriot Act, which he calls a
vital tool to fight terror and critics consider a threat to
personal privacy.
Denver Public Library Launches New
Digital Library
Denver Public Library Launches New
Digital Library
05/06/2004 05:47 AMDenver Public Library Launches New Digital Libraryhttp://snipurl.com/65h2Denver Public Library?s new online service is giving city
residents access to popular eBooks directly from their homes and
offices. The Library serves over a half-million residents and 80% of
the city?s population has a library card and access to the new
service. ?This is an exciting opportunity to provide eBooks to the
city,? said Michelle Jeske, Manager of Web Information Services. ?This
year, we saw a 24% increase in the number of online library
transactions. eBooks that can be downloaded from our website fit very
well with this kind of public demand,? she added.
Penn State begins free music download
service for students
Penn State begins free music download
service for students
01/18/2004 02:46 PM
On January 12, the University of Pennsylvania began
providing its on campus student body free access to Napster 2.0's subscription
music service through a campus-wide contract with Napster. The contract allows students to listen to
streaming audio or "tethered downloads" for free. (Tethered downloads
are downloaded music files that will only play as long as the user
maintains a subscription to Napster, or in this case, as long as the
student remains at Penn State.) Alternately, students can pay 99¢ a
track to burn songs to disk or transfer them to a mp3 player.
According to the
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required) other
schools are watching the experiment
closely to see if the availability of free legal music downloads will
reduce illegal file sharing on campus. As part of the contract,
Napster has provided local caching servers for about 90 percent of the
most requested songs which is expected to improve performance and
reduce network congestion. According to Penn State Live , almost
3000 students (of 17,000 eligible students) registered for the service
on the first day, streaming or downloading about 100,000 songs. No
network congestion was reported.
Penn State trustee and RIAA lawyer
denies conflict of interests
Penn State trustee and RIAA lawyer
denies conflict of interests
11/11/2003 04:27 PMHere's to you, Mr. Robinson
"End-of-semester pressure can lead to
plagiarism - Krystle Kopacz, Penn State
Collegian"
"End-of-semester pressure can lead to
plagiarism - Krystle Kopacz, Penn State
Collegian"
12/15/2003 10:29 PMPenn State President loves Microsoft,
Napster, the RIAA and Al Gore (true)
Penn State President loves Microsoft,
Napster, the RIAA and Al Gore (true)
12/11/2003 05:00 PMThe ultimate groupies
Penn State Does Deal To Provide Sort Of
Free Music Streams To Students
Penn State Does Deal To Provide Sort Of
Free Music Streams To Students
11/05/2003 09:23 PMWell, it's a step, but it's not as big a deal as some are going to
make it out to be. Over at Penn State they've been
talking
about this idea for a while, but they've now
signed a deal with Roxio's Napster 2.0 to provide
"free" music streams to students on campus. They're really hyping up
the whole free bit, but I'm quite sure the music industry is still
getting paid from someone - and that someone is Penn State. So, while
it may appear free, the price will get added into tuition or other
fees. Meanwhile, the offering is nice, but it's not real file
sharing. It's not even downloads. They just allow streaming music
for what Napster happens to have in its library. If they want more,
they're out of luck. If they want to download or burn to a CD, they
have to pay. Of course, this doesn't exactly fit with the MPAA's
educational campaign of
"if you
didn't buy it, you stole it". If anything, this sort of thing
might confuse the message. That said, I still think it's good that
there's at least some recognition for alternative business models,
even if I'm not sure this is a particularly good one.
State Library of Tasmania: Image Library
State Library of Tasmania: Image Library
01/16/2004 11:02 AM State Library of Tasmania, Heritage Collection
Image Library.
How to Become a Hotspot Guide
How to Become a Hotspot Guide
04/23/2004 08:23 PMLooking to become a hotspot? Jiwire has published an in-depth guide:
There's no question we get more frequently at Wi-Fi Networking News
than from individual venues or small chains of locations that want to
install Wi-Fi service but don't know quite how to start or how to
evaluate offerings. This Jiwire piece offers very specific advice and
direction on making primary decisions--free or fee? on your own or in
a network? turnkey or solutions provider?--and then who to turn to....
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