Business Week explains, Why the Stimulus Bill Discounts Broadband

When the House unveiled a preliminary version of the economic stimulus plan, crafted with some input from President Obama’s advisers, the amount of money allocated for broadband Internet development was much lower than experts had anticipated.

In the $825 billion proposal, only $6 billion was aimed at [...]

Ohio-based HarborLink Network is deploying free, ad-based Wi-Fi service at British Petrolium gas stations throughout the United States and Canada. The free Wi-Fi is now available to BP’s more than 9,000 franchisees throughout North America, using Ruckus Wireless WiFi gear.
HarborLink is using the Ruckus Wireless ZoneFlex Smart Wi-Fi system. With the Ruckus ZoneFlex [...]

Engadget reports that Apple’s $999 white plastic MacBook has been updated with little or no fanfare with specs that are now similar to the $1299 aluminum Macbook.

The same $999 you gets you a newer generation 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo processor with faster 1,066MHz frontside bus, 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory standard (up [...]

New York Gov. David A. Paterson’s administration has canceled the state of New York’s $2.1 billion contract to build a statewide wireless network for emergency workers after years of delays and numerous technological snags, reports the NY Times.
Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, the state’s chief technological officer, sent a letter by express mail postmarked last night to the [...]

State officials are close to canceling New York’s $2 billion Statewide Wireless Network contract, reports the NY Times. The $2 billion project was contingent upon the system passing a series of communications tests.
In August, a round of tests found 19 different flaws and the state indicated it would not expand the system if it [...]

Skype has released a new beta of its software for Google’s Android operating system, Java-enabled handsets and Intel-based mobile internet devices (MIDs).
The updated beta makes Skype’s software broadly available to millions of mobile users worldwide, including in the US for the first time.
The Lite version (download) lacks the ability to make video calls, but offers [...]

My friend and DailyWireless co-founder Don Park (twitter feed) shows how he uses a remote control application on an Android phone to wirelessly control streaming audio.

Very cool, Don!
BTW, my 90 year-old mom loves her streaming internet tabletop radio. She can’t get off the air reception, but now listens to her favorite big band, classical and [...]

Okay, here’s my own In/Out list:

Dailywireless: Ins and Outs 2008 Edition

Out
In

WiFi City Clouds
WiMAX City Clouds

Cellular Data
Mobile WiMAX

Navigation Devices
Smartphones

iPhone
Android

WiMAX
LTE

LTE
Advanced IMT

Triple Play
Femtocells

Kevin Martin
Jonathan Adelstein

NASA
Space X

Cynicism
Thoughtfulness