Burger, French Fries and Wi-Fi

Do you love to spend some time with your favorite burgers and chips in McDonalds? What if Wi- Fi is also offered on your plate? I think you are nodding your head to both the questions. Well, in that case I have great news for you in this New Year. From mid-January 2010,McDonalds will offer absolutely free Wi-Fi to its customers which will certainly encourage you to stay longer and savor your favourite delicacies.

Currently, more than 11,000 of McDonald’s 14,000 US locations are considered as Wi-Fi hotspots. The company is charging $2.95 to its customers for two hours of web access in its outlet. But it will be free for you from January 2010. According to the company’s officials it’s a New Year topping for its esteemed customers.

Fast-food chains, over the years, have changed their interiors to give a comfortable environment to its customers. The main reason behind this is to give you a suitable ambiance to move around with your Wi-Fi enabled devices
This new Wi-Fi service will definitely add a little more charm to your burgers and French fries in McDonalds. Now you can even share your treat with your web friends. So from now, say it from heart that “I’m loving it”.

Chevrolet offers Wi-Fi in seven new models this Christmas

Good news for all the Chevy owners, this Christmas you can transform your old vehicle into a rolling Wi-Fi hot spot. Surprised? Well, with auto giant Chevrolet all set to roll out their new Wi-Fi system, connecting to the Internet from your very own four-wheeler is no more a page out of Ian Fleming thriller. It’s real!
Courtesy of Autonet Mobile, this new dealer-installed Wi-Fi system enables one-touch Internet access inside your vehicle. It covers a radius of up to 150 feet around the vehicle besides, you can couple it up with your laptop or mobile Wi-Fi device. Autonet Mobile is the world’s first Internet access provider designed only for vehicles.
“Chevrolet Wi-Fi” powered by Autonet Mobile has a specialized add-on feature available with seven new Chevrolet models namely- Equinox, Traverse, Tahoe, Avalanche, Silverado, Suburban and Express.
According to a top Industry source, “Chevrolet Wi-Fi” by Autonet Mobile enhances your daily commuting, family vacations and works, all the while keeping you updated with the latest happenings from around the world via its Net-connect facility.
A recent survey from JiWire shows that 8% of all Wi-Fi users login while they are either traveling on subways, ferries or on cruise ships. According to JiWire, the total number of public Wi-Fi users jumped to 18 % in the last seven months.
Chevrolet Wi-Fi is exclusively designed for the commuters or drivers when the vehicle is parked. This new system requires no extra software. The system can achieve a maximum speed of 1.5 mbps. It employs a “TRU Technology” to maintain optimum Internet connection over a 3G network while the vehicle is still in motion. In addition, the new Wi-Fi device facilitates uninterrupted video streaming and many more added features at no extra cost.
The new “Chevrolet Wi-Fi” allow kids to research on school projects while on the ride home. Teens can connect to their friends on social sites and enjoy sharing videos.
Moreover, the internet link up supports several utility devices all at once, enabling multiple passengers to use the same internet connection from their separate devices while on ride.
Already termed “a smart GM thing” Chevrolet Wi-Fi is sure to make rounds in the Auto circuit during the upcoming Christmas week. Enjoy surfing this festive season while driving your vintage Chevy.

Latest Wi-Fi frame packs Internet radio this Christmas

With Christmas around the corner, a variety of hi-tech gadgets are rolling out for the customers. The latest addition to this long list is a digital Wi-Fi frame equipped with Internet radio. This new digital frame from LOOQS is called MeeFrame. The new Wi-Fi frame is now available worldwide.

MeeFrame is very different from any ‘regular’ digital photo frame that you may come across. It is a high-quality photo frame for all your digital photographs, coupled with several interactive functions including - an in-built “full touch screen control” on the device that keeps you up-to-date with the breaking news.

The startling new addition to this Wi-Fi frame is that you can even tune in to your favorite radio stations via an inbuilt Internet Radio application.

According to LOOQS, MeeFrame is the “ultimate user-friendly” Wi-Fi frame that brings back the photo experience of the past.

Now that all of your photos are digitized, they can be stored conveniently on your computers. You can even share the photographs with your loved ones by accessing the Internet via its Wi-Fi connectivity.

The new MeeFrame comes with an 8-inch touch screen. It helps to view photos from a local source like an USB-drive, SD-card .With 1 GB internal memory storage capacity, it can also display the photos stored on MeeBox – which will be introduced later this year – or photos that are published on your Flickr or Picasa accounts .These photos can be streamed live via internet through a WiFi connection.

Through MeeFrame Wi-Fi frame, you can connect to the world of Internet radio, listen to your favorite station, and keep a track of the latest chartbusters while working or enjoying a great Christmas weekend.

With this amazing Wi-Fi Frame, run your imagination wild, click as many pictures you like, share it with others via Internet and listen to your favorite Christmas carols on the radio all at the same time.

Wi-Fi Network Speeding Up

In this New Year your Wi-Fi connection will speed up to a new stand. 1 Gbps Wi-Fi or 802.11 ac is currently developing and is scheduled to go official in 2012. It took three years for 802.11 to become official. Your next wireless standard will offer you a wireless speed up that even up to 1 Gbps.

There is a popular say that IEEE 802.11ac working group is officially named as “Very High Throughput<6 GHz Task Group”. It is currently exploring the ways to push its short range speed, which will go up to 1Gbps. This standard will become official in 2012 but it may delay. Your 802.11n will pump the speed up to 300 Mbps using a novel Multiple In/Multiple out configuration comprising of multiple antennae that is working in sync. The next standard is unknown. Moreover the group wants to make sure backward compatibility is a feature which will also include automatic detection of legacy networks.

Osama Aboul-Magd, an Egyptian electrical graduate controls the 802.11ac task group. Today an IEEE 802.11 device can be installed in many smart phones, printers, personal computers and also in laptops or palm tops. With this Wi-Fi speed up your Internet connection will be faster and easier.

“Broad Voice Wi-Fi”mobile phones to roll out on Christmas

Mobile phones are “wonder gadgets”. Equipped with the latest technology, mobile phones keep us update with news and information from all over the world. “Broad Voice” Wi-Fi is one of the newest additions to the dictionary of mobile telephony.

“Broad Voice Wi-Fi” is one of the latest mobile telephone features that provide Internet access to the users, beside enabling high-speed web browsing ability and independent voice dialing capability. This new feature is sure to blow your mind this festive season.

This ultra-modern Wi-Fi tool in your mobile phone would allow you to convey information even when you are on the move. Besides this Wi-Fi technology equips your mobile telephone with exceptional voice quality and sound reproduction capability using various high-end tech-applications.

“Broad Voice” Wi-Fi Mobile Phones are controlled by the latest “3G” and “HSDP” technology that enhance their accountability to the professional users. Wi-Fi mobile phones allow users to make as well as receive calls anywhere in the world near to a Wi-Fi hot spot. Whether you are at home or office or anywhere on the move “Broad Voice” Wi-Fi connects you to the world at the touch of a button.

With “Broad View” Wi-Fi technology, rolling out this Christmas you can follow your business updates while enjoying a Christmas weekend.

Another remarkable feature of this amazing new tool includes some very interesting entertainment capacities such as live music, live videos, online games as well as multimedia functionalities.

According to a statement from the Wi-Fi Alliance,“ Broad View” equipped mobile phones are soon rolling out from elite mobile phone brands like Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Blackberry, Sony Ericsson ,LG and so on.

With Christmas just around the corner Wi-Fi phones are sure to be a major hit in the mobile circuit. Just punch in a few buttons on your Wi-Fi mobile phone this Christmas and connect to the World.

New answers to micro email problems

Maintaining a secured email is a lot more difficult than simply backing up your Email resources and using it. The reason is it needs constant review to the users Email security arrangements.

According to a spokesperson of a reputed company, malicious emails are a growing problem. He explained that, on the security side the major ISPs are doing almost nothing regarding filtering their suspected Email before it reaches other ISPs. Cellular service providers and other companies offering mobile Internet services do not have the resource to track down and lock out those accounts. It locks those accounts or pre paid SIM cards that are generating spammed and malware laden Email.

Mobile originated spam is becoming quite a major problem for all types of ISPs. It is because of the fact that the use of pre-paid SIM allows spammers to carry out their trade on a near untraceable basis.

According to a prominent analyst, it is relatively easy to automate an Email filtering process in order to save your inbox from malware Emails. Business users can also protect themselves from this rising tide of spam infected emails.

Using an appliance-based security technology will definitely provide the users some sorts of solutions towards their Email problem.

Goldman Sachs Says Windows 7 upgrade will increse in coming days

The latest IT spending survey of Goldman Sachs’ forecasts unassuming overall growth. An increase in Windows 7 sale in recent days prepared the stage for this development with a pent-up demand for new hardware. Hardware like PCs and servers restricted the demands, stimulating the increase in Windows 7 upgrade.

Goldman, overall, made a forecast of 8 percent decline in Global IT expenditure for the year of 2009. The decline will be expectedly followed by 4 percent growth in the year 2010. With the cooperation of 100 IT executives, the survey consists of 100 companies from Fortune.

It is predicted that by 2010, normal level of the upgradation will be escalated to standard level by more expenditure on software for servers. SAS based applications and virtualizations are expected to go back to its standard level by the coming year.

In Windows 7, as Goldman extracts data from the research firm IDC, it is revealed that starting from 2009, third quarter PC shipments are up by 17 percent from its previous quarter and up by 2 percent year-over-year.

The increase, in 2010, in Windows 7 upgrade, is likely to occur due to increase in number of aging PCs that have reached the end of their lifecycle. According to the Goldman Sachs report, however, the appearance of Windows 7 also has a significant influence.

Looking forward to 2011, the survey indicates that 94 percent of survey respondents intend to upgrade to Windows 7 by that year, with 32 percent planning to do so in 2010 and 28 percent in the current year.

Coming to the conclusion, according to Goldman’s expectation, the remaining, 34 percent of Windows 7 upgrade cases will bend forward to more towards 2012. This is because of the reason that 85 to 90 percent of respondents are still using Windows XP, and XP support expires in April 2014. Goldman Sach believes that 2013 will become a deadline for Windows 7 upgrade.