Iowa will expand free wireless Internet access to all 40 of its rest areas by July 1.

The state will offers 30 minutes of free access to the Internet through the driver’s wireless-enabled personal laptop/notebook or handheld computer/PDA. Full Story...

Web surfers beware: An evil twin may be lurking near your favorite wireless hotspot.

Thieves are using wireless devices to impersonate legitimate Internet access points to steal credit card numbers and other personal information, security experts warn.

So-called evil-twin attacks don't require technical expertise. Anyone armed with a wireless laptop and software widely available on the Internet can broadcast a radio signal that overpowers the hot spot.

Then, masquerading as the real thing, they view the activities of wireless users within several hundred feet of the hot spot. Full Story...

Network security vendor Cirond said Friday that a new danger, which it calls "WiPhishing" threatens users of laptops equipped with Wi-Fi and the companies that employ those users.

The threat is a variation of the "Evil Twin" gambit that was in the news in the last month, the company said.

"We call WiPhishing the act of covertly setting up a wireless-enabled laptop or access point for the purpose of getting wireless laptops to associate with it," Cirond CEO Nicholas Miller said in a statement. "Hackers who are on a 'WiFishing expedition' may set the name of their rogue wireless access point (or laptop) to an SSID that is commonly used by wireless laptop users." Full Story...

Austin, TX-based TengoInternet added three new RV parks to it's list of Wi-Fi customers. The company provides broadband wireless access service for campgrounds, hotels and apartment complexes throughout the United States.

Three new Louisiana Wi-Fi customers are Lakeside RV Park in Livingston, Pavilion RV Park in West Monroe and Poche's Fish-N-Camp and RV Park in Breaux Bridge.

The company has also entered the Alabama market, adding Rainbow Plantation Park in Summerdale to its list of Wi-Fi zones.

Wi-Fi, or wireless fidelity, allows computer users to share a high-speed Internet connection without wires or the delays often caused by dial-up access.

"RVers are demanding Wi-Fi as an amenity and operators are responding," says Eric Stumberg, president and CEO of TengoInternet.