Wake Up With Wi-Fi

Cream, sugar and high-speed Internet? Last week, AT&T announced that starting in May, AT&T customers and caffeine addicts alike will get to experience Wi-Fi service in 7,000 Starbucks stores nationwide. The first market to get access to this exciting new addition will be San Antonio, Texas, whose residents should be seeing Wi-Fi access in many locations starting May 1st.

The benefit of using AT&T Wi-Fi will be included with several of the broadband Internet packages that the provider offers, including the AT&T U-verse package. To use the complimentary wireless access, "AT&T customers can connect to the Internet from Wi-Fi enabled company-operated Starbucks locations nationwide by simply selecting 'ATTWiFi' after powering up their computers." For those who are not AT&T customers, there will be options in the coming months to purchase time on the Wi-Fi service.

To find out more about the Wi-Fi service, head over to the AT&T News Room to get the full details. Expect to see access at locations all around the country soon.
 

Teaching Kids on Earth Day

As you may already know, Earth Day is just around the corner. On April 22^nd, 2008, hundreds of millions of people from around the world will be celebrating Earth Day in order to raise the general awareness about energy conservation and environmental protection and care.

While there are several great ways to participate, TampaBay has posted some helpful tips to help parents educate children about energy conservation. The tips are both practical and effective, ranging from teaching your children good habits like turning the lights off when they leave a room or unplugging non-used appliances to taking them out in nature and showing them what a treasure it is. Another tip mentioned is demonstrating that children are a part of this world and have a role to play in affecting the environment, for good or ill.

Since Earth Day falls on a weekday, many cities are holding related events this upcoming weekend. The guide also has a few tips on some fun Earth Day activities if you happen to live in the Tampa or St. Petersburg, Florida area. For more information, read up on the full article at TampaBay. To get more education about April 22^nd, EarthDay has plenty of online resources as well. But most importantly, check out your local city guide and find out how to participate in the celebration locally.

Spike TV Uses The Force

Starting this weekend, Spike TV is launching the basic-cable premiere of all six films from the epic science fiction saga, Star Wars. The network is kicking off a two-weekend event tonight at 8/7C with Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. Episodes II and III will play on Saturday and Sunday (April 5-6), and Episodes IV, V and VI will run next weekend, April 11-13. This is the first time that all of the Star Wars movies will be played together in this chronological fashion on basic-cable.

In addition to the classic films, Spike will be running small featurettes about the films that were created by LucasFilm that inform viewers about the making of the movies, etc. One of the big selling points is that there will be a special preview of a new Star Wars video game coming in September, The Force Unleashed.

For those with HDTV, the first three films will be appearing in pristine high-definition. If you don't want to miss out on the Star Wars action, make sure that Spike TV is a part of your home cable or satellite service. To read more about the two-weekend event with all six movies, head over to Spike TV.