Skype 2.8 for Mac will ship today, with new features including screen sharing and an integrated Wi-Fi hot spot connector.

The new version will add screen-sharing capabilities to the app's voice, video, and chat communications features. Skype spokespeople said users will be able to run all four channels at once with acceptable performance.

Screen sharing is useful in business but it has personal applications as well: People could share photographs, and presumably videos as well, using the feature.

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This mod can be considered mid-tech, using an old satellite dish to extended your WiFi range when you're parked just a little too far from campground office. It's a great use of an old satellite dish.
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Ruckus Wireless and HarborLink have reached a deal with the North American sector of BP to hook up their gas stations with free Wi-Fi access. The companies have been introducing Wi-Fi to a number of BP stations for the past several months, and plan to formally announce their partnership on Monday.

Eventually, they hope to equip nearly 9,000 corporate and franchised BP stations in North America.
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DALLAS, Dec. 12 -- AT&T Inc. today announced the close of its Wayport, Inc. acquisition. The Wayport resources significantly advance AT&T's strategy for deploying consumer Wi-Fi services that provide broadband access across devices, personalized for the user and location, and innovative business Wi-Fi applications designed to reduceoperating costs and increase productivity.

The Wayport deal adds local Wi-Fi network management and infrastructure expertise to AT&T's world-class communications capabilities and brings its number of domestic hotspots to nearly 20,000 -- the most of any U.S. provider.Globally, AT&T has nearly 80,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, including roaming locations.

Further advancing its Wi-Fi strategy, AT&T is nearing completion of the transition of thousands of Starbucks company-owned stores in the United Statesto AT&T Wi-Fi(SM) service, strengthening AT&T's ability to personalize broadband access across devices and customer location.

Specifically, customers at nearly 7,000 company-operated Starbucks locations can now access a tailored, online experience -- including local Starbucks content -- while logging on to the Internet from their Wi-Fi enabled smartphones, laptop computers and other devices.

"Looking ahead, we see Wi-Fi as a strategic opportunity for AT&T," said Ralph de la Vega, president and chief executive officer of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. "We plan to build on our leadership as the largest Wi-Fiprovider -- bringing more connectivity to more consumers -- and working closely with our enterprise customers to enhance and personalize their customer communications and improve the efficiency of their operations."

According to Yankee Group, the number of Wi-Fi enabled wireless handsets will grow by at least 175 percent over the next three years. Other reports have projected that more than 1 billion Wi-Fi enabled devices, including wireless handsets, will be shipped in 2012. AT&T is the exclusive provider of several popular Wi-Fi enabled devices including the iPhone 3G and the BlackBerry(R) Bold(TM).

AT&T continues to see a dramatic spike in Wi-Fi use. Combining both AT&T and Wayport customer use, Wi-Fi connections in November alone surpassed 2.5 million. AT&T drives Wi-Fi use by enabling free Wi-Fi access to nearly 15 million AT&T wired broadband customers, and millions more wireless customers, and is a leading provider of Wi-Fi enabled mobile phones.
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Novatel on Tuesday announced the MiFi, an "intelligent mobile hotspot" that combines a 3G modem, router, and embedded Linux-based PC to create clouds of Internet connectivity wherever you go.

About the size of a deck of cards, the MiFi gets rid of all of the confusing configuration issues around setting up 3G connections and WiFi routers. The device has a processor and Linux-based OS built in, which can run various applications, including security programs, VPNs, and drivers for home appliances.

Some consumer applications could include auto-email-sync, where the MiFi caches email on its own MicroSD storage card that you can then download when you pop open your laptop. The device will have 40 hours of standby battery life and about four hours of continuous connection time on a charge.

Cellular PC Cards and USB modems have been popular for years, and there are also several devices that bridge 3G networks to Wi-Fi networks, such as the Kyocera KR1 router. Sprint even officially supported cellular-to-Wi-Fi routers for a while. But none of those routers have yet offered the ease of configuration or the built-in applications that the MiFi promises.

The MiFi will start out supporting EVDO Rev A and HSDPA, the major technologies in the US. It could be sold though wireless carriers, but thanks to the new "open network" initiatives from Verizon Wireless and AT&T, it could appear branded by retailers or other companies, with unusual service plans. Hadley said to look at devices like the Amazon Kindle and the Peek, a budget-priced email device running on T-Mobile's network, for ideas.
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