Wireless Home Network News

'Wi-Fi works better within short ranges (The Press-Enterprise)
Adam DuVander likes to surf the Internet from his laptop wherever he happens to be -- at home, a coffee shop or a neighborhood park. He has been able to do so thanks to wireless hotspots set up by networking activists in Portland, Ore.

'Bentonville To Offer Free Wireless Internet (The Morning News)
BENTONVILLE -- Laptop users can begin accessing the Internet outside on the Bentonville square today.

'Cities gamble on wireless Internet for revenue (The Press-Enterprise)
A $3 million plan to blanket Lompoc with a wireless Internet system promised a quantum leap for economic development: The community hit hard by cutbacks at nearby Vandenberg Air Force Base would join the 21st century with cheap and plentiful high-speed access.

'Going Green (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
LOVE FOR AN off-grid oceanfront parcel in Waa Waa, which is located on the southeast corner of the Big Island, inspired Beverly and Dallas Jackson to build an environmentally friendly "green" home away from the network of wires that deliver electricity and communications.

'Fast Forward's Help File (Washington Post)
Q I usually travel with a laptop, which has a Cingular Wireless data card in addition to its WiFi receiver. Which will be more secure on the road, the card or a hotel's WiFi network?