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From the beaches of Bali to a burger joint in Bellevue, Wash., the wireless Web is spreading like a brush fire. Some 30,000 cafes, hotels, airport lounges and bookstores will have wi-fi by the end of

Bali

OUT OF TOUCH...NOT Lots of people go to Bali for vacation. A few even get sent there for business. And if they are really lucky, they get to stay at the Ritz-Carlton resort. Now that the hotel has wi-fi in its conference room, business users can get more work done before they venture into the sun

London

NEXT STOP: HOLLYWOOD Digital artists at Framestore, a firm that creates special effects for movies and commercials, rely on heavy-duty workstations to create new scenes. Using a secure wireless network, producers can then review the artists' work on their laptops and suggest changes

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