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$100 dollar laptop

Interesting article about a new generation of no-frills laptops, includes stuff about building wifi networks in developing countries.

By peterlockley at 2005-02-21 17:36 | Link | Technology | login or register to post comments

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SWANsat to Turn Earth into Wi-Fi Hotspot

These guys need to link together.

Imagine a series of at least three geosynchronous orbital satellites providing wireless Internet access to the entire world. That’s exactly what a project called SWANsat or Super-Wide Area Network Satellite plans to do by the year 2011. They intend to be a global broadband Internet service provider that can facilitate up to 600 million connections per satellite. All you need is a handheld mobile device to connect to the system.

keep reading Wayde's Blog:

http://www.gizmocafe.com/blogs/gizmo_waydes_blog/archive/2006/08/21/96546.aspx

By global connecti... at Tue, 2006-08-22 05:29 | login or register to post comments