Gadgetopia

Search engine Google plans own WiFi service: Can someone explain why on Earth Google feels the need to do this? Internet search leader Google is preparing to launch its own wireless Internet service, Google WiFi, according to several pages found on the company's Web site on Tuesday.

WiFi Speed Spray: I've been waiting for this. "The patented formula in WiFi Speed Spray is the result of years of scientific research and testing. Simply spray the area around your computer. Usually five or six sprays is all it takes. As your computer sends data, each bit also carries ...

WiFi Against Bush: Interesting concept. Set the name of your wireless access point to "WiFi Against Bush". Now, when anyone in your immediate area, such as in your dorm or apartment complex, checks to see what networks are available, they will see your little "bumper sticker." It'll piss off ...

One Unwired Day "Join Intel on Thursday, September 25 your day to try public wireless Internet access for free at thousands of locations including coffee shops, airports, and hotels nationwide." Via Anil Dash.

WiFi - SM: feel the global pain: Like I said, stop surfing all the blogs or someone will tape this to your neck without you knowing about it. "WiFi-SM is an Internet connected wireless device that you can fix on any part of your body. It automatically detects the information ...

Rhode Island wants statewide Wi-Fi: The true testament to how small Rhode Island is: $20 million gets you wi-fi across the entire state. America's smallest state is seeking to become its first to offer a wireless broadband network from border to border. Backers of Rhode Island's $20 million project say ...

Wi-Fi Sails the High Seas "....Wheat Wireless Services of Reston, Virginia, has begun selling a tweaked version of Wi-Fi Internet access that can broadcast signals 30 miles out to sea. The service piggybacks off T1 lines in data centers along the coast and requires radio towers up to 300 feet ...

Time Warner sues apt. complex over Wi-Fi: I knew one of these suits would pop up sooner or later. "Time Warner Cable filed a lawsuit charging a New York apartment complex and its wireless Internet provider with illegally reselling its high-speed Road Runner service over a wireless network. The suit, ...

Revisiting "How Much Power Does My Laptop Really Use"?: A good look at just what uses battery life on your laptop (and your desktop too, I suppose). The author hooked up a Kill A Watt meter, and ran various tests. The top consumers of your laptop s power are the CPU, ...

Bonus FTP server for the PSP - PlayStation Portable -: Just in case VNC for the PSP isn't enough. Here is a simple but working FTP server for the PSP. With it, you can send/retrieve files to your PSP without any cables, in Wireless (WIFI). This one via FTPPlanet (which ...

101 Reasons Not To Get A Tablet PC: Some of these are myths ("WiFi is a bubble", "It doesn't come with Linux"), some are true ("It's not made by Apple"), some are personal preferences ("They're ugly"), and some are reflections of human fallibility ("I'm afraid it will get stolen", "I ...

What do you get when you mix an air-cooled V8 powered sedan with a G4 Mac? The Tatra Mac G4, a combination GPS navigaton system, MP3 player, movie player, game machine, built into a Czech-built Tatra 613. It even has its own network with ethernet ports in the armrests, and ...

sylloge: I am a Windows User: The first two comments here are nice. "I ended up getting an eMachines m5310 (manufacturer's page) instead, putting an end to a 20 year stretch of owning and using Apple's products. It may seem like a funny time to be doing this switch, but ...

Anti-violence rules in effect at L.A. cybercafes: Apparently there's violence in and around "cybercafes" in L.A. I'm assuming "cybercafe" is a trendy way of saying "coffee shop with kiosk machines and wifi." Los Angeles is the largest of several Southern California cities to enact restrictions on Internet gaming parlors. The ...

Microchip turns electric outlet into wireless link: I remember the stress I put myself under when I built my house to ensure I had data lines in every room. Between this and wifi, I don't know why I worried. Products are still being developed, but gadgets embedded with the chip ...

Apple's Knowledge Navigator revisited: Jon Udell points us to an interesting promotional video produced by Apple in (apparently) the late 80s touting the futuristic technology of the "Knowledge Navigator." Jon links to a copy of the video and talks a little about where it went right and wrong in the ...

Something interesting from the MIT Media Lab: The MIT Media Lab has launched a new research initiative to develop a $100 laptop - a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. Here are the basic specs... The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, full-color, full-screen laptop ...

I Spot ACCESS is an Iowa company that is currently working with the state of Iowa to set up free wireless hotspots at all of the states highway rest areas. An article in today's Des Moines Register points to increased tourism and spending in local communities as a benefit of ...

Rip and Burn and Download on a Stereo: The Olive Symphony is a home stereo component that pulls its music from an internal drive. Take the built-in CD player, for example. When you slip a CD into the slot and press the glowing Play button, the music begins. The song ...