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Stories tagged with: wifi
AC Transit expanding Wi-FI on transbay buses
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_597...
Bus riders can now log onto the Internet on 78 transbay buses in the Bay Area's first major free offering of Wi-Fi on public transit, AC Transit announced Wednesday.
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San Francisco Wi-Fi on Hold Till July, Mayor Frustrated
http://www.govtech.net/dc/123142
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors has decided to wait until July to vote on the city's Wi-Fi proposal, and Mayor Gavin Newsom says he's "frustrated" by the delay. In a video interview with Marketwatch, Newsom says Google and Earthlink are hanging in there but that if Earthlink were to pull out of the project, the city has no backup plan. Newsom said he wants Google to "hold out until we at least get a vote up or down, one way or another, at the Board of Supervisors."
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The Wi-Fi Detective from StarTech.com Saves Mobile Internet Users Time and Effort Finding Accessible
http://www.startech.com/product/powersearch.aspx?c=US
StarTech.com, a leading manufacturer of hard-to-find connectivity and technology parts, today announced the launch of the Wi-Fi Detective (part#: WIFIDETG). This unique product will save mobile Internet users, such as business travelers and students, time and effort by allowing them to instantly locate accessible Wi-Fi networks, using a compact, portable device. The Wi-Fi Detective is battery powered and features an LCD display that can be used to locate available network hotspots within seconds
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How To Set Up A FreeBSD Wireless Access Point
http://www.howtoforge.com/setting_up_a_freebsd_wlan_access_p...
This how-to explains the process of setting up a FreeBSD system that will act as a wireless router (as well as a wired router) that takes advantage of the ported version of OpenBSD's PF packet filter.
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Tags: freebsd, wlan, access point, wifi, router, firewall, wir
DIY WiFi Sixth Sense
http://imakeprojects.com/projects/wifi-heartbeat/
Build your own small, always-on WiFi sensor that you can keep in your pocket or wear as a pendant.
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Google has its own bus network with WiFi and Bicycle racks for workers!
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/technology/10google.html
In Silicon Valley, a region known for some of the worst traffic in the nation, Google, the Internet search engine giant and online advertising behemoth, has turned itself into Google, the mass transit operator. Its aim is to make commuting painless for its pampered workers - and keep them. The company now ferries about 1,200 employees to and from Google daily aboard 32 buses equipped with comfortable leather seats and wireless Internet access.
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Tags: Google, bus, wifi, jobs, transport, transit, bicycle
RFID to simplify WiFi setup hassle - Apple thinks so
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2557
Apple's new patent application makes it look as if the company could be planning to embed RFID tags into products to take the headaches out of setting up WiFI
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Tags: apple, rfid, wifi, wireless, patent
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