Broadband
New York Times – Sprint announced a soft launch of its WiMAX services is underway in three major U.S. cities as a trial run to prepare the technology for wider launch later this year. Xohm, which serves as Sprint’s high-speed wireless Internet division, will begin Read More
Palm Beach Post – WEST PALM BEACH Seven Pleasant City families are getting free wireless Internet service in their homes as part of a pilot project intended to bring technology to the masses. Each family was given a recycled computer from the Palm Beach County Read More
Taipei Times – Asustek Computer Inc ( q ), Taiwan’s second-largest maker of branded laptops, said it plans to add the high-speed wireless Internet technology WiMAX to all its future notebook models to attract buyers in the US. “We’ll try to make the Read More
The Columbus Dispatch – Several young people were using laptops Thursday to log onto the Main Library’s free wireless Internet, including Diandra Gordon, 17. She said the Downtown library was a good central meeting place to work on a school project with other students from Read More
Chicago Tribune – Molded plastic booths were replaced with oversized chairs, lighting was softened and muted tones took the place of bright colors. Wireless Internet access was also added. “We began to realize we could definitely sell coffee in this environment,” Mr Read More
PC World – Sprint Nextel , the number three U.S. wireless carrier, said last week it was soft-launching its Xohm mobile Internet service for employees in Chicago, Baltimore and Washington D.C. ahead of a commercial WiMax launch later in 2008 in select U.S. cities Read More
Detroit Free Press – For starters, how about a $50,000 bed that has wireless Internet connectivity, a dock for your iPod and built-in anti-snoring features? Called the Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed from Leggett & Platt, the bed has vibration-detection feature that Read More
