KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Aberdeen's Park and Recreation board will move forward with a plan to expand camping at Wylie Park. The City Council approved the plan in a 7 to 1 vote.

During the summer, the park often has to turn campers away because it's full. The new expansion will add 22 camping cabins, 23 R-V sites and a tenting area.

Officials expect the project to cost about $2 million and believe it should bring in over a $100,000 each year.
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Buying second-hand products is always green, but it’s easy to be discouraged by the stories of broken laptops from eBay or Craigslist. To quell these fears, here is a 10-step checklist on how to avoid high-tech lemons.

Most wouldn’t flinch at the idea of buying a used car, but the thought of a used computer sends them squirming. The tech industry tries their hardest to keep it that way: they advertise new products in such a way to render the previous models perceptually obsolete; they block even the simplest hardware upgrades; and they sell bottom-of-the-line models that simply break within a couple years.

This shouldn’t scare you away from a used computer purchase, but know that they are imperfect machines; some research, determination, and basic knowledge is required. To make this list, I used both my own experience along with some tips from Peter Montesano of Peter’s PC Repair, one of the most highly regarded repair shops in San Francisco.
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You can create a simple add-on for your router's antenna that will boost and focus the wireless signal. We show you how.

Fitting a simple, passive, parabolic reflector around your router's antenna can focus the signal exactly where you want it. Your network will reach farther, and the addition can even improve your network security. Follow along for step-by-step instructions to create your own homemade signal boosters.
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Over-the-Road Wireless For Dummies Learn how to get connected on the road. Covers WiFi, choosing equipment and services, protecting data, managing your business and personal affairs, enjoying online entertainment and more.

MacWorld.com
QuickerTek on Monday introduced a new version of its ExpressCard MacBook Pro networking product line that features an external antenna. It costs $199.95.

QuickerTek offers an external antenna to boost signal reception.
MacBook Pros feature internal Wi-Fi connectivity, which is limited to about 30 milliwatts (mw) of wireless power. QuickerTek says its ExpressCard — designed to fit into the expansion port on MacBook Pro models — has 300 mw of power. The more power, the more likely it is you can pick up a weak networking signal or attach to a wireless network through walls, office equipment and floors.

The card operates on 802.11b, g and n wi-fi frequencies, and it works with all Apple AirPort Base Stations. The card also supports WPA, WPA-2 and 128-bit WEP security protocols. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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Over-the-Road Wireless For Dummies Learn how to get connected on the road. Covers WiFi, choosing equipment and services, protecting data, managing your business and personal affairs, enjoying online entertainment and more.

AT&T’s Wi-Fi service, offered at stores and other public areas, is now free to all its broadband customers. AT&T customers who do not use its broadband service must pay $19.95 a month to use Wi-Fi.

AT&T is selling its DSL Lite broadband service to new residential customers for $14.95 a month. The price will remain the same for two years, and customers do not have to sign a contract, the company said. To receive the $14.95 offer, they must sign up for the service by Oct. 31.

Existing customers pay $19.95 a month for DSL Lite, which AT&T says on its Web site is best for surfing the Internet and sending e-mails.

Customers need to have AT&T’s landline phone service to receive the DSL Lite package, the company said.

AT&T also offers DSL packages that are more suited to send and receive large e-mail files, music, photos and video at a high rate of speed.
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The Triron 1200 Watt Portable Generator is a small, very low cost, alternative to the Hondas and Yamahas and it's EPA Approved

Belmont Citizen-Herald - Lexington,MA,USA
Whether you're moving to a new town or getting a better deal, if you change Internet Service Providers (the company that you pay each month to provide you with your internet connection), don't also change your e-mail address without considering all of your options.
That ‘free’ email address may not be worth it

When you move to a new Internet Service Provider (ISP) such as Verizon, Comcast, Earthlink, etc., they typically give you at least one free e-mail account as part of the package. There is no obligation to use this free account, and in many cases I advise my clients not to use it at all.

When you change ISPs, you might think that:

· You have to stop using your old e-mail address at your old ISP.

· You have to start using your new e-mail address at your new ISP.

It turns out that most of the time neither of these statements is entirely true. Don't make the mistake of changing your e-mail address without considering all of your options. And there are other, even better, options.
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Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
The Cradlepoint PHS300 Personal Hotspot is a niche product. But if you're in the target niche, you'll wonder why someone didn't invent this years ago.

The Personal Hotspot is a small box that turns a 3G USB modem or compatible cellphone into a Wi-Fi hot spot.
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What's so great about that?

Everything.

If you've got a wireless broadband modem or phone, you already know how cool it is to fire it up and get your computer online at broadband speed.

The $179 PHS300 Personal Hotspot lets you share that connection with any Wi-Fi-connected device.

So let's say you're traveling with a friend or two and you all have laptops, the Personal Hotspot will allow all of those devices to get online.
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The Triron 1200 Watt Portable Generator is a small, very low cost, alternative to the Hondas and Yamahas and it's EPA Approved