Windows XP release candidate shows superb 802.11b support: Microsoft has apparently done an admirable job of integrating the networking setup and choice inside the OS. This is the kind of integration that an OS provider should be focused on!
Slightly lackluster article about free wireless networks: I hate to be too critical, as I have a similar article coming out in tomorrow's Seattle Weeky. But I don't feel the writer of this piece nailed down some of the details. He says twice in the article that setting up a node costs $1,000, when the meeting of free networking folks I attended a few weeks ago had a clear consensus on $250 to $400. More elaborate equipment and an authentication PC would boost the price, but you could still do a great job at $500 to $750, easily.
Slashdot thread on the topic of the above article: the effect of free wireless networking
Weak story on London Heathrow 802.11b access in SAS terminal: not only is this old news - given that SAS had previously announced a partnership with Swedish telephone giant Telia to provide Wi-Fi in all SAS lounges, including two in the U.S. - but it barely mentions the proliferation of free and for-fee Wi-Fi throughout London, documented over the last six months.