Laptops Take Vacations Too: A recent survey commissioned by Intel and conducted by Harris Interactive(R) revealed that 34 percent of U.S. adult computer users or their families have taken a laptop computer with them on vacation(1), and half of all respondents are likely to take a laptop on a future vacation(2). With a wireless-enabled laptop computer - such as those based on Intel(R) Centrino(TM) mobile technology - travelers can surf the Web and connect to the Internet to do things such as check and send e-mail, download movies, play games and create a travel blog.
Our "office" in the Grenadines
This was our "office" during our week long sailing adventure in the Grenadines in June 2005. We propped our notebook computer on the cockpit table, plugged the cable to the sailboat’s system using an extension cord and were able to work while enjoying beautiful tropical views such as this. We had to clearout at meal times since [...]
A recent trend that we have been seeing is for hotels that are not already wired for ethernet to join the high speed access club by adding a wireless network. At the Guanahani in St. Barts, you could get either one. Many older hotels and resorts with extensive grounds are settling for wireless only networks, [...]
View from our "office" during a visit to St. Barthelemy
This was the view from our "office" while we were in the picturesque island of St. Barthelemy in the French West Indies. Thanks to modern technology, we were able to operate our computer from anywhere in our temporary home - Villa Bel’Ombre, through a high speed wireless [...]
Wireless hot spot operator Boingo Wireless on Tuesday began offering dramatic discounts to users of Skype, an Internet telephony operator with tens of millions of users.
Boingo, founded by EarthLink creator Sky Dayton, makes available Wi-Fi technology to dispense high-speed Internet access. It’s currently used in about 18,000 locations. Skype is among the most popular [...]
