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What the Heck Is a Wiki?

Although the name sounds like a pathetic woodland creature, “wiki” actually is the Hawaiian word for “quick.”

Wi-Fi Cloud Covers Rural Oregon – a single entrepreneur is able to set one up over 700 miles of high desert

While politics and telecom companies stifle area-wide Wi-Fi networks in metro areas, a single entrepreneur is able to set one up over 700 miles of high desert. Businesses, law enforcement, even the feds are using it.

Specialist delves into Internet’s dark side – Russell Grimes, technology specialist with the Division of Educational Research and Services at the University of Montana

”Child predators are relentless, and it can’t be overstated enough how far they will travel to find a child they have picked out to molest – in some cases, they have been known to send money or bus tickets to have a child meet them somewhere,“ said Russell Grimes, a technology specialist with the Division of Educational Research and Services at the University of Montana.

Ink and Paper or 1s and 0s? Nervous, Newspapers Look to Technology for Alternate Ways to Put the News in Your Hands

Complaining that her local paper is late on news that she’s already seen on the Internet, that stories raise more questions than they answer and the paper as a whole is of little relevance to her, Linda Loomis of San Antonio e-mailed yesterday to say that she often ends her days thusly:

"I throw down our local fiber newspaper in disgust, as I do most days when I’m reading the San Antonio Express-News, and exclaim to my husband (the subscriber), as I do most days, ‘I’m going upstairs, online, for the real news.’ "

Will Laws to Protect "Press" Harm Other Web Writers? The "Free Flow of Information Act of 2005"

Congress is preparing to consider a law that will likely legislate who can be called a "journalist."

Downtown Missoula Wi-Fi Hotspots are on the Rise

The Missoula Downtown Association has been instrumental in assisting Missoula businesses implement wi-fi systems to improve the usability of their facilities.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin mayor announces citywide wireless initiative

"It will create tremendous growth for a locally owned company and will open the door to new jobs, job training and other social and educational opportunities."

How to Foil a Phish

This is the death of a phish.

The Internet enters a bold second act – Consumers seem to be the only sure winners.

It is the Web’s sober second act, characterized not by soaring stock prices but by forces that are challenging traditional industries — from publishing to telecommunications — to adopt new business plans.

Yahoo adds blogs to its news section

"The traditional media doesn’t have the time or resources to cover all the stories going on,"