Wine Legend Fred Franzia To Make Rare Appearance On Wi-Fi TV’s www.WineNationTV.com (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

LODI, Calif.—-Wi-Fi TV Inc. , www.Wi-FiTV.com, announced today that Fred T. Franzia, President of Bronco Wine Company, Ceres, California, is making a rare appearance on www.WineNationTV.com.

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The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to Offer Free Wi-Fi (Display & Design Ideas)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Los Angeles-based The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, the oldest and largest privately held chain of specialty coffee and tea stores in the United States, announces that it will offer “totally free” Wi-Fi Internet access at virtually all company-owned stores.

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Vail Wi-Fi concerns (Vail Daily)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

I am writing today on behalf of all the visitors to the lovely Town of Vail who happen to bring their computers with them on vacation and who find themselves trying to gain access to the internet using Vail Wi-Fi.

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New 802.11r Wi-Fi standard allows quick roaming (MacNN)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

The IEEE standards group has approved 802.11r, a new variant on Wi-Fi designed to support roaming between access points. Also called Fast Basic Service Set Transition, the technology is designed to keep a secure Wi-Fi connection active by anticipating the needed security settings at the next access point. The format can determine the security settings and quality of service info for the next …

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Wi-Fi users vulnerable to ‘piggybacking’ (Guardian Unlimited)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Internet users with Wi-Fi could be paying for other people’s web surfing and exposing themselves to fraud, a report claimed today. Research from moneysupermarket.com revealed more than 3.5m adults, or 1 in 9, admit to “piggybacking” other people’s wireless broadband without permission. Of those who admit to piggybacking, nearly half (46%) said they check emails and do some browsing, while …

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Wireless Roaming Wi-Fi 802.11r Standard Beats 11n to Completion [Wi-Fi] (Gizmodo)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

The 802.11n standard for Wi-Fi may still be technically a draft specification, but the IEEE has now completed the 802.11r specs, making a new standard for Wi-Fi roaming. Why should you care about…

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Wi-Fi: You old new smoothie? (The Register)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Oblivious IEEE waves through standard for dead dream The IEEE has formally approved 802.11r, the amendment to the Wi-Fi standard that allows devices to smoothly transition between Wi-Fi hotspots without breaking the flow of conversation.…

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Wi-Fi users vulnerable to ‘piggybacking’ (Guardian Unlimited)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Internet users with Wi-Fi could be paying for other people’s web surfing and exposing themselves to fraud, a report claims

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The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf(R) Announces ‘Totally Free’ Wi-Fi Program (Centre Daily Times)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf(R), the oldest and largest privately-held chain of specialty coffee and tea stores in the United States, announces that it will offer “totally free” Wi-Fi Internet access at virtually all company-owned stores. The company started installing the Wi-Fi units in July and many stores will have the wireless service by the end of August.

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Oregon Convention Center Takes Leadership Position with High Performance Wi-Fi (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—-Xirrus, Inc., the only Wi-Fi “Power-Play” that can replace Ethernet workgroup switches with Wi-Fi as the primary network connection, announced today that the Oregon Convention Center has replaced their traditional Wi-Fi access points with Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays to improve the coverage, user density, and overall performance of their wireless internet services sold to …

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