Over the past three years, large cities and rural towns promised to bring WiFi to every street corner, park bench and doorstep. The wireless service was to be the key to extending cheap Internet access to underserved areas and low-income neighborhoods.
Reuters - Amid the flood of third-party instrument peripherals emerging for the new “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” music simulation games, God forbid if Gene Simmons would miss an opportunity to get his brand on.
InfoWorld - Sun is offering on Thursday its open-source Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server version 3 Prelude, a Web application server based on a modular OSGi architecture with capabilities from the planned Java Platform EE (Enterprise Edition) 6 release.
AP - Without Google’s muscle behind it, Yahoo’s chances for digging out of a long slump are looking even poorer, making it appear more likely that the company will turn to Microsoft or AOL to help weather the economic downturn.
Reuters - A senior congressional Democrat on Monday accused the Bush administration of rushing to implement Internet gambling rules that have raised concerns among banks before it leaves office on January 20.
