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...track. It's not the kind of place you would expect to find subsistence farmers surfing the Web with wi-fi computers or making voip (voice over Internet protocol) phone calls. But that's exactly what the village's 800 or so inhabitants have been doing - thanks to a wireless, solar-powered communications system installed in the Ruwenzori mountains by Inveneo, a San Francisco nonprofit. Inveneo was launched in 2004 by three Silicon Valley veterans - Mark Summer, 36; Kristin Peterson, 45; and Bob Marsh, 59 - who share a passion for high tech and an interest in the developing world. They...
Nikon goes the Swiss Army-- knife route with this fully loaded, 7-megapixel number. It has built-in wi-fi that comes with a free yearlong subscription to T-Mobile's wireless service that's suitable for uploading snapshots over lattes at Starbucks. It also takes time-lapse photos that can be combined into a movie. And it has an easy-to-use stop-motion tool for making Wallace & Gromit--style Claymation. PRICE...
...chilling proportions. Our common room has been virtually abandoned in favor of the stairwell, and not because of cockroaches, leaks, or any of the other endearing quirks that characterize Harvard’s lovely river houses. We’re out there because there’s no wireless internet inside of our suite. My suitemates and I are not alone in the experience of not getting wireless internet in the room. We are, perhaps, unique in the fact that we now live under the router in the hallway. Wireless internet is either slow, erratic, or simply nonexistent at river...
...have been welcomed into any final club of your choosing, and you guys have been welcomed into Mike’s Apartment over blazing fast T3 internet connections. But in two weeks, the white tears will turn clear. Your roommates will stop believing that your computer gets its best wireless reception in the bathroom, and you will realize that the girl you have a crush on won’t be able to visit your room—because the fifth floor of Canaday isn’t wheelchair accessible. We’ve been through three years of these...
...finally just turned off my wireless because I knew it wasn’t working,” she said...