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Beyond that there is nothing but doubt, since no one in Baton Rouge has yet claimed to recall the Hamdis, who returned to Saudi Arabia in the early '80s, according to officials. His father might have worked in the petrochemical industry, which forms the industrial base of Baton Rouge, or at Louisiana State University, where hundreds of Saudis have taken part in a petroleum-engineering program over the years. But oil companies have not been able to find a record of Hamdi's father or mother, nor has Louisiana State...
...private home and office networks, Wi-Fi (which stands for wireless fidelity) isn't as sophisticated as 3G cellular. The small, stand-alone Wi-Fi transmitters that pass information between computers and the Internet have a range of about 90 m; you can't roam far from a base station without losing the connection. But blazing speed?data zips along at 11 megabits per second, more than five times faster than the transfer rate of planned 3G systems?makes Wi-Fi a practical way for commuters to download their e-mail while waiting for an airplane, a train...
...users, according to some industry analysts. Portable computer makers now sell many models with built-in Wi-Fi capabilities (the technology is also referred to as Wireless LAN, for local-area network, or as 802.11b). Setting up a network takes no license and no special skills. A simple base station costs as little...
...install Wi-Fi and now gives wireless broadband service away to guests. In Singapore, networking giant Cisco systems has helped put hot spots in A&W Restaurants, shopping plazas and at the city's convention center. In Japan, NTT Communications has announced it intends to sprinkle Wi-Fi base stations around the country?a move that observers say could pickpocket revenue from sister company NTT DoCoMo's pioneering 3G network...
...fifth, Sabin helped her cause by drawing a lead-off walk. After UMass starter Kaila Holtz struck two players out, sophomore Kim Koral was able to reach base on an infield...