The United Kingdom Parliament is considering passing a bill called the Digital Economy Bill that will supposedly ban open wifi hot spots in the country. Although the main purpose of the bill is to put a stop to copyright infringement, many are questioning whether the open wifi ban is a practical measure. More »

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Yesterday, January 15th, McDonald’s officially launched its free wireless internet service in 11,500 of its 14,000 stores nationwide. The big chain fast food company has slashed the original $2.95 fee for two hours of wi-fi service and is now offering it completely free of charge. More »

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I’m allergic to cats. You’re allergic to peanuts. Okay. Well, a man in New Mexico claims he is allergic to electromagnetic fields. Not only does he claim to be allergic, but Arthur Firstenberg is also suing his neighbor Raphaela Monribot, claiming that her wi-fi use is preventing him from living in his own house. More »

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There is no doubt that 2009 has been a huge year for the mobile internet craze. Last year, mobile internet usage jumped an astounding 75% in the third quarter alone. Car companies are now trying to cash in on this new craze by developing technology for automobiles that makes them wireless hot spots. While Japan has already been using such technology as early as 1997 (no surprises there…), the Western world is still toying with different methods to try to make this new concept a success. Companies such as Mercedes and General Motors are exploring the development of their own separate hardware that will have to be purchased for internet use in the car. Ford, on the other hand, is exploring connectivity with preexisting USB modems that users may already have purchased for other services. More »

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No word on how much or when Samsung will release their 14MP Digital CL80 Camera, but I have to say, it’s pretty sexy. Some of the features it boasts are a 31mm Wide Angle Lens, 14 Megapixels & 7x Optical Zoom along with an AMOLED screen and WiFi capability. While it does indeed sound sexy, it’s not the first AMOLED, WiFi capable digicam. Also, is WiFi capability all that necessary in cameras? More »

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Starting mid-January 2010, 11,000 McDonald’s restaurants across the nation will partner up with AT&T to provide loiterers free WiFi. Apparently, this is their solution to getting McDonald’s loiterers to purchase food while loitering. Bored teenagers will now have the option to scarf down fries in between Facebook status updates. More »

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WiFi on airplanes is a luxury, a luxury that can get very expensive on long flights and because United Airlines realized this, they have decided to offer up a free session of WiFi on any of their flights within the country. United Airlines teamed up with Aircell’s Gogo Inflight that proposed a deal to users that they would get one free session of WiFi on any of United’s 757-200 flights between New York Kennedy and the airline’s Los Angeles and San Francisco hubs as long as they signed up for an account with Aircell. More »

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Flip is known for its amazing camcorders, and most recently, it’s cool commercials but now they are tapping into a whole new market with their portable camcorders. Their latest creation, the WiFi integrated camcorder gives us a look of what future camcorders may integrate. Flip’s Pure Digital WiFi camcorder is expected to arrive by early next year and will bring a slew of features with it. As of now, we are not entirely sure of all of the features but we can expect wireless uploads, live streams to web sites and TV’s and much more. More »

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WiFi arrived to 42nd street in downtown manhattan just yesterday, between 42nd and 43rd streets, compliments of Yahoo. Now, Google has decided to give out free WiFi in 47 US airports for the holiday season. In a joint deal with Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, and Airport Marketing Income, Google has managed to set up WiFi in all of these airports nationwide. More »

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China Unicom is sinking into a pool of customer complaints and WiFi functionality. Reuters reported this morning that China Unicom has signed up only 5,000 users since their launch last week. Despite the lack of WiFi and the poor usability of the device overseas, Chairman Chang Xiobing still seems enthusiastic about getting it out to more customers with the launch of its 3G network, which has quickly picked up 1 million customers. More »

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WiFi is truly amazing, allowing owners of media devices to access the Internet almost anywhere, with the tap of a few buttons. Well, its about to get much easier to use, according to the WiFi Alliance who say that a much simpler and easy to use form of WiFi will be available as early as 2010. The WiFi Alliance, made up of large companies such as CISCO, Apple, and Intel plan to work with over 300 manufacturer of WiFi devices in order to get this out to the public in time. More »

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Nothing new here but AT&T is reporting there was an increase of Wi-Fi use by 41 percent after the launch of the iPhone OS 3.0. The reason for the increase is simple, OS 3.0 made logging into AT&T hotspots easy by saving all the login info. Not surprised by the increase in numbers. Actually I was expect the numbers to even be higher since the iPhone 3GS broke all types of sales record on launch weekend. More »

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China will finally be getting an iPhone soon but without one of the biggest features, Wi-Fi capability. Why? None other than the great Chinese government, which wants a ban on Wi-Fi networks because they can and don’t want their citizens to get access to internet in shady little places across the nation. More »

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Regular coffee tables are overrated with the Microsoft Surface around. Its futuristic appeal is complimented by its multimedia center where you can browse through your media with it’s Natural User interface. Underneath this girl’s skirt is 2GB of RAM, a standard CPU with Vista (of course) and WiFi and Bluetooth abilities. Oh and did I mention is spill/party proof? More »

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