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April 2, 2008

Wee-Fi: That's Hedy; Slacker, Devicescape Pair; SF Project-Fi

By Glenn Fleishman

Biopic of Hedy Lamarr will include technological achievements: One of the most beautiful women in the world in her day, Hedy Lamarr’s achievement and co-inventing spread-spectrum frequency-hopping technology (to prevent jamming) was overlooked through government secrecy, sexism, and incredulity until the turn of the century. A planned biographical film, “Face Value,” will survey the scope of her life.

Slacker partners with Devicescape for easy music access: The Slacker Portable adds Devicescape’s simple connection software built in. A firmware update, available today, allows Slacker owners to use Devicescape software to connect without entering passwords and other minutiae on the portable device, but rather manage free and open network connections directly, or, for managed and fee networks, through a Web site into which passwords can be entered.

More detail on Internet Archive plan for San Francisco high-speed access in projects: MuniWireless details who all is involved, including usual suspect Tim Pozar, a long-time advocate of spreading cheap and free (and corporate-free) Internet access.

Posted by Glennf at April 2, 2008 7:13 AM

Categories: Wee-Fi

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