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...EXTRAS For decades, visitors to Krakow's main city square have admired the historic buildings, browsed the souvenir stands and sipped coffee at the many outdoor cafes. This year, for the first time, they get to browse online for free--thanks to a nationwide effort to bring wi-fi to Poland...
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...
MAKING WAVES Wireless isn't just for landlubbers. Now travelers in the Scandinavian region (which has long been in the forefront of wireless technology) can get wi-fi while crossing the Baltic Sea. Passengers on Silja ferries running between Helsinki, Stockholm and Tallinn, Estonia, can log on for free while seated near...
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston use wireless handhelds and laptops to submit prescriptions, read laboratory results and view X rays and ultrasounds. At right, an emergency-room doctor checks a PDA equipped with a plug-in wi-fi card...
...WI-FI WITH A VIEW Perched nearly 500 ft. above the city, the observation deck at the Danube Tower offers panoramic vistas of historic Vienna and the Danube River. Now guests at the tower's restaurant can surf the Web while they enjoy their meal and the view--as long as they bring a laptop