Japanese Vending Machines Begin Offering Free WiFi

Here's a novel idea to expand your company's vending machine marketability, offer free WiFi to customers and potential customers. That's what the Asahi soft drinks company of Japan decided to do this month and their test machines have ... continue

Wi-Fi Pin Vulnerability Discovered By Research Team

Researchers for the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) have issued a warning regarding a Wi-Fi router vulnerability for users of the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) PINs Researcher Stefan Viehbock found that the hack allows users to easily gain access to ... continue

Skype Rolls Out Free Airport Wi-Fi For The Holidays

Holiday travelers with access to a Skype Wi-Fi account will be able to take advantage of the service for free starting on Wednesday, December 21st through December 27th. Under the program Skype is offering one hour of completely ... continue

Free wi-fi network coming to all of UK

Those lucky Brits, they get to have all the fun, or at least they will after 2013 when UK mobile provider O2 doubles the size of its existing network and in the process turning on free wi-fi ... continue

NYC Subways getting wi-fi access!

For better or worse, up until now, New York City subways were famously a bastion of no service. Descending into the pee-soaked maze would render electronic devices incommunicado in the past, as attested to by the cluster of ... continue

Microsoft could help change the rural broadband game

With the following quote in an article posted at MIT’s Technology Review Ranveer Chandra, a Microsoft engineer, suggests that the current incumbent internet providers could be bypassed “Imagine the potential ... continue

“Wi-fi allergy” allegedly tormenting 2% of the population

Wi-fi allergy, or "electromagnetic sensitivity," might keep 2% of the population away from Starbucks and McDonald's for the foreseeable future. Steve Miller, a UK DJ who really loves your peaches and wishes to shake your tree, has come ... continue

Very cool Toyota, too bad the flowers are only temporary

How can you tell when technology has become totally mainstream? Well when a major marketing campaign centered around something totally different targets the growing  number of people who live online regardless of where ... continue

AT&T Adding 20,000 New Wi-Fi Hotspots

iPhone users and other AT&T subscribers will soon have an extra 20,000 wireless hotspots at their disposal. AT&T has sealed a deal to acquire Wi-Fi provider Wayport Inc, the company announced today. Wayport runs the hotspots at ... continue

Sky-High Surfing To Stay Fee-Free For Some

Surfing the net from the friendly skies won't cost a dime to subscribers of iPass, thanks to a new deal struck this afternoon. iPass announced it'll include airborne Wi-Fi provider Aircell in its network of services. Aircell ... continue