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My Favorite
Buzzword:
Get ready for the
Wireless MAN, baby. Or short for
Wireless Metropolitan Area Network.
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All About The MAN
Spam Overload Dept:
According
to a recent survey, about 65 percent of Net users spend 10 minutes
or more a day dealing with spam. About 37 percent of respondents get
100 junk messages a day, and 63 percent get 50 or more.
Source:
Symantec and Insightexpress
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Essentials:
Ben Sullivan's
Tech Blog
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News.com
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NY Times
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SiliconValley
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Slashdot
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The Register
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Tom's Hardware
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Business 2.0
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Business Week
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CFO
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Economist
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Fast Company
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Forbes
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Fortune
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Inc.
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Newsweek
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Red Herring
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Smart Money
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Time
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US News
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Wired
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my Site
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Alice Hill's Technology
Watch
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Buzzword Altert: The "Cantenna" WiFi Booster
 This all started as an act of desperation. College kids in search of free WiFi piggybacking rigged Pringles potato chip cans on their rooftops to find wireless signals that would normally be out of range. They dubbed the devices "cantennas."
Now the Super Cantenna lets you do the same with a more polished $19.95 version. No chips included. According to the company, here is why you would upgrade from the snack variety of antenna:
"Why not a "home made" Cantenna? The Super Cantenna's dimensions, shielding, and polarization have been engineered for maximum signal strength and distance, using only high-quality and lab-tested materials to manufacture the outer shell and inner parts. This ensures consistent and superior performance over typical homemade 'Pringles' type antennas."
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