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Brookline, MA launches municipal Wi-Fi->

Submitted by keithjr
keithjr writes "The city of Brookline, MA plans to open the first border-to-border Wi-Fi network open to commerical and residential use. The wireless canvas, touted as the first of its kind, has been free for preview by Brookline residents. Upon launch, it will be available with a subscription fee. The multi-use service network will also serve as a means of relaying public safety information among city departments, as well as providing Internet access. Free Internet service will also be available in various parks and hotspots throughout the town. The official "wirecutting" information can be found at the Brookline Wireless official website."
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Utilities (Apple)

Review of Parallels 3.0 Desktop for Mac->

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Michael
Michael writes "http://lunapark6.com/parallels-desktop-30-for-mac. html Article reviews the latest virtualization software from Parallels. Several new features including 3D support, Snapshot, Parallels Explorer and Parallels SmartSelect have been included in Parallels 3.0. The review covers all the new features and finds most of the new features well done except, SmartSelect. That application does pose a significant security risk for the OS X desktop. Besides SmartSelect the review found Parallels 3.0 to be a worthy upgrade."
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Google

Google Streetview Camera Cars Set to Invade USA->

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berberine
berberine writes "A camera-toting tipster saw what appeared to be a giant armada of Chevy Cobalt cars in the Google parking lot, getting ready to take pictures of the entire world (or thereabouts) with special 360 cameras. The tipster says he followed a Google camera van as it cruised back to its Mountain View, California, lair yesterday after that van finished a session of picture taking for Google's Streetview navigation site."
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The Media

AT&T quietly offers $10 DSL plan

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "NEW YORK — Without any sort of fanfare, AT&T Inc. has started offering a broadband Internet service for $10 a month , half the price of its cheapest advertised plan. The DSL, or digital subscriber line, plan introduced Saturday is part of the concessions made by AT&T to the Federal Communications Commission to get its $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp. approved last December."
Media (Apple)

Will The iPhone Kill The iPod? 338

Posted by Hemos
from the most-likely-yes dept.
Edward Sinovian writes "According to Cnet.co.uk, the days of MP3 players, digital cameras and satellite navigation systems are numbered with cell phones about to take center stage. "PDAs have already been crushed by smart phones and the same thing looks to be happening with standalone MP3 players, particularly the smaller flash ones — a theory supported by Apple's recent entry into the world of music phones. If you then take into consideration the convergence of camera, GPS, TV and laptop-like functionality into mobile phones, it raises the question of how long it's going to take before all you need is a mobile phone." With that in mind, do you think that the iPhone will kill the iPod?"
Businesses

SCOTUS Case May End Sale Prices

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An anonymous reader writes "If you own a mom & pop store, and can't get rid of some of your inventory, you can always clear out some shelf space by holding a sale. If the Supreme Court sides with business interests in a case they heard today, however, such sales may no longer be possible.

Since 1911, it has been illegal for manufacturers to force retailers into price manipulating agreements that forbid the retailer from selling the manufacturer's product for less than a certain price. This means that individual retailers get to decide how much they sell their products for, and the market gets to decide what the prices should be. Today, however, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case seeking to overturn this longstanding rule. Should the Court do so, it would drive up consumer prices as retailers could be forced into agreements that prevent them from offering discounts or trying to offer lower prices than their competitors. This case is particularly salient in the era of internet shopping. Thanks to Google, consumers are now able to shop around to multiple retailers and find the best price for whatever goods they are seeking. If the Supreme Court overturns the 1911 ban on price floors, internet consumers would no longer have this advantage."

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