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New York has announced that they will be providing free wireless access in Central Park and throughout other areas of the city.

Officials estimate that the new system will be up and running by the summer and will attract thousands of outdoor computer users.

For the ever growing number of on-the-move New Yorkers addicted to laptops and PDAs, this is good news.

Many have grown used to paying for wi-fi connections in New York’s cafes.

Now, though, they will be able to log on outdoors and for free.

Of course nothing in life is ever truly free — the connection is being provided by a coporate sponsorship, so I suspect they expect some sort of return on their investment (read “ads”).

[via The BBC]

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