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Prague Seeks City-wide Free Internet Zone

The proposal comes as more major cities, especially in the United States, are wrestling with offering municipal wireless services to get their citizens easy access to broadband. New York, San Francisco and New Orleans all plan to go wireless, and Philadelphia signed a deal with Earthlink Jan. 30 to get a citywide wireless network running by next year.

Wireless Technologies May Be Key To Continued Prosperity

Why are countries with only 40 percent of the world’s population (e.g., China) graduating ten times as many engineers and scientists as we are? Why are our schools pumping out so many lawyers? There is no value-added in legal work."

Sen. Baucus pushes for .xxx Internet domain

The idea, supporters say, is to clean up the Web as former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani cleaned up Times Square.

Google, Skype in Startup to Link Hotspots. Google and Skype Invest in Startup to Link Hotspots and Help Owners Charge for Wi-Fi Access

FON faces a hurdle in that most ISPs prohibit subscribers from sharing internet access with people outside their household. Many broadband subscribers share their access now for free, though, and it’s hard for Internet service providers to stop them.

Top 25 Free Wi-Fi College Towns. Bozeman, Montana Ranks 3rd Nationally

Businesses can appeal to students by providing free wireless Internet access.

Orem, Utah gets UTOPIA ‘hookup’

The long, idyllic acronym — for Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency — is a statewide project that will enable each member of a community to be hooked up to a fast Internet, phone and video connection.

Five Ways To Keep Your Google Searches Private

Word that the government has been seeking search data from Google has struck fear into the hearts of Internet Explorer and Firefox users.

MySpace and Facebook changes the social landscape

ySpace has gone from zero to 47.3 million members since its launch in January 2004. MarketWatch.com reports an estimated 5 million new users per month.

Bill Gates sees cellphones, not $100 laptops, as way to help Third World

On the face of it, Gates seems to be taking his position only because that darn $100 laptop doesn’t run on Microsoft’s Windows operating system. Negroponte chose a free Linux-based operating system — and then gored Microsoft by saying he picked it not because it’s free, but because it’s better.

One Out of Two Communities Evaluating Wireless Services, Survey Finds

The results highlight a growing awareness of the tremendous potential value of municipal wireless projects, as well as the real-world challenges to realizing this potential.