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AA = CAVU + WIFI - VoIP |
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Today American Airlines will begin testing onboard wifi service on a flight from New York to Los Angeles. If all goes well, the service will be officially launched in a couple of weeks. No content filtering (hmmm) and no voice over Internet (praise God). CAVU? Say, what? C’mon … look it up on the Internet. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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Comments (0)May 13, 2008
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Wireless Philadelphia to Become Network-less Philadelphia on June 12 [UPDATED] |
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Today’s Inquirer reports that EarthLink will end wifi service for the troubled Wireless Philadelphia project on June 12. Right now, it doesn’t look like any other company will take over operations — apparently, EarthLink couldn’t even give the network equipment away. But you wouldn’t know that from the latest post on the WP Web site by CEO Greg Goldman, dated May 9: “Wireless Philadelphia and the City of Philadelphia continue to work together to ensure a positive future for Philadelphia’s municipal wireless network and nationally-recognized Digital Inclusion program, the vision of which is to provide all citizens with access to essential technological resources for education, employment, and other life opportunities.” Click here for more background info on Wireless Philadelphia — plus a pretty decent rant – by our own RayAna Park. UPDATE (May 14) — WP now has a statement on their site: “Today we received an announcement that EarthLink intends to discontinue operation of its Municipal Wi-Fi Network in Philadelphia. The reason cited was that negotiations with a certain party failed to come to a positive conclusion. The transfer of the EarthLink network is by definition a complex, time-intensive, multi-party transaction. Despite today’s announcement, Wireless Philadelphia and the City are still working actively together to identify alternatives for preserving this network and applying it to numerous civic, commercial and social purposes. We remain optimistic for an orderly resolution of this matter. Regardless, Wireless Philadelphia is utterly steadfast in its determination to extend internet access to all members of the community, and we intend to do everything in our power to continue the momentum generated by WP in support of Digital Inclusion.” |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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March 3, 2008
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Wireless Philadelphia - I knew it wouldn’t last |
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Who’s going to buy up this lost cause? Have they even set up those purported “Eye in the Sky” surveillance cameras yet in an effort to help reduce crime? Let’s face it, the closest thing to cutting edge technology in Philly was probably used in making my Dunkin Donuts coffee this morning. |
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Submitted by: RayAna Park, Former Web Developer
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February 19, 2008
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HeinOnline - “Search Within These Results” |
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Hein is working on developing the ability to “search within a specific article” within a Journal. In the meantime, here is one approach that may help you narrow your results. It’s not straightforward and I’m looking forward to being able to someday search within a specified article within a journal when using HeinOnline. …….from HeinOnline Tip of the Week. Sign up for the weekly notices via e-mail, RSS feeds or visit their blog. Search HeinOnline’s Weblog for more and take advantage of this resource as a Jenkins’ Member. |
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Submitted by: Katrina Piechnik, Head of Technical Services
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