Best Places to Live | Compare cost of living, crime, cities, schools and more. Sperling's BestPlaces. Bay Area Lands "Most Unwired" Title — Datamation.com. Last year, Intel Corp.'s The survey was conducted by Bert Sperling, the president of Sperling's Best Places, a business that does nothing but rate communities across the country on criteria such as "best and worst for crime" or "most stressful.
" Sperling says last year Portland won out due to how quickly the city had adopted Wi-Fi as its own, due in no small part to the grassroots work of the community group called the Personal Telco Project. With this year's survey , Sperling took into account more than just the number of hotspots in the top 100 Metropolitan statistical areas (based on US Census Bureau population statistics) -- he also included marketing data for overall sales of WLAN devices.
Thus, the more access points and 802.11 cards sold in an area the more unwired it is. Overall penetration of Internet usage was also a factor. Finally, the overall population of an area had to be taken into consideration. In the end, Sperling says "It doesn't change things significantly. Seattle Is 'Most Unwired City' In America. Seattle is now the most unwired city in America, according to Intel Corporation's third annual “Most Unwired Cities” survey released today. In a rapidly changing wireless landscape, Seattle narrowly unseated former top position holders San Francisco (2004's Most Unwired City) and Portland , Ore. (2003's Most Unwired City ). Seattle-area residents can now stay connected, informed and entertained throughout the city, from the original Starbucks at Pike Place Market and the Bank of America Tower to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and the Space Needle. This year's survey sheds more light on what previous Intel Unwired Cities surveys were indicating – that connecting to wireless Internet access points with laptop PCs and other wireless-enabled devices in public places is becoming part of everyday life in America .
Businesses use wireless Internet access as a competitive advantage to attract customers, and cities use it to enhance livability and quality of life. About the Survey. Seattle is Most Unwired City, according to 3rd Annual Intel Survey. Bay Area Lands "Most Unwired" Title - www.wi-fiplanet.com. Intel's yearly rundown of 'Most Unwired Cities' pegs San Francisco and its suburbs as this years top spot, plus the survey rates the most unwired airports and colleges. Last year, Intel Corp.'s The survey was conducted by Bert Sperling, the president of Sperling's Best Places, a business that does nothing but rate communities across the country on criteria such as "best and worst for crime" or "most stressful. " Sperling says last year Portland won out due to how quickly the city had adopted Wi-Fi as its own, due in no small part to the grassroots work of the community group called the Personal Telco Project.
With this year's survey , Sperling took into account more than just the number of hotspots in the top 100 Metropolitan statistical areas (based on US Census Bureau population statistics) -- he also included marketing data for overall sales of WLAN devices. Thus, the more access points and 802.11 cards sold in an area the more unwired it is. Wi-Fi is Leading-Edge Technology in 2011. We want Wi-Fi and we want it in everything. A new report from the Wi-Fi Alliance and Wakefield Research shows the demand for Wi-Fi is exploding with no end in sight. Las Vegas--A lot of the gadgets and toys on display at this year's CES show will have one aspect in common: Wi-Fi capability. Several of these products will also feature the latest in Wi-Fi networking; Wi-Fi Direct—which connects wireless clients directly without need for a Wi-Fi network or hotspot and is being cited as a key technology for 2011.
The Wi-Fi Alliance has just released a new poll that solidifies the fact that consumers want Wi-Fi in just about every technology product. . • 62% of respondents said they will make sure their next cell phone is Wi-Fi enabled. • 65% said it is likely they will seek Wi-Fi capability in every tech item they buy in 2011 The report also details the phenomenal growth of Wi-Fi. That staggering growth is expected to continue. Connect with Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology. Giant pandas go wireless - Technology & science - Wireless. PORTLAND, Ore. — Giant pandas may well prefer bamboo to laptops, but wireless technology is helping researchers in China in their efforts to protect the endangered animals living in the remote Wolong Nature Reserve. Wireless technology recently installed by Intel Corp. in the mountainous 500,000-acre reserve is helping researchers communicate with one another as well as download and record data about the pandas' lives and movements — simple activities that were cumbersome and time-consuming in the preserve before the technology upgrade.
Researchers "can take the laptops out into the field and record data," said Katherine Feng, project specialist for the nonprofit international education organization GLOBIO. "I think it will aid in research and breeding programs, and help protect pandas from extinction. " About 300 giant pandas live in the Wolong Nature Reserve — half in captivity and half in the wild. Only about 1,500 of the animals are left in the world. Airlines Install Wi-Fi on Planes, but Customers Are Reluctant to Sign On. In-flight Wi-Fi takes off. We rely on the Internet for work, entertainment and much more. And, thanks to phones and laptops, we're more connected than ever. Airports have long offered Wi-Fi access, but connecting to the Internet in the air generally hasn't been possible. Early attempts to offer in-flight Wi-Fi didn't fare well.
Notably, Boeing's Connexion service shut down in 2006. Now the times are changing. Air-to-ground Most major airlines have partnered with third-party providers, but you won't find in-flight access on all of their planes. Aircell's Gogo service uses air-to-ground (ATG) connections. Laptops, phones and handheld game units using 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi can connect. You must log in to a Web page to use Gogo, so a Web browser is needed. American Airlines recently rolled out Gogo on some 767-200 planes. Delta plans to install Gogo on its entire fleet by next summer. Gogo provides unfettered access to the Internet, with one exception.
The system detects voice data. Network capacity isn't the problem. Launches Intel® Centrino™ Mobile Technology. Intel Launches Intel® Centrino™ Mobile Technology New Capabilities Unwire Mobile PCs to Change Where and How People Compute and Communicate SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 12, 2003 - Intel Corporation today introduced Intel® Centrino™ mobile technology, integrating wireless capability into a new generation of mobile PCs that will bring business users and consumers greater freedom to connect in new places and in new ways.
Representing Intel's best technology for mobile PCs, Intel Centrino mobile technology includes a new mobile processor, related chipsets and 802.11 wireless network functions that have been optimized, tested and validated to work together. In addition to wireless communications, Intel Centrino mobile technology includes features designed to enable extended battery life, thinner and lighter notebook designs, and outstanding mobile performance. Intel Centrino mobile technology-based notebook PCs are available immediately from leading computer makers worldwide. Intel Kicks Off New Unwire Campaign — Datamation.com. When the Centrino Mobile brand for laptops -- those with a Pentium-M chip coupled with embedded Wi-Fi for connectivity -- shipped in March of 2003, Intel Now comes part two.
Sean Connolly, Intel's world wide advertising manager, says that a portion of the company's Autumn campaign is already in gear as Intel pushes One Unwired Day, its initiative to provide free Wi-Fi Internet access as at many hotspots as will participate. That event takes place this Thursday, September 25, and will feature concerts and festivals in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. Intel is already heavily promoting the day on Web sites (like Yahoo.com) as well as in publications like USA Today. "We're pretty happy and excited about some of the online work we're doing around the launch, with some unique creative [ads, using] the unique Centrino Mobile logo to bring personality and meaning to that brand," says Connolly.
All the new advertising will feature heavy integration of the blue and magenta Centrino logo. Wi-Fi 2015: Where Is Wireless Networking Going? - www.wi-fiplanet.com. With more than 1 billion devices on the market and 802.11n now standardized, what's next for the networking technology? A panel of networking experts at Interop peers into the crystal ball. LAS VEGAS -- With more than 1 billion devices in service, Wi-Fi arguably ranks as one of the most successful networking technologies ever created.
But what will it take for Wi-Fi to continue to grow? A panel of standards experts tackled that question here at the Interop conference. "We expect a long run as there is no end in sight for Wi-Fi technology," Edgar Figueroa, CEO of the Wi-Fi Alliance, told the audience. Ben Guderian, vice president of wireless solutions at Polycom, added that with 802.11n now in the market, Wi-Fi can truly be the primary source of network connectivity for enterprises, rather than going the wired route. On the speed front, multiple panelists noted that work is progressing on the 802.11ac standard, which will bring gigabit networking speeds to wireless networks.
Intel's Centrino aims to take your laptop off its leash. Intel's Centrino aims to take your laptop off its leash NEW YORK/HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) — Intel, the world's largest computer microprocessor maker, launched a set of chips Wednesday that promise to make wireless Internet access a standard feature on laptops, untying computer users from the tangle of electrical wires.
At news conferences held in cities around the globe, Intel unveiled a set of chips known as Centrino, which it said will allow mobile computer users to access the Internet at home and a growing number of public places via radio waves. "It's going to give a kick to the industry," Intel Chief Executive Craig Barrett told a New York news conference.
"This is really — after 20 years of talking about it — the most tangible evidence of the conversion of computing and communications," he declared. A second Intel executive took a meat cleaver and chopped a computer cord in half, symbolically untethering his machine. "You're seeing the advent of wireless technology," Barrett said. Wireless Local Area Network Chipset Market to Double in 2011 Courtesy of Wi-Fi. With Wi-Fi functionality becoming a standard feature in a host of electronic devices spanning televisions, cameras and car entertainment systems, shipments of wireless local area network (WLAN) chipsets will double in 2011, according to new IHS iSuppli research. Shipments of WLAN chipsets, mainly Wi-Fi compatible devices, are projected to reach 738.9 million units this year, up a resounding 101.5 percent from 366.8 million units in 2010.
Shipment of the chipsets will rise to exceed 1 billion units in shipments next year and then hit more than 2 billion units by 2014. “Wireless connectivity has become a must-have item in electronic devices in the computer, consumer, communications and automotive markets,” said Jagdish Rebello, senior director and principal analyst for consumer and communication electronics at IHS. “These days, an electronic product not capable of communicating or accessing content at any time or in any place is regarded by consumers as deficient. S.F. tops in connectivity, cybercrime risk, study says. When it comes to wireless hotspots per capita, access to broadband and the number of online shoppers and e-mail users, San Francisco is way ahead of the curve, making it one of the tech-savviest cities in the country.
But according to a new Symantec study, San Francisco's high connectivity also makes it the fourth city most at risk of being victimized by cybercrime. In the Norton Top 10 Riskiest Online Cities report, the security company ranked the threat of cybercrime at the 50 largest U.S. cities based on categories like the number of attack attempts on users' computers, compromised machines, access to wireless Internet and Web usage. Although San Francisco ranked 17th on the list of cities with the most cybercrime - which might suggest that residents here are more careful than other large-city dwellers - Dan Nadir, Symantec's director of product management, said better and more frequent access to the Internet has become synonymous with online risk. Character type: The Dr. Free Wi-Fi Hotspots Outnumber Paid Wi-Fi in the U.S. Says JiWire: Tech News and Analysis «
The number of free wireless hotspots in the U.S. outnumber paid Wi-Fi locations for the first time, with 55.1 percent of public Wi-Fi locations available at no charge, according to a report from JiWire, an advertising company that focuses marketing specifically through Wi-Fi networks. Driving growth on the supply side are carrier and cable implementations of free hotspots, along with retailers like Sam’s Club finding value-add and location-based services to pair with traditional brick-and-mortar advertising. JiWire’s Insights report for the second quarter of 2010 show that growth of free Wi-Fi isn’t a U.S. -only phenomenon. Worldwide, seven of the top ten countries ranked by the number of public hotspots added locations, with France taking the lead in growth.
The growth of free hotspots will bring eventual challenges for Wi-Fi networks such as Boingo Wireless, which offer monthly and pay-as-you-go wireless access for a fee. Related GigaOM Pro content (sub req’d): USA Home to More Open Wireless WiFi Broadband Hotspots than EU and UK − ISPreview UK. By The Numbers ~ September-October 2010.