5 no-cost ways to get faster Wi-Fi at public hot spots

Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, get freezing wet for ALS ICYMI: This week's best techy, nerdy, funny videos ITworld Tonight August 15, 2014 Share this email 5 free ways to get faster Wi-Fi away from your office and home Find yourself at public Wi-Fi hot spots that don't seem so hot? Preston Gralla has five foolproof ways to speed up you connection. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, get freezing wet for ALS 2. ICYMI: This week's best techy, nerdy, funny videos 3. Mobile testing for Ebola gains renewed urgency as outbreak grows 4. Six secrets that might encourage Windows users to try Linux 5. BOOK GIVEAWAY: The Official Ubuntu Book, 8th Ed. 6. Hands-on: OneNote Online's collaboration tools improve, but there's still no messaging 7. How risky will it be to run old IE after Microsoft's 2016 patch stoppage? 8. DirectX 12 promises a revolution for PCs and smartphones alike. 9. Azure cloud services have a rough week Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, get freezing wet for ALS It was only a matter of time before tech execs got in on the ice bucket challenge for ALS. READ MORE ICYMI: This week's best techy, nerdy, funny videos Catch up on the videos you may have missed while working or vacationing. READ MORE Mobile testing for Ebola gains renewed urgency as outbreak grows PositiveID has a handheld prototype device that could be ready for use within two years. READ MORE Six secrets that might encourage Windows users to try Linux In today's open source roundup: Here are six secrets that can help encourage Windows users to try Linux. Plus: Four top Linux download managers, and why has the controversial systemd been adopted so quickly? READ MORE BOOK GIVEAWAY: The Official Ubuntu Book, 8th Ed. We have 5 copies to give to some lucky ITworld readers. Enter now for your chance to win. READ MORE Hands-on: OneNote Online's collaboration tools improve, but there's still no messaging You can see when others are working on the same notebook, and co-author edits show up faster. But you can't message fellow collaborators. READ MORE How risky will it be to run old IE after Microsoft's 2016 patch stoppage? Microsoft's decision to stop patching older versions of Internet Explorer in 17 months may not be as big a show-stopper as many assume. READ MORE DirectX 12 promises a revolution for PCs and smartphones alike. Better CPU utilization and faster rendering could make this upgrade worth the wait. READ MORE Azure cloud services have a rough week Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform suffered a series of outages and service disruptions in the past week that affected several products and impacted customers in various parts of the world. READ MORE BOOK GIVEAWAYS: We've got 5 copies of each of these new books to give away to some lucky ITworld readers. Enter now for your chance to win! The Official Ubuntu Book, 8th Ed. Essential Mobile Interaction Design DON'T MISS... Why many programmers don't bother joining the ACM Top 25 free tools for every Windows desktop 10 amazing (and bizarre) drone discoveries Just their type: 10 keyboards beloved by programmers 11 colorful characters seen at Comic-Con International 2014 Follow ITworld Share this email You are currently subscribed to itworld_today as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER When accessing content promoted in this email, you are providing consent for your information to be shared with the sponsors of the content. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information. If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2014 ITworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **