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- ATThere will probably be......some kind of MD5 digest hashed to an iPhone private key which will be present on an update to the firmware. Yes?Yep - it's goneI tried at a Starbucks here in Colorado Springs and it asks for a user name, etc... vs just asking for you...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, Starbucks Corp., Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- Apple and AT&T providing free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users and oops... to everyone else as well!
- You have to love security through obscurity... A friend of mine on a private mailing list passed me a link to a story on macrumors.com, which was quite interesting. Apparently, Apple and AT&T has decided to provide free wireless access to iPhone users at places like Starbucks. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Wi-Fi Access, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Starbucks Corp., User Agent, MacRumors, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- AT&T iPhone owners may be getting free WiFi at Starbucks and other AT&T hotspots
- AT&T iPhone owners may be getting free WiFi at Starbucks and other AT&T hotspotsjust use a Starbucks card for free wirelessIf you go to Starbucks more than once a month, just register a Starbucks card and use it once a month - 2 free hours of wireless access per day.If...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Starbucks Corp., AT&T Corp., HotSpot, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- AT&T iPhone owners may be getting free WiFi at Starbucks and other AT&T hotspots
- Although T-Mobile still has no 3G wireless data network, they at least provide free T-Mobile HotSpot WiFi service as part of their US$20/month EDGE data plan. I was concerned when I first heard that AT&T was taking over the Starbucks WiFi service from T-Mobile. However, T-Mobile then issued a statement...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, SIM Card, HotSpot, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Starbucks Corp., Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Exclusive: First look at Starbucks iTunes service
- Exclusive: First look at Starbucks iTunes serviceIs Wireless Going To Be Free For AT&T Customers?We pay out the nose already for service and *cough* no dropped calls *cough*, are we going to have to pay to use wireless if we are already AT&T customers?If so, then count me out.How would...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Starbucks Corp., wireless, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Exclusive: First look at Starbucks iTunes service
- Apple is starting to roll out their iTunes WiFi service in Starbucks cafes in the United States that's a result of a partnership between the two and AT&T. Starbucks announced in February a plan to deliver AT&T Wi-Fi service at more than 7,000 company-operated locations across the United States. ...
- Tags: Starbucks Corp., Apple iTunes, Weinkrantz, Digital Music, Wireless LANs, Digital Media, Corporate Communications, Wireless, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-04-19
- Starbucks Reduces Costs and Prepares for Growth With Server Upgrade
- Starbucks Coffee Company is the leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffees in the world. In order to simplify its complex server environment, while still supporting its growth plans, Starbucks decided to implement a new domain structure and upgrade to Active Directory Domain Services in the 64-bit edition of Windows...
- Tags: Auditing, Starbucks Corp., Server Upgrade, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Case studies 2008-03-17
- MacBook+Air+Diary-Day+20%3A+Cutting+the+cord
- MacBook+Air+Diary-Day+20%3A+Cutting+the+cordDecent BonusIt's a decent bonus if you already have AT&T DSL, but I'm not going to switch to a slower service to get access at Starbucks/McDonalds for free. The airport service is much more valuable for travellers, for sure.Many people are already above a 3mb download speed at home,...
- Tags: Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Network technology, airport service, MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, wireless, Starbucks Corp., MacBook Air Diary-Day 20, Ethernet
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- MacBook Air Diary-Day 20: Cutting the cord
- Yesterday, I blogged about traveling light and paring down my computer bag down to a MacBook Air in a simple sleeve. Today I want to ween myself off wired network connections. For some, going 100 percent wireless borders on blasphemy (with its inherent security issues, lack of...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, AT&T Corp., Starbucks Corp., AT&T DSL Rate, DSL, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Wireless, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Starbucks goes with AT&T for WiFi; T-Mobile subscribers will still get access
- Starbucks goes with AT&T for WiFi; T-Mobile subscribers will still get accessi have avoided starbucks for 5 years nowi love starbucks when it came out but when they added paid internet access i stopped going. i haven't gone for 5 years. and it sucks. but i'm not going to pay...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, AT&T Corp., Starbucks Corp., T-Mobile, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-02-12
- Here's why AT&T Starbucks free Wi-Fi doesn't include AT&T cell customers
- By now, many of you have heard that the 7,000 U.S. Starbucks Wi-Fi locations will be switching their Wi-Fi service provider from adding an alternative to T-Mobile. That alternative access will be via AT&T's Wi-Fi network. The agreement, which will offer up to two hours of free...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., Starbucks Corp., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Starbucks goes with AT&T for WiFi; T-Mobile subscribers will still get access
- Starbucks said it will begin offering Wi-Fi access in its 7,000 stores via AT&T ending a long relationship with T-Mobile. Under another pact, subscribers to T-Mobile will still have access to AT&T's network. Today Starbucks customers need a paid account to T-Mobile to get WiFi access. Starting...
- Tags: Rollout, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Starbucks Corp., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Are You Starbucks or Mardi Gras?
- Organizations continue to be enchanted by the possibilities social networks can offer, but even before the first line of code is written, they need to answer some fundamental questions about their own identities and objectives: "Are you a library, Starbucks or Mardi Gras?" asks John Eckman John's...
- Tags: Network, Starbucks Corp., Organization, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- More winners and losers from Apple's iPod refresh
- Once everyone calms down from the shock of Apple's iPhone price drop, perhaps we can look at the iPod lineup more rationally. While the stock price keeps dropping and pissed-off customers hope to return their phones, there was a lot of good news for customers this week (and bad news...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Apple iPod, Customer, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Starbucks Corp., David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
- Apple iPod Touch will cannibalize iPhone
- Updated: Apple rolled out its much-anticipated iPod lineup Wednesday and an updated iTunes. A big part of that lineup is the iPod Touch, which is a nice end run around the iPhone due to its built-in Wi-Fi. What's the biggest hangup with the iPhone? The AT&T network...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Screen, Technology Business Research, Apple iPod Nano, Apple Inc., Starbucks Corp., Wi-Fi, Shuffle, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- The phoneless iPhone lives: iPod touch
- Steve Jobs unveiled the phoneless iPhone, an iPod with all the goodness that debuted in the iPhone. Dubbed the iPod touch, the device is 8mm wide and has the 3.5-inch widescreen display, and Wi-Fi, which will allow users to buy iTunes music wireless. Jobs also announced a...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Starbucks Corp., Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- Update on Devil's Lake, North Dakota
- I flew into Fargo Thursday afternoon and then drove a long, long ways, through more corn, sunflowers, and sugarbeets than I've ever seen in my life. In between, there were sugarbeet, corn, and ethanol processing plants (woo hoo! Renewable energy!), and the occasional Dairy Queen. While I haven't...
- Tags: North Dakota, Starbucks Corp., Wi-Fi, Corn, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-08-09
- Bill Gates on local advertising: Yellow Pages gone in 5 years
- Bill Gates on local advertising: Yellow Pages gone in 5 yearshouse of cardsTaking this approach of laying voice technology of MS's existing search infrastructure is like building a house of cards on quick sand. Even if it were Yahoo, Google, etc. the store wouldn't be much prettier.The problem is,...
- Tags: SEARCH, Starbucks Corp., Yellow Pages, Yahoo! Inc., card, Microsoft Corp., local advertising, Bill Gates
- Discussion threads 2007-05-15
- Google's aiming to become the Starbucks of the digital universe
- Cringely continues his exploration into what Google really plans to be when it grows up. He speculates that Googles fixation on buying up real estate near power sources and building datacenters like hot-spotted Starbucks coffee shops is part of the companys goal to become your indispensable phone, cable company and...
- Tags: General, Web Technology, Google, Google Inc., Starbucks Corp., data center
- Blog posts 2007-01-19
- Your network backup is at Starbucks
- Your network backup is at StarbucksIncompetentArghhh! Any director who is tolerating network outages should be fired. Fix the problem. Outsource the network management, if the inhouse guys can't cut it. A reliable internal network is the answer, not placing your critical data in the hands...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Backups, VPNs, Network security, Starbucks Corp., network, network backup, backup, internal network
- Discussion threads 2006-09-13
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