The real way to free Wi-Fi
The Washington Post story about "free" super-Wi-Fi has been largely discredited, but there already is a practical plan for free Wi-Fi: Sharing. Here's how it works.
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge PC operating system. SJVN covers networking, Linux, open source, and operating systems.
Latest Posts
We still need mail as well as e-mail
The US Postal Service is getting ready to stop Saturday delivery of first-class mail on August 1st. Even with e-mail, instant messaging, groupware, and social networking, we still need the mail.
What is "Super Wi-Fi?"
The Washington Post is reporting that the US Federal Communications Commission wants to "create super WiFi networks." So what are they talking about anyway?
How to fix the UPnP security holes
Universal Plug and Play has always had security holes. Here's how to plug them.
Google+ moves up to second place in social networks
Facebook still has a massive lead, but Google+, with 343-million active users, is now the second most popular social network.
Big bugs, big bucks: Pwn2Own awards reach half a million
The Pwn2Own Web browser hacking competition is expanding to cover browser plug-ins, and the prize pool is now up to more than half-a-million dollars in cash and prizes.
Review: What to expect from Mega's free 50GB of cloud storage
50GB of free storage sounds great, but Kim Dotcom's new Mega cloud service still has many bugs.
Kim Dotcom's back with a new 50GB free storage service: Mega
Kim Dotcom's Megaupload site remains locked up in a legal battle, but the irrepressible Dotcom is back with a 50GB free storage, cloud-based service.
I'm real. Are you? It's getting harder to tell on the Internet
Famous Notre Dame football player Manti Te'o's "girl-friend" was a hoax. "Bob" held down several real-world jobs while out-sourcing his work to China. And, "Robin Sage" fooled top security officials until her creator revealed she was a fake. It's getting harder than ever to say who's really "real" on the Internet.
Can legal changes prevent another Aaron Swartz tragedy?
Under intolerable legal pressure, brilliant, but depressed, hacker and Internet freedom advocate Aaron Swartz took his own life. We should strive to prevent this from happening to anyone else.