rbeede

So I have an Android phone that I added WiFi tethering too. It's very handy for those moments when you are helping fix someone's PC and their Internet connection goes out or, they don't have wireless.So far cell providers don't offer this as a feature out of the box, but they are rumored to do so soon.Do you think this should be something that is free since we're already paying for a data plan or no? Anyone know of other good cheap alternatives if cell phone providers start charging for something like this?I know MiFi devices are offered by cell providers, but they charge a lot ($60+ / month) for an Internet connection that isn't usually faster than 2mbps. Anyone seen some more affordable mobile Internet technologies?

Lots of interesting comments. Has anyone actually ever had anything bad happen to them while using an unsecured wireless whether at home or on the road?Any viruses or things like that come up?I'm curious as to how many people have actually been attacked while using a wireless network.

I configured my Google Apps e-mail (works just like Gmail) with POP disabled and IMAP enabled. IMAP will keep a copy of the e-mail on the server by default (POP requires that you remember that setting in the e-mail client). Just login to your gmail account and go into Settings (link near top right). Click on the tab labeled "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" and configure it there.I used to use Thunderbird which kept all the e-mails in an mbox file format. You could save individual ones if you wanted via Thunderbird.However I now use a custom Perl script I wrote that downloads every e-mail into separate folders and files. The entire e-mail message and attachments are kept within one MIME message format file which can easily be opened on other computers with Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, etc. This is mainly done for backup purposes but also as an easy way to search archives of my e-mails.Google limits the speed at which you can download. Pulling 13,000 messages from my account takes about 3 hours. It would be faster, but Google has to limit the number of connections to 2 in order to prevent overloading the system.