This work previews what the author predicts will be a new shift in techno-culture spurred by advances in mobile communication, providing examples of current indicators and citing the technology's vulnerabilities.

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This new edition offers a case for building wireless networks on a local level - they are inexpensive and can be implemented and managed by the community using them. This guide helps readers plan a network, obtain essential components and understand protocols.

Whether you're considering Wi-Fi as a supplement or alternative to cable and DSL, using Bluetooth to network devices in your home or office, or want to use cellular data plans for access to data nearly everywhere, this text will show you the full-spectrum view of wireless capabilities of Linux, and how to take advantage of them.

How mobile communications in Japan became a pervasively personal tool that connects families and friends, creating always-on social engagement. The Japanese term for mobile phone, keitai (roughly translated as something you carry with you ), evokes not technical capability or freedom of movement but intimacy and portability, defining a personal accessory that allows constant social connection.

Has the cell phone forever changed the way people communicate? The mobile phone is used for 'real time' coordination while on the run, adolescents use it to manage their freedom, and teens 'text' to each other day and night. This book looks into the impact of the phone on our daily lives.