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AT&T DSL subscriber? Get ready for free Wi-Fi

at&t free wifiIt only seems to make sense, why not get free Wi-Fi access to the over 10,000 hot spots AT&T runs if you currently subscribe to DSL?

AT&T is rolling out the free Wi-Fi to subscribers of the 3 megabit per second or higher. The lower service subscribers still get stuck with a $1.99 fee for unlimited Wi-Fi access. Why not just allow all AT&T subscribers to get this as an added benefit to being a customer?

AT&T has been expanding its 2.5G and 3G cell networks, but is seeing a place for expansion into the Wi-Fi market as it evident with Apple's iPhone. Data downloads on a 2.5G network peak at about 200 KB, and hooking onto their Wi-Fi networks can see data downloads hit broadband speeds.

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Civiballs is a beautiful, soothing physics puzzle Time Waster

CiviballsI have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.

In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.

To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.

Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.

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