Several online sites are publishing the codes airline passengers can use to get free in-flight WiFi, but with the recent terrorist attempt on Delta’s Amsterdam to Detroit flight, it could be tough to actually use them.

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Tags: Air Canada, airlines, Airtran, American Airlines, codes, Delta, free, inflight, United, Virgin America, WiFi

Most employers keep an eye on employees’ Internet and e-mail activity. But doing it the wrong way can get the company hit with an invasion of privacy claim.

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Tags: e-mail, law, monitoring, privacy

In what looks like an effort to compete with Google Apps, the marketing geniuses at Microsoft are slashing prices for their online offerings. The question: Are they worth the price now?

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Tags: applications, e-mail, Google, Microsoft, office productivity suites, online

First the General Accountability Office sounded the alarm about a flu pandemic and its potential to cripple the Internet, and now one of the IT industry’s preeminent analyst groups is adding its voice to the alarm.

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Tags: flu, Gartner, General Accountability Office, Pandemic, swine flu, telecommuting, work at home

When one of the nation’s top cops says he’s not banking online anymore, maybe the rest of us should pay attention.

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Tags: banks, director, FBI, online banking, phishing, Robert Mueller, scam

The “alert” industry is in high gear these days and most of us are getting them pretty much 24/7 via our cell phones, laptops, netbooks or other electronics.

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Tags: alert, customized, e-mail, Mailtones

The smartphone market is the tech hotbed of activity these days, but no new entry into the market’s made anything close to the iPhone’s impact over the past couple of years. In fact, the folks over at eWeek are warning IT pros to prepare for the unit’s ultimate domination.

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Tags: applications, carrier, eWeek, iphone, security, smartphone

IT managers who are tired of hosting their own e-mail servers, but spooked by outages and glitches among Web mail services like Google’s, have a new alternative from IBM.

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Tags: calendar, contact management, e-mail, hosted, IBM, LotusLive iNotes, SaaS

Business has embraced videoconferencing as a cost cutting measure in the economic downturn, so it’s no surprise that the divorce and custody “industry” has also adapted technology to suit clients’ needs. The new trend in visitation:

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Tags: children, custody, divorce, parents, virtual, visitation

Travelers may say they love having WiFi access in flight, but not many of them are willing to put their money where their mouth is.

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Tags: airlines, in-flight, internet access, WiFi