Vista users get free Wi-FI
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Just sign up with The Cloud Users making the leap to Microsoft's latest OS will get a few months' free Wi-Fi usage courtesy of hotspot aggregator The Cloud.â¦
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By Cater, Nick  For the non-techies among us, one word is all you need to know for the next few weeks: Vista.
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By The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 24--By 2009, Houston expects to boast a wireless broadband network allowing anyone to connect a laptop computer to the Internet from virtually anywhere in the city.   It's no small undertaking.
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Microsoft releases two free programs designed to help users keep PCs free of viruses and spyware.
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Residents and visitors to London will now be able to access the Internet from parts of the city for free thanks to a new Wi-Fi network now live along a 13.6-mile stretch of the River Thames.
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By Tamara Chuang, The Orange County Register, Calif.  Jan. 30--The anticipation is over. Windows Vista is finally here.
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Wireless broadband gets a boost with optimized EV-DO installations in several regions.
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It might cost you $25 to pick up a wireless access point at Circuit City, but if you want to fool around with some enterprise-level WiFi you normally gotta shell out the big bucks for some commercial-grade ceiling-mounted gear.
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A New York City group creates a kit so that anyone with an old computer can create a wireless access point.
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WASHINGTON -- One-third of US Internet users have connected to the Web using a wireless network to send e-mails, check the latest news, or read other things, according to a survey released yesterday by the Pew Internet Project.
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Even more extreme AirPort Extreme Do Apple's latest iMacs ship with an 802.11n Wi-Fi card? Photos of the Core 2 Duo-based all-in-one consumer computer certainly imply as much, but users will have to install and run Windows Vista to see it for themselves.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - A maker of software that simplifies getting onto public Wi-Fi hotspots is now tackling the complexity of using the network in your own home or at a friend's house. Consumers have been warned not to leave their home wireless LANs (WLANs) open, and security mechanisms have become both stronger and in some cases easier to set up. But to let a visiting friend use the Internet, users typically have had to reconfigure the network or enter an SSID (Service Set Identifier) and a lengthy password. For consumers who have trouble setting up a network in the first place, this can be a high barrier. Devicescape SoftwareÂ offers free beta-test software that can store user sign-on information for many public hotspots and is working to get it built into devices such as Wi-Fi cameras that lack a browser or keyboard. On Tuesday, it expanded that tool to include home WLANs, with a system called Wi-Fi Buddies. Consumers can sign up for Wi-Fi Buddies, have their SSID and password stored on the company's server, and invite their friends to download the Devicescape software and get sign-on credentials for their WLAN. Once a friend gets those credentials from Devicescape, they can start using the home WLAN without signing in or even going past a splash screen, according to the company. The WLAN owner never gives the SSID and password to a user, so it's possible to lock people out later through Devicescape's Web site without changing the password. Wi-Fi Buddies can also be used with an open home network. Devicescape isn't alone in trying to solve the problem. The Wi-Fi Alliance's WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) specification defines two methods of setting up WLANs without having to make up or enter an SSID or encryption password. Those techniques can also be used to get visitors onto the secure network, said Som Pal Choudhury, a product line manager at Netgear, which is adopting WPS for some products. However, WPS doesn't allow access to be granted and rescinded entirely online. Cisco Systems' Linksys division, the leading seller of home WLAN gear, recommends users either enter the SSID and password on a visitor's PC or put the device's MAC (Media Access Control) address into a filtering list on the access point, said spokeswoman Karen Sohl. Linksys doesn't use WPS now but hopes to adopt a later version. Initial WLAN setup is a typical headache for consumers, said Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney, but how to let friends onto the LAN seems to be a less common problem, he said. "I think when friends come over, you have a beer," Dulaney said. Small businesses could also use Wi-Fi Buddies to grant temporary access to their networks, Devicescape says, but the company doesn't guarantee the security of the passwords it stores. Wi-Fi Buddies has been released for current Devicescape customers and will be publicly available at the company's Web site by Thursday. It runs on Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and Mobile versions 5 and 6. The company is also working on an Apple OS X version. One thing that isn't on the horizon is Devicescape for the iPhone. The company continues to approach Apple about this but has nothing to report, said Bill McIntosh, Devicescape's vice president of marketing.
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Blog: ZoneAlarm 7.1 offers true two-way firewall protection for Windows Vista users.
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Wireless networking startup Meraki plans to deliver free wireless Internet access across San Francisco by the end of the year.
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Microsoft releases the second beta of a new server aimed at giving users a way to connect and manage Windows Vista PCs, devices, and printers in their homes.
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Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey rolled out free wireless Internet connections at the main Harold Washington Library Center and 76 branches.
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Windows Vista is causing problems for those trying to hook up a PC to a broadband net connection.