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Boingo to provide WiFi service on Washington State ferries

Boingo Wireless provides WiFi services all over the world and I have used them on the past in Spain and London. They have been busy adding more wireless networks and today announced that they will be providing the services for the Washington State ferry system. About 1/4 of the employees...

Tags: Ferry, Boingo Networks, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Matthew Miller, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Trading Latency for Energy in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Using Message Ferrying

Power management is a critical issue in wireless ad hoc networks where the energy supply is limited. This paper investigates a routing paradigm, Message Ferrying MF, to save energy while trading off data delivery delay. In MF, special nodes called ferries move around the deployment area to deliver messages for...

Tags: Ferry, Power Management, Latency, Wireless

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Psystar releases 'build your own Hackintosh' kit

there a few brain who will throw a fit big time Will nice i really wanna see what will happen on the legal side .but its a bit too late how many people already have the appz .... Well like many people ask for so long osx...

Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, EULA, EFI

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

TripView Sydney Lite 1.6 (Mobile)

TripView Lite displays Sydney Train, public bus and ferry timetable data on your phone. It features a summary view showing your next few services, as well as a full timetable viewer. All timetable data is stored on your phone It features define trips using presets, multi-segment trips, auto route calculation...

Tags: Trip, Mobile, Grofsoft, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2009-09-05

TripView Sydney 1.6 (Mobile)

TripView Sydney Lite displays Sydney train, public bus and ferry transport timetable data on your phone. It features a summary view showing your next few services, as well as a full timetable viewer. All timetable data is stored on your phone It features define trips using presets, multi-segment trips, auto...

Tags: Trip, Mobile, Grofsoft, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2009-09-05

WSF Schedule 2.3 (Mobile)

WSF Schedule is a must for anyone living in, or traveling to, the Pacific Northwest the complete Washington state ferry schedules, includes up-to-the-minute ferry alerts, as provided by the Washington state ferry system and key points of interest near your destination terminal.

Tags: Washington, Mobile, Richard Joffray, WSF Schedule, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-06-18

The "Me Too" Kindle 2 Review

The "Me Too" Kindle 2 ReviewBuyer bewarehttp://blogs.sun.com/joehartley/entry/caveat_emptor_don_t_buyCiao!I have One - A Good E-ReaderI at first balked at the pricy Kindle 2, but ended up buying one anyway. (Gotta do my part for the economy :)) I am happy with my decision and use the Kindle all the time....

Tags: E-mail, Web browsers, Digital media, Kindle 2

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

A Visit to the BlackBerry Hospital

You all know that sick and dejected feeling -- your mobile device is ill. You notice that it's starting to act flaky. It's crashing randomly, and you find yourself having to hard reset it a couple of times again. Like that beloved pet you bring back to the vet for...

Tags: Hospital, Atlanta, RIM BlackBerry, Device Support Centers, Handhelds, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-06

Interview with Andrea Vaccari, research associate at MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory

Now that machine and sensor data is joining social data traffic on the Internet, the ability to interpret and create meaning out of the information to improve life could be the post-Web 2.0 manifesto. MIT's Senseable City Lab has been on the task for years with various...

Tags: City, Mobile, Network, Data, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Cell Phone, Analysis, SENSEable City Laboratory, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-06

A solar-powered sailboat: Counter-intuitive or just good design?

A solar-powered sailboat: Counter-intuitive or just good design?consider sailor's state of mind One sails for the experience and the freedom from fossil fuels. A $40,000 sailboat is capable of sailing around the world and even some as shorter than 10 meters have done so. A multi-million dollar motor cruiser will...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Counter-intuitive, good design, solar energy, PlanetSolar

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Ontime HK 1.3 (Mobile)

Ontime HK shows you exactly how many minutes to your next ferry. It saves your soul from deciphering the cryptic timetables from all the ferries companies. Currently featured routes are: Discovery Bay buses and ferries, Peng Chau, Mui Wo, Cheung Chau, Yung Shue Wan and So Kwu Wan.Version 1.3 updated...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Tian Di Web, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-03-16

Following the money

It's time to follow the money, and there may be a lot of it to follow as it flows from China, Saudi Arabia and Japan to Washington and then is recycled into states and cities across America. Last week Departrment of Housing and Urban Development HUD started doling out...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Insulation, Money, HUD Website, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-03

Moby S.p.A. Streamlines In-Port Ferry Operations by Automating Check-in for Five Million Passengers

Moby S.p.A. wanted to enhance customer service with a new ticketing and self-service check-in solution on frequently travelled routes and introduce mobile and self-service check-in tools for passengers to reduce waiting times at ticket outlets across its ports. The challenge was to install a reliable solution to ensure that ticket...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Mobile, Passenger, S.p.A., Advertising & Promotion, Databases, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies 2009-02-01

iPhone first responder at US Airways crash into Hudson River

VentureBeat posted the story about Janis Krums, one of the first responders at the site of a US Airways plane crash into the Hudson River today. The plane crashed this afternoon shortly after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Krums was arriving in a rescue boat and...

Tags: Apple iPhone, US Airways Group Inc., Twitter, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-01-15

Newsweek: Obama, McCain campaigns hacked by 'foreign entity'

Newsweek: Obama, McCain campaigns hacked by 'foreign entity'back to microfilm and locked filing cabinetsProblems like this clearly demonstrate why computers are not good tools for groups to use for composing private written materials. Its a lot harder to download a type writer or sneak someone into a room with...

Tags: File servers, PRODUCTIVITY, foreign entity, Obama McCain campaign, Obama McCain, Newsweek

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

The health IT archipelago

How is health care technology in the U.S. like the Philippines? It's an archipelago, islands of technology, often unconnected, linked by ferry lines of bureaucracy and paper. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn, Doctors

Blog posts 2008-11-02

Nano-cargo-ships to kill tumors

A team of U.S. researchers has developed nano-sized 'cargo ships' to target and destroy tumors. They say that these 'ships can sail throughout the body via the bloodstream without immediate detection from the body's immune radar system and ferry their cargo of anti-cancer drugs and markers into tumors that might...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Managerial Accounting, Document Management, Mice, Finance, Software, Roland Piquepaille, Ship, Cell, Researcher

Blog posts 2008-09-15

Tube Sydney 1.0 (Mobile)

Tube Sydney is a superb interactive guide to the Sydney rail, metro & ferry systems accurately overlaid onto an informative downtown Sydney street map. With no need for a internet connection Tube will display a clear scrollable detailed map of the Sydney public transport system, it can calculate the quickest...

Tags: Route, Mobile, Sydney, Visual IT, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-08-18

Nokia 500 Auto Navigation

First announced at SEMA 2007, the Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system is finally hitting the streets. It's the second portable navigation device we've seen from the Finnish cell phone manufacturer (the first being the Nokia 330 Auto Navigation) and it's a big improvement over the 330. The design is a...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system, power button, Nokia Corp., Nokia 500, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation

Product reviews 2008-07-23

China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?

Chinese hackers may have been behind power blackouts in Florida and the Northeast, according to a report in the National Journal. The report, penned by Shane Harris for the National Journal, lays out a lengthy case that China has deployed hackers working unofficially and officially for the...

Tags: U.S., China, Blackout, Hacker, Intelligence Official, Takeaway, Government, Hacking, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-30