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Now BMW claims to have taken a further lead among car OEMs with the development of a multimedia content delivery system that streams video and music via cellular or Wi-Fi connections to a car's console. The system allows you to select video or sound files on your PC's hard drive, which you can then transfer wirelessly to the BMW's 20-GB console.

Google has announced plans to use its home city of Mountain View, California as a testing ground to prove the social and financial benefits of providing customers with free wireless internet connections.

A small start-up by the name of Midwest Fiber Networks (MWFN) has put in a bid to build a citywide Wi-Fi network in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, similar to the network being built in Philadelphia.

Nintendo has announced a date for the UK launch of its free Wi-Fi gaming service. The service, which is compatible with the Nintendo DS, will become available at numerous bars, restaurants, and other public places, starting on November 25.

On Monday, Motorola unveiled the HC700-L, the first in a series of mobile computing solutions planned by that company.

Google’s eight-page proposal for a free Wi-Fi network in San Francisco has now been publicly released, and with it come new details about the company’s plans.

A new coalition has formed, with the aim of accelerating the development of the IEEE 802.11n Wi-Fi standard.

HP has just introduced one of its most advanced PDA models to date.

Nintendo’s US division has just revealed plans for a new service, which will wirelessly link Nintendo DS games across the world.

Philadelphia has decided on EarthLink to be the provider of the new citywide wireless broadband network, which will be the largest municipal Wi-Fi network in the US.

Philadelphia has recently come to an agreement with Verizon, Pennsylvania’s primary telephone provider, which will allow the city to build a low-cost wireless broadband network.

There has recently been some speculation that if the city of San Francisco accepts Google’s proposal to offer a free citywide Wi-Fi network, the new network may steal customers from already-established cable and telephone providers.

Google spokesman, Nate Tyler, has recently confirmed that Google is proposing to provide free Wi-Fi internet access to residents of San Francisco.

Kodak has started shipping its new Easyshare-One zoom digital camera, which is the first camera that allows users to email pictures wirelessly, without a computer.

HotSpot International, Latin America’s biggest provider of hotel broadband services, has announced that they will now be using ElevenOS™ (the flagship product of Eleven® Wireless) to manage the guest access networks, which they provide to hotel patrons.

The privately held Airgo Networks, a maker of wireless networking components, announced on Wednesday that it has used Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MIMO) technology to develop new computer chips that will significantly increase the potential speed of Wi-Fi.