Monday, October 27, 2008
Turn Your Vista Notebook Into a Wi-Fi Hotspot
Vista has a few good features starting with connection sharing. In other words, you can turn your Internet-connected notebook into a Wi-Fi hotspot for others to share.
This can come in mighty handy if you're the only one in your group with, say, a wireless modem or wired Ethernet connection. Here's how to set it up:
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DVD: Winterizing and Storing Your RVYou've had a great year camping, now it's time to put your RV away for the winter. What do you do? Where do you start? These are common questions, ones that RV expert Mark Polk will answer for you in this instructional DVD. Watch detailed step by step instructions on how to properly winterize and store your RV. A printed checklist comes with your DVD.
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
Take your Wi-Fi with you
What if you could take along your strong and speedy home Wi-Fi connection wherever you go?
That’s the idea behind a new service from Sprint called Xohm, which takes Wi-Fi to its logical extreme. Fittingly, the technology behind it is called WiMax. Although it isn’t widely deployed in the United States, a test run of the service in Baltimore, where it was recently introduced, suggests that it could one day become a solid option for getting things done online and even making phone calls while on the go.
Of course, there are plenty of reasons the technology could also become a historical footnote, not the least of which is that it won’t work everywhere in a given city, much less all over the country. So-called mobile hot spot Internet services sold by cell carriers, including Sprint, have much greater range. But for those living in an area Xohm covers — the service arrives in Washington and Chicago in the coming months, with Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, and Providence to follow — the monthly outlay of $35 to $65 could be well worth it
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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.
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
WiFi now at five of Missouri's state parks
Visitors to five of Missouri's state parks can now stay connected to the world while visiting Roaring River State Park. On Monday, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced that wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) connections are now available at no charge in certain areas of Bennett Spring, Roaring River, Montauk, Big Lake and Sam A. Baker state parks.
At Roaring River State Park near Cassville, Wi-Fi is available at the Emory Melton Inn and Conference Center. At all five parks, guests must provide their own computers.
The department is adding Wi-Fi to enhance customer service and to meet the requests of state park users to stay connected.
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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.
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