With Google offering free Wi-Fi to San Francisco, the beginning of the end of wired networks has probably begun. The reasons are many, and newer technologies are in place to support them. Post Centrino, more and more notebooks are becoming Wi-Fi enabled. In fact, built-in Wi-Fi has become standard on newer notebooks, and the feature is common enough for the trickle effect to commence and make cell phones Wi-Fi compatible as well.

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