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AT&T Providing Free Wi-Fi Access to iPhone Users - Mac Rumors

From Mac Rumors:

A couple of readers have reported that AT&T hotspots are now offering free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users. Barnes and Noble, Starbucks and presumably AT&T’s 71,000 other Wi-fi hotspot locations are now offering iPhone users a custom portal to access free Wi-Fi. A special iPhone formatted page asks for your mobile phone number. Once entered, you can access the Wi-Fi access for free.

I can not see this lasting for long, I’m sure AT&T will fix this little hole. I first thought, oh this is going to be a complicated hack. Nope. Depresses me that AT&T made it that easy. Then on the other had.. is it part of some master plan to get more customers?

Linens ‘n Things files for bankruptcy, plans to shut 120 stores - MarketWatch

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Linens Holding Co., the operator of Linens ‘n Things home furnishings retail chain, said Friday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with plans to shut 120 underperforming stores, becoming the latest retailer to fall under the weight of declining housing markets and other economic worries.

Linens ‘n Things seems to carry a lot of stuff Sharper Image type stuff. There just might be some gadgets for sale.