The Newsstand – Friday, June 23, 2006
Cape eyes emergency wireless Internet
The Cape Cod Times
More than 100 representatives from Cape Cod schools, public-safety agencies and Internet service providers met to discuss the creation of an emergency, wireless network…
Ham radio operator called for Katrina
NewsTimeLive.com (Danbury, Conn.)
This weekend, ham radio operators from the Candlewood Amateur Radio Association—one of which helped Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi last year—will meet for their annual field day…
New in-car computers help put records at officers’ fingertips
Journal & Gazette Times-Courier (Effingham, Ill.)
The Mattoon Police Department now has mobile data computers mounted in police vehicles, paid for by a $51,200 grant received last year…
Southern Tier invited to join $2B state emergency network
Press & Sun Bulletin (N.Y.)
The state is spending $2 billion to build one of the largest wireless radio networks in the country…
Wireless works, mostly
The Oregonian
Pundits question whether a muni-Wi-Fi system in Mountain View, Calif., will work across the entire city…