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I think this may be a one day-only deal but the router normally costs $79.99 [Update: 6/16/2003, 09:05 AM: Well, it turns out this deal is still available. Check the CompUSA web site]. There’s a $20 Internet purchase instant rebate and a $30 mail-in that brings the cost way down. Now, it’s 802.11b, not the newer 802.11g but it’s cheap enough that you could make a case for throwing it away when the price of 802.11g hardware comes down. Go to http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=295202&pfp=hpfod#checkstore for details on the router.

The Belkin card is, I think, a card that I tested out in a prior life and found it to be almost as good as the Orinoco card I use. The price is $59.99 with a $30 mail-in rebate. See http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=287284&pfp=BROWSE for the card.

I’ve been using WebCQ for a year or so now and, while the change detection and/or notification engines somtimes get “stuck”, it’s generally a pretty reliable and accurate service. It’s an academic project at Georgia Tech.

Another site that I’ve begun using just recently is http://www.watchthatpage.com. I’ve got a couple of pages that are being monitored daily and they haven’t missed a notification yet.

http://www.wifinetnews.com/ is a site dedicated to news about all 802.11 protocols and standards. It’s maintained as a blog using Movable Type.

With good info about networks, wired and wireless, http://www.smallnetbuilder.com keeps a page with status on 802.11g vendors and products. Last update (as of this posting) was 6/14/2003. See http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/News_story_237.php.

http://www.betanews.com lists updates and beta software by date along with news about software and software vendors.

http://www.fileforum.com is frequently referenced by BetaNews as a download location. It is, itself, a good site for Windows and Unix updates and downloads. Files are categorized and date-sorted.

http://www.majorgeeks.com seems to be a little more technical. Information is recorded chronologically.

http://www.versiontracker.com has sections for Windows, Palm, Mac OS and Mac OS X and has a Pro (paid) version

http://www.webattack.com is another useful software site. Paid version is at http://www.mywebattack.com

Lots of good Windows mailing lists at http://www.sunbelt-software.com/forums/. Some of them are very techical, like the NTSYSADMIN list and some are pretty high traffic. The Windows XP Users list is a good one for beginning to intermediate Windows XP Home/Professional users.

Lots of OS X mailing lists at http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/X.html.