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A tale of two cities WiFi (Macworld UK) Different approaches to wireless Internet access in San Francisco and neighboring Silicon Valley are producing very different results, with one project springing up around the city and the other inching through regulatory procedures.
Commuter rail line practical but pricey, study says (Detroit Free Press) A commuter rail line between Howell and Ann Arbor is a practical option -- if organizers can scrape up the more than $32 million needed to get the project rolling. That's the conclusion of a just-released study prepared for a consortium of government representatives and business officials exploring whether to start up a 27-mile rail line.
The Business Of Kidnapping (Sin Chew Jit Poh) Haider Isnaji (L), Sulu provincial vice governor Lady Ann Sahidulla (2nd L), Indanan mayor Alvarez Isnaji (3rd L) and an undercover agent (R), with five million pesos (US$112,500) ransom money.
Get "free" Wi-Fi at Starbucks (Orlando Sentinel) It's not totally free because you only get two hours per day and you have to have spent some money in the past 30 days to use it. But hey, it's better than nothing.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 29th Nov 2005 21:42 UTC (New Mobile Computing) "Genesi is pleased to announce the development of the 4U2 sub-laptop based on the EFIKA 5K2 reference design and the Freescale MPC5200B . The 4U2 will be produced in Asia and be available in Q2 2006. The 4U2 board can be deployed in a variety of configurations and uses and includes both mobile and WIFI wireless capability."
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 10th Oct 2005 15:27 UTC (OS News) This phone could be placed by some as the most advanced smartphone to date (only some new, unreleased yet, PocketPC-phones come close in terms of features): Sony Ericsson announced the P990 , based on Symbian 9.1. It supports UMTS, GSM/GPRS/3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, IrDA and it has an FM radio.
Recent Original Stories (OS News) "The Ubuntu team is proud to present the Flight 7 release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Support). With Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Flight 7 comes many bug fixes, general fixes all around, new version of some key applications and much more. Note: This is still a development release.
Santa Cruz official still hopes for scaled-back WiFi plan (San Jose Mercury News) After dreams of blanketing the city with free wireless Internet floundered, one Santa Cruz council member hopes to succeed with a pared-down plan for free WiFi on Pacific Avenue and Main Beach.
Bangladesh to Offer WiMAX Licenses (Cellular-News.com) Bangladesh's telecoms regulator, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has published its draft guidelines for issuing Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licenses. The national licenses are being proposed - two in the 2.3Ghz band and one in the 2.5Ghz band.
Recent Original Stories (OS News) "After lot of work and several delays, we proudly announce the availability of SUSE Linux 10.1 . In tribute to 42 and as today is the fifth anniversary of the death of Douglas Adams, we dedicate this release to him. As usual, we ship all the latest open source packages available at the time.
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