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...dapper, manic teacher who claims he understands absolutely nothing about wireless technology--leads his students through a brisk review before an exam, pulling images of Greek urns off the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website. He makes extensive use of what's called a Smart Board, a high-tech blackboard that throws a giant version of Rush's laptop screen on the wall. It's touch-sensitive, so he can point and click on the board with his hand, navigating from urn to urn, zooming in on images when he wants to highlight a detail. He even uses his index...
...plan was simple: lure droves of tech-savvy customers into the shop with wi-fi, then ply them with grande lattes, oversize Rice Krispies treats and other high-priced snacks. But while the wi-fi hot spots have added modestly to Starbucks' cachet, they have generated less buzz than a cup of decaf. And some Starbucks watchers doubt that they will add much of anything to the company's bottom line. "I don't think it is ever going to be a hugely profitable enterprise for Starbucks," says InStat/MDR analyst Mike Wolf. Pyramid, an analyst firm, predicts that the monthly...
...more serious threat to Starbucks' plan is the competition from free wi-fi--the crazy quilt of free wireless networks springing up in San Francisco, Seattle and other high-tech cities. Starbucks customers have been known to hop on a free Internet node and bypass the store's paid service entirely. "Why pay if you don't have to?" says Kevin Lawrence, 28, a software-industry entrepreneur, who spent hours typing on his laptop but hadn't bothered to buy anything during a recent visit to a Starbucks in Manhattan...
CONNECTING FLYERS Travelers at the airport just outside Malaysia's capital can check out the international terminal's ultramodern interior, then hop online to send e-mails to friends and colleagues. This tech-friendly nation in Southeast Asia has about 300 hot spots and plans 700 more for next year...
EVEN FASTER FOOD With its juicy burgers and extra-thick shakes, this Burgermaster, near Seattle, has lots of old-fashioned appeal. But the drive-in burger shop is surprisingly high-tech: waitresses punch orders into wi-fi-enabled Compaq iPaq handhelds. The typical meal takes just seven minutes to go from the iPaq to your...