Tuesday, August 11
“ The population of laptop loiterers has grown to include students, moms and, increasingly, the unemployed – anyone and everyone with a portable computer. And with the shaky US economy delivering some of the hardest hits to restaurants and cafés – where laptop use can boost electric bills to $3,000 per month in some places – coffeehouse owners are now limiting Wi-Fi access, blocking electrical outlets or simply banning the use of laptops in their shops altogether.
