Tag: wifi

  • Wireless Wednesday in Cork

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    I see Damien is chairing an event in the Rochestown Park Hotel on tomorrow at 6pm called Staying Competitive in the International Arena. The event has an interesting line-up of speakers including Pat Phelan of Roam4Free. If you have the time, I’d say it will be well worth dropping along.

  • Zune to illegally add DRM to podcasts?

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    Microsoft is to launch the Zune on November 14th according to its PR site. This date is just in time for the American holiday of Thanksgiving. What is not clear from the site is if this is an American launch date of a global launch date. I wrote, in not too glowing terms previously about…

  • How to beat the RIAA?

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    Via Bernie comes news that the RIAA is starting to drop cases against people who have open wifi networks! The RIAA (the Recording Industry Association of America) has to date, sued over 18,000 people in the United States suspected of distributing copyrighted works, and have settled approximately 2,500 of the cases. Sue first and ask…

  • Free unlocked Nokia N80 wifi phone

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    Pat Phelan of Roam4free is offering a free unlocked Nokia N80 wifi mobile phone for: to the most helpful comment/advice on the the first draft of page one of our new website So, head on over to Pat’s post and leave comments/advice on the new site to be in with your chance to win an…

  • Webaroo – selling the Internet?

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    A company called Webaroo are selling copies of the Internet on a hard drive according to Networkworld– why? Well, they say, it will be handy for people who don’t have access to an Internet connection. As Webaroo president Brad Husick explains: “Let’s say the HTML Web is 10 billion pages — it’s actually a little…

  • Fon Review

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    I have been using a Fon router now for over a month. In case you are not aware of Fon – Fon is a company which promotes the sharing of wireless broadband. So, if you have internet access, you can buy a Fon router (for 25usd/eur) at the moment on the Fon site, when you…