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Starbucks Frees Wi-Fi
CWmike sends in this excerpt from Computerworld: "Free unlimited Wi-Fi is coming to nearly 7,000 company-operated Starbucks stores in the US beginning July 1, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said on Monday. Schultz also said that Starbucks is partnering with Yahoo! to debut the Starbucks Digital Network this fall. Starbucks customers will have free unrestricted access to various paid sites and services, such as wsj.com, as well as other free downloads Starbucks didn't detail. A spokeswoman said the access will be 'unlimited' and 'simplified, one-click.' By comparison, first-time Wi-Fi users in Starbucks stores now get up to two hours free after registering, but then must purchase additional time at the rate of $3.99 for two consecutive hours. That Wi-Fi access is already free to AT&T DSL home customers and AT&T mobile customers, according to the Starbucks website, but the connection process requires up to nine steps. McDonald's added free Wi-Fi to 11,500 locations earlier this year."
Macbooks are the new teal, the people in it for the style (read: just about all of them in my humble experiance...) wouldn't be caught dead with it right now.
I predict that in 2-4 years there will not be a Macbook anymore. MBP will probably still be around, but I think Apple is definetly trying to phase out their old, and nicely rather open comparitively, OSX.
"linux is just DOS with a UNIX like syntax" -- Galactic Dominator (944134)
Yes, and it's largely due to the fact that most of these people don't have anything better to do. Like work. So them being in public with a macbook a couple years ago was their way of showing off. Now it's trendy to have an Ipod/phone/pad so that's what they have. They still aren't getting anything useful done, but damn if they don't look all sleek and new agey not doing it.