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SMC Networks Ships All-in-One Hotspot
Gateway Solution

SMC Networks Ships All-in-One Hotspot
Gateway Solution 12/19/2004 03:33 PM
SMC® Networks announced the availability of its new comprehensive solution for Internet Hotspot set-up, the EliteConnect™ 2.4GHz 802.11g wireless Hotspot Gateway Kit. Combining a wireless access point/bridge with AAA services (Authorization, Authentication and Accounting) in a secure NAT router with a solid SPI firewall, the new EliteConnect Hotspot Gateway rounds-out the solution with a Mini POS ticket printer to make it easy for businesses to turn WiFi access into revenue. [PRWEB Dec 9, 2004]

802 Networks Offers a Different Approach
to the Canadian Hotspot Frenzy

802 Networks Offers a Different Approach
to the Canadian Hotspot Frenzy 05/31/2004 02:06 PM
802 Networks, a Canadian-based network installation and maintenance firm, today announced a different approach to the hotspot business model. By offering low cost, low maintenance wireless solutions, 802 Networks will empower business owners to offer Wi-Fi connectivity for free as an extension of their current product and service offerings. [PRWEB May 27, 2004]

SMC Teams with IP3 Networks to Provide
Total Solution for HotSpot Internet
Access

SMC Teams with IP3 Networks to Provide
Total Solution for HotSpot Internet
Access 06/24/2004 03:14 AM
SMC® Networks (www.smc.com), leading provider of networking solutions for the SMB/e, the ISP and all the way home, today announced that its is teaming with IP3 Networks™ to provide complete solutions for building wireless hotspots. [PRWEB Jun 24, 2004]

"The standard rap against us
armchair warriors is that we can't stand
the heat of real war, but poor Mary Ann
can't stand the heat of real armchairs."

"The standard rap against us
armchair warriors is that we can't stand
the heat of real war, but poor Mary Ann
can't stand the heat of real armchairs." 05/30/2004 10:18 PM
Read Mark Steyn Now .. rationalizations

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WiFi, Cellular, and Wired Networks
Merging To Form Pervasive Networks in
Homes and Offices, Says INSIGHT Research

WiFi, Cellular, and Wired Networks
Merging To Form Pervasive Networks in
Homes and Offices, Says INSIGHT Research 12/22/2004 01:46 AM
Pervasive networks—a ubiquitous “fabric” of computing, information, entertainment, and telemetry capability tied together by high-speed wired and wireless networks—are emerging from a flurry of new communication technologies now being used in home and office networks. Though communications carriers do not offer this type of continuous communication as a service today, the piece parts are already in place. [PRWEB Dec 20, 2004]

How to Become a Hotspot Guide

How to Become a Hotspot Guide 04/23/2004 08:23 PM
Looking 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....

Hotspot Helper

Hotspot Helper 01/16/2004 11:01 AM
MediaTracker is offering a low-cost way for venues to manage their hotspots: The management software, ControlAP, costs $149 and can support several platforms and both external APs plugged into a computer or an internal wireless card. Because the software is Java based, it can be run from a handheld with a wireless card. "It's a do-it-yourself mechanism to control hotspots," said Dario Laverde, MediaTracker's founder. "The initial target is cafes and small store fronts." The software enables a captive portal Web page where end users can sign in or see a welcome page if the hot spot is free. For now, a cafe may decide to offer 30 minutes of free use, then require customers to approach the counter where they pay the barista for additional use. A cafe could also ask customers to buy another coffee in exchange for additional use rather than set a price based on time, Laverde suggested. An employee authorizes additional use from a computer behind the counter where the ControlAP software can be integrated with existing point-of-sale software. The next version of ControlAP will support credit card billing. The software logs traffic and allows a cafe to block URLs or users by MAC address. It can be used to manage wired connections, too, so a cafe that may have some wired computers available for customers can manage those together with users of the Wi-Fi network from the same tool. Laverde says that thousands of people have downloaded the free version of the software, which is meant to serve as a trial version because it limits simultaneous users to five and offers stripped-down features. The full version of the software was just introduced this week. MediaTracker isn't alone in the market chasing independent cafes that don't want to partner with any of the larger hotspot operators, but it does offer some unique differences from its competitors. Surf and Sip, for example, offers a hosted hotspot management solution that either costs $50 per month if the hotspot is free for users, or 25 percent of profits for a paid location. Sputnik offers a robust solution for managing hotspots but is designed for the small to medium-sized hotspot operator that has multiple locations. AirPath Wireless also offers a hotspot management solution but seems to be targeting larger hot spot operators--Sprint uses AirPath's solution. NoCatAuth is also an option but appropriate mostly for technical folks....

New UK Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder

New UK Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder 01/09/2004 09:52 PM
Firstly, i would like to say "Happy New Year".

Anyway, this posting is because i have made a new UK Hotspot finder site that finds the nearest Wi-Fi Hotspots (Commercial and Free) to your postcode.

At the moment, Wi-Fish.com (the name of the site) is UK-Only because of the search algorhythm...

A Hotspot on Every Corner

A Hotspot on Every Corner 07/29/2004 08:25 PM
Details are sketchy, but New York City may allow six telecom firms to pay up to $25 million per year to install wireless transmitters on 18,000 lamp posts: The article is full of sturm und drang about health effects, but the real story is that the city is trying to counter its dead zones without tearing up the streets. It's unclear precisely what kind of transmitters these will be, but you can bet your boppy that the goal will be wireless backhaul for the majority of the points using mesh or simple point-to-point. This endeavor could bring massively improved voice, 2.5G/3G cell data, and Wi-Fi into a city without ripping up all the roads once again or putting giant cell antennas on every last building. The companies include well-known and never-heard-of-'em: the New York Post says they are two cellular providers, Nextel and T-Mobile, three non-cellular companies, ClearLinx Network Corp., Crown Castle Solutions, and Dianet Communications. The sixth, IDT Business Services, will provide telephone service via the Internet. [link via GigaOm]...

SBC is Hotspot Hero?

SBC is Hotspot Hero? 07/26/2004 12:37 PM
They're late to the game, but they're ready to party: It's a funny thing. When SBC Communications first announced their FreedomLink plans last year with plans build 6,000 hotspots over a couple of years, it seemed like yet another announcement of large numbers with no track record. Cometa was still on its 20,000 hotspots prediction and had only a handful. McDonald's hadn't decided its partner and was in limited trials. Wayport seemed stuck on hotels. And T-Mobile stayed focused--as it still does--on a few ubiquitous chains. In the space of a few months, SBC has moved from last man in, to practically first mover. Let's review: The UPS Store. They will install Wi-Fi in thousands of UPS Store outlets, which are places that business people already congregate. This will probably also necessitate a change of thinking for that mailing and business operation so that they can make it easier for people to work for periods of time in their stores. Wayport managed services. They hired Wayport to build out their FreedomLink locations instead of creating a new division with no experience in house. Wayport's Wi-Fi World and McDonald's. They're the first telco to sign up to resell Wayport's McDonald's network, which will ultimately be several thousand stores over the next couple of years. Wayport/McDonald's supplier. They're also providing DSL and other connectivity to many of the McDonald's that Wayport is disconnected, which is part revenue, part branding for them as part of the Wi-Fi World co-marketing model Wayport is pursuing. Airports, airports, airports. They have roaming agreements now for their FreedomLink users onto Concourse, Wise, Wayport, and (reportedly) Sprint PCS's airport locations. There are only a handful of major airports not represented by those networks: SFO and Boston Logan are the two that come to mind. Pushing Wi-Fi into homes. SBC is selling 3,000 Wi-Fi routers a day to their home DSL users. This will drive adoption by their users of Wi-Fi. People without Wi-Fi will buy adapters or new systems because of the ease of sharing. Pushing hotspots subscriptions to their DSL subscribers. It's a coming, and it's going to be good--SBC keeps saying in its press releases that they will offer FreedomLink at a substantial discount to their DSL subscribers. $10 per month for unlimited use? $8? $15? Who knows. But it's an audience they've already got and they can offer them nationwide service with several thousand locations...

Hotspot Camera

Hotspot Camera 01/05/2005 06:47 PM
Did Kodak just build 802.1X into a camera? Kodak will release a camera in June that can upload photos via T-Mobile hotspots. The software to enable this uploading isn't due until fall, for some reason. The new Easyshare-One sounds like a combination of Apple iPod Photo, PDA functionality (for wireless and previewing), and digital camera. It comes with a trial for using T-Mobile's service. I'm guessing that this camera's fall software release will leverage the 802.1X authentication that T-Mobile has added to its North American venues. 802.1X is both simple and hard. If Kodak preloads unique accounts, or allows people to set this up through PC or camera back software, there's very little complexity. The 802.1X supplicant in the camera can manage the connection. The camera will retail for $600 plus $100 for the optional Wi-Fi card. Terms of the free trial service and monthly pricing are yet to be determined. It's a direct shot across the bow at cellular operators who are offering poor upload speeds on their high-speed network. Given that T-Mobile has articulated a long delay in their 3G rollout plans and don't want to clog their GPRS networks, this seems like a perfect symbiosis for Kodak and T-Mobile....

Hotspot Users Survey

Hotspot Users Survey 06/24/2005 10:01 PM
A group at the University of Virginia wants some answers from hotspot users: They're compiling a study in which they're recruiting folks who regularly use hotspots to fill out a very brief questionnaire....

Oregon Gets Biggest Hotspot

Oregon Gets Biggest Hotspot 02/10/2004 02:40 AM
It's always worrisome to qualify networks as the "biggest" but in this case I'd bet that eastern Oregon really does have the biggest hotspot in the country: Yesterday, Boardman and Hermiston, Ore. turned on a 600-square-mile hotspot. The network came about through a public/private initiative and was built by EZ Wireless. The network will be used by the Morrow County Emergency Management and Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, the police force, and citizens. Initially, it will cover 600 square miles which includes four counties and seven cities, some in Washington. The second phase, which should be complete this summer, will add another seven cities. The press release isn't online and any news organizations in the area either don't post the stories online or require subscriptions from visitors wanting to read the stories online....

T-mobile WiFi Hotspot

T-mobile WiFi Hotspot 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
I arrived here at Honolulu International a little earlier than I wanted to this morning as my wife had to...

MCI's Hotspot Network

MCI's Hotspot Network 03/23/2005 12:40 PM
The attention that MCI has gotten from its expanded hotspot network is bewildering to me: I cover the industry obsessively, and so I know that MCI is just reselling locations available from Boingo and Wayport. Still, there have been piles of articles trying to articulate how MCI's hotspot plan fits into their rest of their operations. There's a strategic goal there, of course, but the articles--not the one linked to, however--often confuse the private-label reseller relationship that Boingo has with MCI (and with Earthlink, Fiberlink, and other companies without -link in their names) and Wayport with, well, everyone, with MCI building out a hotspot network a la SBC or T-Mobile. Although the IDG story linked to says that the service costs $40 per month for unlimited Wi-Fi/broadband when added to a dial-up and VPN account, it's unclear exactly how that works as MCI's Remote Broadband Access FAQ states that wireless charges are in addition to dial-up charges. Just another way in which it's hard to figure out what, precisely, something costs....

Psst, need a Hotspot locator?

Psst, need a Hotspot locator? 07/19/2004 04:40 PM

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Need to be able to locate Wi-Fi Hotspots in a hurry, perhaps JiWire’s Portable Hotspot Locator is just the tool that you need. The Portable Hotspot Locator enables you to search for and find Hotspots quickly thanks to the ability to search by State, city and even Location Type….

New UK Wi-Fi Hotspot Finding Site

New UK Wi-Fi Hotspot Finding Site 01/03/2004 08:47 PM
Firstly, i would like to say "Happy New Year".

Anyway, this posting is because i have made a new UK Hotspot finder site that finds the nearest Wi-Fi Hotspots (Commercial and Free) to your postcode.

At the moment, Wi-Fish.com (the name of the site) is UK-Only because of the search algorhythm...

Hotspot Problems Universal

Hotspot Problems Universal 01/19/2004 01:59 PM
A Malaysian user of the state-run operator's Wi-Fi service has trouble getting on: Then he gets no help from customer service. It seems that getting technical help when trying to connect to a hotspot is problematic anywhere you go. Ultimately, the writer finds more luck using free hotspots....

North Pole Gets Wi-Fi Hotspot

North Pole Gets Wi-Fi Hotspot 04/15/2005 08:43 PM

Coming Soon to a Wireless Hotspot Near
You: Ads

Coming Soon to a Wireless Hotspot Near
You: Ads 05/03/2004 12:26 PM

Second Wi-Fi Advertising Hotspot Network

Second Wi-Fi Advertising Hotspot Network 05/02/2004 03:37 PM
FreeFi will overlay advertising on Wi-Fi free hotspots; The press release claims FreeFi is the first Wi-Fi ad network, but it's only narrowly the case: DotSpot launched in March and both builds out hotspots and then sells advertising on them. The FreeFi site makes it clear that FreeFi is a software gateway overlay. The FreeFi system uses a Web-based advertising bar that apparently a user must agree to open in order to gain access. It says it doesn't rely on spyware, popups, or other annoying tools. (The FreeFi logo cleverly incorporates the open Wi-Fi hotspot warchalking symbol.)...

Charter, Cisco Hotspot

Charter, Cisco Hotspot 06/09/2004 05:35 PM
Unstrung.com Jun 9 2004 9:42PM GMT

free hotspot lambeth rd se1

free hotspot lambeth rd se1 02/10/2004 03:00 AM
as said before by others, bought 11g network card, plugged it in, free access. around junction of kennington rd & lambeth rd, lambeth se1

City to become wireless hotspot

City to become wireless hotspot 05/19/2004 06:13 AM
Anyone in the centre of Cardiff will be able to surf the web or pick up e-mails on their laptop under a new broadband scheme.

Put a Hotspot Search on Your Page

Put a Hotspot Search on Your Page 11/04/2003 12:52 AM
Like what you see at left? You can have it, too: The JIWIRE hotspot locator can be added in one of two dimensions to your page by following the link....

Frozen polar waste gets Wi-Fi hotspot

Frozen polar waste gets Wi-Fi hotspot 04/14/2005 01:42 PM
Santa and elves said to be pleased

Another Small Pa. Town Marks First
Hotspot

Another Small Pa. Town Marks First
Hotspot 02/10/2004 02:40 AM
A 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....

India Wi-Fi Hotspot Market Blooming

India Wi-Fi Hotspot Market Blooming 04/03/2005 11:52 PM
The number of hotspots in India is expected to grow tenfold with 3,000 active by December: for a country with many times the U.S. and with a vast technically trained population--and extremes of poverty as well--hotspot growth is a given. The government only recently legalized the use of 2.4 GHz and 5.1 GHz devices for this purpose. Dishnet announced a 6,000-hot spot network this week with 2,000 planned to be active by December; Microsense has 200 now with 1,000 expected by December; other networks have hundreds of locations targeted, too. Prices have plummeted as growth has expanded--but probably not fallen "100 percent" as the article indicates....

ISN WiFi Hotspot on Kent Street

ISN WiFi Hotspot on Kent Street 12/29/2003 11:54 PM
"Island Services Network has turned on an open Wifi hotspot in their third-floor offices above the old Home Hardware location on Kent Street between Queen and University, next door to Tim Hortons. You can see evidence of this if you sit near the front of Timothy's down the street -- SSID ISN1 will..." (65 words - posted by peter) 1 reply

Telus snaps up hotspot provider

Telus snaps up hotspot provider 08/03/2004 02:14 PM
Business in Vancouver Aug 3 2004 6:39PM GMT

Wayport wins McDonald's hotspot gig

Wayport wins McDonald's hotspot gig 04/22/2004 06:33 AM
WLAN, burger and fries

WiFi for God: New Hotspot on Prince
Street

WiFi for God: New Hotspot on Prince
Street 12/29/2003 11:54 PM
"I'm happy to announce the reintroduction of open WiFi into my neighbourhood. Emanating from Reinvented World Headquarters here at 100 Prince St. is a WiFi beam stretching out onto Prince Street and right into St. Paul's Anglican Church. The usefulness of the WiFi for religious purposes remains to..." (370 words - posted by peter) 4 replies

Penn. Town Gets Second Wi-Fi Hotspot:
the Library

Penn. Town Gets Second Wi-Fi Hotspot:
the Library 05/12/2004 11:11 AM
Newtown, Pa., renovates library and installs Wi-Fi, doubling town's Wi-Fi hotspot count: The small town of Newtown has a Starbucks with fee Wi-Fi access as its sole reported public Wi-Fi. This library isn't public; it's supported by membership dues since 1760. The library isn't sure whether they will open the Wi-Fi access to all, or just to members....

Stupid hotspot connection processes

Stupid hotspot connection processes 02/10/2004 02:47 AM
I tried to check my email during a stopover in Frankfurt from the Luftansa lounge.  Good news -- they have a Vodaphone WiFi hotspot.  But there's one problem.  Signing up to connect to the Hotspot requires that you receive a password on your mobile phone via SMS.  My Sprint PCS phone doesn't work in Europe.  Adding insult to injury, none of the landline phones here in the lounge allow outgoing toll-free calls.  So I can't even reach the Vodaphone help line to see if there's another way to log in.

I can understand the convenience of SMS, but why should connecting your laptop to a WiFi hotspot need to involve a text message to your mobile phone?  Doing the security over the Net via SSL seems perfectly acceptable, as it is for virtually all online purchases.  It's as though a catalog retailer told me to go respond to an email in order to accept my credit card over the phone.

Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait until I get to Helsinki to connect (and to upload this post!).

Google Wireless Hotspot Finder

Google Wireless Hotspot Finder 12/31/2004 04:44 AM
I4U Dec 31 2004 8:40AM GMT

Netopia Offers Hotspot Solution

Netopia Offers Hotspot Solution 06/28/2004 12:59 PM
Netopia joins a handful of other companies offering a hotspot-in-a-box solution: Netopia's hotspot solution costs $300 for customers that already have a DSL modem and an additional $40 a month for support. Users, which could be a cafe or retail location, are given cards with log on numbers that they can sell or give to end users. Netopia will also sell customers Web site design and maintenance service. Sure and Sip and AirPath are just two of a handful of other companies that offer hotspot services to venues. These services are aimed at venues that don't want to deal with supporting a network themselves. It's unclear yet if the pricing structures set up by these providers will fly in the market....

Boingo Bolsters Hotspot Security

Boingo Bolsters Hotspot Security 09/08/2004 04:08 PM

Nomadix patents Wi-Fi hotspot log-in
tech

Nomadix patents Wi-Fi hotspot log-in
tech 01/27/2004 08:59 AM
The Register Jan 27 2004 12:34PM GMT

.Mac members get T-Mobile HotSpot trial

.Mac members get T-Mobile HotSpot trial 04/07/2005 10:13 AM
Apple has added a new offer for members of its .Mac services -- a free 30–day trial of the T–Mobile HotSpot Wi–Fi service, which provides access to more than 5,400 wireless broadband locations in the U.S...
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Latest Pointless Patent: Redirect Page
For WiFi Logins

Latest Pointless Patent: Redirect Page
For WiFi Logins 01/27/2004 02:24 AM
Wouldn't it be nice if we could go just one week without hearing about yet another ridiculous patent? These days, that seems to be wishful thinking. The latest, dug up by the always excellent WiFi Networking News is the fact that someone has actually gone and patented the concept of using a redirect to force you to a login page when you connect to a WiFi network. How is this possibly patentable? It seems like an insanely obvious idea - and one that plenty of companies use because it's obvious - and not because they ripped off someone's "intellectual property". The point of the patent system is to encourage innovation. The point of this patent (like so many others we've been hearing about recently) is to hold companies hostage for doing something obvious.

Starbucks Says WiFi Now Available in
3,100 Cafes (Reuters)

Starbucks Says WiFi Now Available in
3,100 Cafes (Reuters) 07/06/2004 07:58 PM
Reuters - Starbucks Corp. (SBUX.O) said on Tuesday that it had installed wireless Internet connections, or "WiFi," in more than 3,100 U.S. cafes, including 110 in stores far from technology-rich coastal areas.

302 Redirect Hack Fastly Becoming Most
Infamous SE Listings Hack Ever

302 Redirect Hack Fastly Becoming Most
Infamous SE Listings Hack Ever 03/14/2005 05:10 PM
This subject just will not die until the search engines address it. "Google and Yahoo are now working to perfect ways to determine when to treat a 302 like a Moved-Temporarily redirect, and when to treat it like an exit-tracker. It's far from a simple problem, so it's going to take some time."

Possible for Someone to Hack Into My
Stat Page Using Google?

Possible for Someone to Hack Into My
Stat Page Using Google? 04/18/2005 03:52 PM

Hacking free WiFi at XML 2003

Hacking free WiFi at XML 2003 12/09/2003 06:10 AM
Ben Hammersley's at the XML 2003 conference, where the WiFi password costs $40. He and Bill Kearney and the other RSS-wonks in the room have interpreted the confernece organizers' charging for basic conference functionality as damage and are routing around it:

In answer to the long held question, can a TiBook with one Wifi card act as a repeater and relay access to everyone else in the room without them having to pay, the answer it turns out is yes. How do we do this? Well, first turn off the built-in Apache installation on the OSX machine that is online. Edit httpd.conf to load mod_proxy (there are about 20 or so lines to uncomment). Turn Apache back on. Go to network prefs, and find out your assigned IP address. Write it on a piece of paper, and pass it around the room, telling them to set it as their web proxy.

Li nk

Credit card hacking not hard

Credit card hacking not hard 06/24/2005 08:30 PM

Chillispot 0.93

Chillispot 0.93 06/21/2004 11:50 PM
A captive portal or wireless LAN access point control

TMobile Deals.com inks alliance with
Foncentral to provide instant online
approval for prospective T-Mobile Boston
residents.

TMobile Deals.com inks alliance with
Foncentral to provide instant online
approval for prospective T-Mobile Boston
residents. 06/24/2004 02:52 AM
Tmobile Deals.com finished an extreme makeover today to provide better service for perspective customers of T-mobile. Boston, Massachusetts residents can now receive instant approval online for new cellular phone service. Our newest project called T-mobile Boston is targeted towards new customers to introduce them to the service. We offer rebates, free accessories, and even ship your phone via Fed-Ex next day. [PRWEB Jun 24, 2004]

Starbucks Delocator URL now points to
anti-Starbucks site

Starbucks Delocator URL now points to
anti-Starbucks site 04/06/2005 02:05 AM
Cory Doctorow: Regarding yesterday's post on Starbucks Delocator, a site that shows alternatives to Starbucks, which has been scared off of using "Starbucks" in its name, Donna sez, "Blogger Scott Trudeau has registered StarbucksDelocator.com and StarbucksLocator.com and pointed them to the Starbucks Delocator site. Seems a noncommerical, noninfringing use of a trademark-referencing domain name to me -- and I'll wager the Ninth Circuit would agree." (Thanks, Donna!)

Austin Works to Trump Starbucks

Austin Works to Trump Starbucks 02/19/2004 12:43 PM
Partners in Free Wi-Fi, Austin Wireless, and Less Networks are offering free music to hotspots users in Austin: The groups have been working together to help local venues build free hotspots. The offering starts today and will extend through the end of SXSW 2004, the music festival. Hotspot users, who don't pay for access, will be able to listen to more than 500 songs for free. Users must have the iTunes player and the songs are available through Apple iTunes music share. Less Networks sees this as a one-up on an earlier Starbucks offering where visitors could listen to a CD for free. The groups have built 25 locations in Austin since September and have 3,600 registered users. Around 100 people log on to the networks every day. Workers don't charge venues for the help in setting up the networks or the software, which lets venues manage the hotspot....

Anti-Starbucks site doesn't use
"Starbucks" in name

Anti-Starbucks site doesn't use
"Starbucks" in name 04/05/2005 02:36 AM
Cory Doctorow: NPR sez, "'The Delocator' is a site that helps you find independent alternatives to Starbucks in your neighborhood. So why isn't it called the 'Starbucks Delocator'? Because the San Francisco Art Institute was too scared that Starbucks would come through with the corporate smack-down. Of course this renaming means the site won't show up in google when people search for 'Starbucks', and what's the point if people can't discover it? Carrie McLaren is out to change that: she's launched a google campaign to get people to link to it by its real name, the Starbucks Delocator. Take that chilling effects. Now, get your link on!" Starbucks Delocator Link (Thanks, NPR and Stay Free Daily!)

Business-Billing-TMobile-UK-0.10

Business-Billing-TMobile-UK-0.10 03/27/2005 01:26 PM

Business-Billing-TMobile-UK-0.11

Business-Billing-TMobile-UK-0.11 03/28/2005 07:52 AM

Starbucks seeks to patent loyalty card

Starbucks seeks to patent loyalty card 04/14/2005 07:32 PM
A patent attorney and his donkey

Did Starbucks Tell An Art Project About
Starbucks Not To Use Its Name?

Did Starbucks Tell An Art Project About
Starbucks Not To Use Its Name? 04/04/2005 11:34 PM
This one seems odd, and there's not enough evidence here to know how true the story is (or what the details behind it are). However, Copyfight has noticed a b log post about an online "art project" to show a comparison of the locations of local coffee shops with local Starbucks. The idea, of course, is to encourage people to go to the non-Starbuckian shops (though, in its current format, with very few independent coffee shops included, it seems to serve the opposite purpose, by just showing you where the Starbucks are, and leaving you thinking there's no competition). However, what caught the attention of the Copyfighter in question was the comments to that blog post, where someone asks why the offering, called Delocator.net doesn't appear to actually mention Starbucks anywhere. Someone apparently involved with the project responds that they were not allowed to use the name Starbucks anywhere, as Starbucks' lawyers would not allow it. This brings up the obvious question: why should Starbucks' lawyers have a say in such things? The only claim they could make is a violation of trademark, and if the site is clearly not associated with Starbucks (and the fact that they're pushing people to go elsewhere might give you a hint that they're not associated with Starbucks), then it's not a violation of trademark. Instead, it looks like Starbucks is yet another company trying to use trademark law outside of its intended purpose of avoiding confusion over brands, but more towards anti-competitive practices. Will they go after another coffee shop that compares their coffee to Starbucks' next? Of course, thanks to this policy, hopefully the Delocator site will get additional publicity -- proving, once again, that the Streisand effect works. The more you try to shut something down, the more likely it will spread via the internet.

Cometa WiFi Hotspot Network To Shut Down

Cometa WiFi Hotspot Network To Shut Down 05/19/2004 07:27 PM

Boing Boing: Anti-Starbucks site doesn't
use "Starbucks" in name

Boing Boing: Anti-Starbucks site doesn't
use "Starbucks" in name 04/06/2005 05:02 AM
Anti-Starbucks site doesn't use "Starbucks" in name

boingboing.net/2005/04/04/antistarbucks_site_d.html
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Philadelphia considering creating
world's largest WiFi hotspot

Philadelphia considering creating
world's largest WiFi hotspot 09/02/2004 04:06 AM
Philadelphia looks at creating a city-wide WiFi network. Would such a network chase off other broadband providers?

Powerful WiFi antenna used in California
and New York City now being used for
Nigeria Hotspot

Powerful WiFi antenna used in California
and New York City now being used for
Nigeria Hotspot 07/18/2004 02:29 AM
Chevron Nigeria uses new USA produced WiFi-Plus multi-polarity obstruction penetrating antenna for successful telecom in challenging environment [PRWEB Jul 18, 2004]

Suspect in AltaVista hacking case works
at Microsoft

Suspect in AltaVista hacking case works
at Microsoft 07/09/2004 10:22 AM
“A Kirkland man arrested last week on allegations that he stole proprietary technology from the AltaVista search engine two years ago is a Microsoft Corp. employee who has been working on the Redmond company’s MSN Search initiative.”That’ll cast a shadow on the MSN Search tool, I imagine.

WiFi Works Where GPS Won't

WiFi Works Where GPS Won't 09/09/2004 08:23 PM
Place Lab's free software can triangulate your location within 20 to 30 meters by searching for known WiFI hotspots.

Hack . . . hack back . . . repeat

Hack . . . hack back . . . repeat 08/13/2004 10:39 AM

Free open WiFi on Tacoma-Washington
train, courtesy WiFi hacker

Free open WiFi on Tacoma-Washington
train, courtesy WiFi hacker 03/24/2005 08:15 PM
Cory Doctorow: A Seattle wireless hacker rides a commuter train from Tacoma every day with a battery-powered WiFi hotspot in his backpack that's linked up to the Internet with a 14.4 144k wireless modem. Catch his train and get free WiFi on your commute.

The open wireless node can be found in the first car of the last morning train and in Car 403 on the 5:10pm return trip. Use SSID "FreeInternetAccess" or "seattlewireless" to connect - You may have to assign yourself an IP in the range 192.168.0.0/24 and use the Default Gateway 192.168.0.1 as the DHCP is sometimes flakey

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Hermosa Beach, California Launches Free
Citywide WiFi Service using advanced
WiFi-Plus obstruction penetrating
antennas.

Hermosa Beach, California Launches Free
Citywide WiFi Service using advanced
WiFi-Plus obstruction penetrating
antennas. 08/05/2004 03:39 AM
Los Angeles Beach Community WiFi service made possible by WiFi-Plus antennas. Makes internet available on the beach. [PRWEB Aug 5, 2004]

Linksys WiFi Gateway Remote Attack Risk
Discovered

Linksys WiFi Gateway Remote Attack Risk
Discovered 06/03/2004 08:55 AM

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