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...more than new standards, look for Wi-Fi compatibility as you shop for wireless stuff. The name stands for "wireless fidelity"; what it means is that any network devices that are Wi-Fi certified can work together. Why should you care? Because increasingly, you'll be able to use these devices in public places like airport lounges, hotels and fast-food joints to find and hop onto high-speed connections...
...laptop from room to room, even take it out to the backyard swimming pool, and still connect wirelessly to your network, as well as to the great Net beyond. Your connection between the laptop and PC is fast, about 11 Mbps, the same speed as the Ethernet networks businesses use to interconnect their computers, by wires, at work. That's fast enough, by the way, to watch a movie on your laptop that's actually running in the DVD drive of your desktop 300 ft. away...
...trash 37. 2000 Masters winner 39. Car in a 1964 hit song 40. Smear 42. Third World leaders recently concluded a summit here 44. Volunteers have begun an attempt to move a three-ton stone from here to Stonehenge 45. Eighth Greek letter 46. New Zealand is scrapping the use of this title 47. It's occasionally lied about down...
...Americans are often seen as technophobic,the latest studies, including Microsoft's Senior Initiative, show that they are taking to the Internet faster than any other age group. Many have discovered e-mail as a fast and easy way to communicate with friends and relatives, especially grandchildren. Seniors also use the Net to research genealogy, manage their finances, shop and plan trips. Seniors can learn more about cyberspace and how to use it with online tutorials at senior-net.com...
...same challenges as inner-city schools in nearby Hartford: low scores on standardized tests, dropping enrollment and high rates of detention. Then the school's hard-driving principal, Delores Bolton, persuaded her board to shake up the place by buying a laptop computer for each student and teacher to use, in school and at home. For good measure, the board provided wireless Internet access at school. Total cost: $2.5 million...