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...Airport and to PC geeks as 802.11b, is an increasingly popular way to get online without being tethered to a cable. The connection hangs in the air as a radio signal, ready to be received within 300 ft. of the transmitter. Plug an Internet cable into a wireless router (I used a $199 DSL router from Belkin), put wireless cards in all your computers (they cost about $100 a pop), and you're ready to surf on the move. So, as I discovered when I took a laptop outside, are the neighbors...
...want to try your hand at war driving, you can start by searching for Wi-Fi in your ZIP code on the Global Access Wireless Database (online at www.shmoo.com/gawd) This will list street intersections for most networks and tell you whether you have to pay for them. Many coffee shops, including Starbucks, charge for Wi-Fi access: $20 a month for unlimited local usage is a typical fee. On the other hand, you can get the same effect by parking near a friendly neighbor's house with...
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...daily routine that have been profoundly and permanently changed in four years. We communicate with one another differently and more often. We compute differently and have different expectations of our computers than we used to. We used to love being wired—now we strive to be wireless...
Even cell phones have come a long way over four years. Especially today, when wireless text messages are delivered directly to your telephone, the media of communication are converging. Our social lives were the beneficiaries. We didn’t use them to study or get problem sets finished on time. We used them to get together with friends. We used them to connect. Yes, we even used them to hook up. It’s hard to believe the concept of a midnight booty call hardly existed four years...