I thought the matter was dead after Boeing shut down their much hyped in-flight WiFi plans (yep), but Engadget got a seat on JetBlue’s private introductory flight for their WiFi service. The good news is that it’s free, the not surprising news is that Yahoo! is partnering in it (and it requires a Yahoo! account), [...]
Posted December 13, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Dispatches, Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: air travel, airlines, BetaBlue, in-flight WiFi, JetBlue, wifi. 2 Comments.
Corporate networks are defenseless against the growing threat from instant messaging, and the government warns WiFi is insecure and easily sniffed.
Experts suggest we take precautions against the growing risk of p2p software that’s exposing sensitive documents and threatening national security.
Businesses blame security problems on their employees, their mobile devices, and other consumer technologies.
And now we [...]
Posted November 19, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: im, myspace, networking, networks, p2p, security, Technology, threat, threats, wifi. One Comment.
Now that I’ve moved I’ve finally set up my Fonera. I had hoped to offer a story about the process, but it was so simple I can’t really say much more than “I plugged it in, I registered it, it worked.â€
The Fonera is a tiny little router/WiFi access point that looks worlds better than the [...]
Posted April 11, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: connectivity, crowdsourcing, fon, Fonera, Fonero, grass roots networking, mass, network, wifi, wireless. 3 Comments.
No sooner do I lay down a rant about how bad Sprint WiFi is than do they run an ad telling us how great their service is. Well, not only that, but they promise to save us from “Connectile Dysfunction.â€
Angela Natividad described it best:
It’s hard to position broadband ads. You can be like Earthlink, which [...]
Posted February 5, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Books, Movies, Music. Tags: ad, ads, bad service, connectile dysfunction, made up stuff, sprint, video, wifi. One Comment.
I’m back in Oakland Airport, but this time I’m bringing my own network and I don’t have to deal with Sprint’s WIFI mess.
See, the problem isn’t just that it costs too much. The problem is that once you pay, you’re plopped at the login page where the login I just created doesn’t work.
And worse, [...]
Posted February 3, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology, Travel. Tags: error message, errors, oak, oakland airport, sprint, suck, ui, wifi. Be the first one.
In another sign of the arrival of the stupendous, i.e. that the internet is changing our world, Engadget some time ago reported on the SellSmart Knockbox real estate selling dohicky.
What is a KNOCKBOX?
A KNOCKBOX is a sleek, self-contained appliance that is placed unobtrusively inside your home for sale. It contains a photographic tour, custom buyer [...]
Posted August 22, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: arrival of the stupendous, electronic real estate information, knockbox, real estate, sell your home, sellsmart, sellsmart knockbox, wifi. 2 Comments.
Here’s a lesson the rest of the world’s airports could take from PDX: free WiFi.
Most other aiports charge dearly for WiFi, but PDX offers it free. Knowing this, I arrived at the airport a couple hours early and got my dinner and caught up on my email here instead of elsewhere. The Port of Portland [...]
Posted February 19, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology, Travel. Tags: airport, free wifi, hotspot, oregon, pdx, portland, portland or, wifi. 6 Comments.
Somebody at Gizmodo found this Agence France-Presse story about the intersection of American surfing and bathroom habits in The Hindustan Times. It’s based on a report by the USC Annenberg School’s Center for the Digital Future. For five years running now, the center has tracked internet use (and non-use) in a 2,000 household representative sample [...]
Posted December 10, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Questionable...funny. Pointless., Technology. Tags: bathroom, behavior, Center for the Digital Future, computer use, in the bathroom, in the can, media, newspaper, on the throne, report, research, restroom, rss, Technology, wifi. 48 Comments.
I do a lot of flying in and out of Boston’s Logan Airport, so I’ve been following the controversy about WiFi there with some interest.
The story is that Massport, the government agency that runs the airport, is trying to tell tennents — like the airlines — that they can’t operate their own WiFi networks. But [...]
Posted October 30, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: airlines, airwaves, atlanta, boston, cellphones, common sense test, editorial remarks, emergency response, faa, fcc, glenn fleishman, government agency, logan airport, massport, spectrum, taxicab, tsa, wifi. 6 Comments.
In case you’re looking: Metaphyzx’s Mac OS Wireless Adapter Compatibility List.
tags: apple, card compatibility, compatibility, compatibility list, list, mac, mac os, mac os x, macintosh, network adapter, wifi, wifi adapter, wifi cardbus card, wifi pc card, wifi pci card, wifi pcmcia card, wireless, wireless adapter, wireless adapter compatibility
Posted October 3, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Blink, Technology. Tags: apple, card compatibility, compatibility, compatibility list, list, mac, mac os, mac os X, macintosh, network adapter, wifi, wifi adapter, wifi cardbus card, wifi pc card, wifi pci card, wifi pcmcia card, wireless, wireless adapter, wireless adapter compatibility. 4 Comments.