Wide Area WiFi Tested in Michigan Towns

In another demonstration of Wi-Fi for a wide area, the service is being rolled out in several hotspot demo areas in Kentwood and Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Virtual Reality Helps Calm 9/11 Anxiety

For months after Sept. 11, 2001, Fire Chief Stephen King had the same haunting dream: an endless wooden staircase spiraling into the clouds, his friends climbing ever skyward, always beyond his reach.

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Man Films His Suicide Live On Phone

A man filmed himself jumping to his death on his mobile video phone and beamed the live images to his horrified girlfriend.

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Cows Painted Pink, Purple Used As Living Billboards

Some colorful cows are taking the place of big, bulky roadside advertisements in one Florida county. So much for new technology.

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End of Innocence for Mozilla?

Perhaps the foundation is crossing a line from which it can never retreat by forming a for-profit business.

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Advertising.com settles FTC adware charges

An America Online Inc. subsidiary will no longer bundle its anti-spyware program with software that tracks consumers' online habits and force-feeds them pop-up ads, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.

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Broadband users Turn off TV

Broadband Internet surfers in North America watch two fewer hours of television per week than do those without Internet access, while those using a dial-up connection watch 1.5 fewer hours of TV.

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Internet Faxing Services

A list of Online Faxing Services, there are probably more online faxing services available than you think, though not all are independent of one another.

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Gambling to go wireless in Nevada

Handheld devices will let casino patrons take their shot even at the buffet

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Yahoo gathering ABC, CNN news clips

Video clips from CNN.com and ABC News will become part of Internet media company Yahoo Inc.'s free on-demand content, following agreements announced Monday.

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California Blames Cow Gas For Smog

California's San Joaquin Valley for some time has had the dirtiest air in the country. Monday, officials said gases from ruminating dairy cows, not exhaust from cars, are the region's biggest single source of a chief smog-forming pollutant.

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