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In-Flight Wi-Fi Not A Must For Business Travelers

With more airlines testing Wi-Fi and other communication technologies more than half (56%) of business travelers say they don't feel the need to be connected while flying according to an Orbitz For Business Traveler Survey.

American Airlines Tests In-Flight WiFi

On the long list of things that airplanes lack, the average person might rank short flight times, overall comfort, and decent food as being much more important than Internet access.  We'll have to take what we can get, though, and thanks to some 767 testing, a lot of American Airlines's customers may be able to get that access.

SAFE Act Passage Panic Overblown

The Securing Adolescents From Exploitation-Online Act looks scary on a privacy level at first, but is not as fearsome as it appears.

CBS Unwires Manhattan With Wi-Fi

An experiment by CBS enables people with Wi-Fi-capable devices to access the Internet for free, at 5Mbps speeds, as the network tries out a wireless initiative in the Big Apple.

Google Loses EarthLink In Wi-Fi Deal

If and when Google's plans for providing wireless Internet service in San Francisco go forward, it will be without the participation of financially troubled partner EarthLink. EarthLink recently announced it would shed some 900 jobs as part of its restructuring, but that wasn't the end of its last-ditch efforts to stay afloat. The company won't be Google's Wi-Fi partner in San Francisco as a result.

This Is Your Brain On Wi-Fi...

It's comforting (in a morbid, misery-loves-company-kind-of-way) that educational systems in other countries have problems. We hear a lot about Asia kicking our butts, especially in math and science, but we don't hear of jolly old England's technophobic teachers very often.

Cost Adds Up For Unused Wi-Fi Time

More than half of Wi-Fi hotspot users around the globe are wasting their money according to Trustive's "WLAN Roaming Research 2007" report. "Cost Adds Up For Unused Wi-Fi Time"

Avis Launches Wireless Service

Avis Rent A Car has plans to offer portable Wi-Fi to their customers with the launch of Avis Connect service.

Utah's Scared of the Internet

Utah lawmakers are at it again, mulling a legislative crackdown on open wi-fi connections because they make it easier for children to access online pornography. The state of Utah has been in the news a lot lately for its heavy-handed approach to Internet regulation. The most recent curfuffle was over a law banning the use of competitor keywords in search advertising.

Multimap Offering up a Sweet Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder

This comes from Multimap... a great way to find out if you'll have Wi-Fi while on the road. You will be Guided to Your Nearest Wi-Fi Hotspots!