Office Anywhere: Major Retailers with Free Wifi

Tons of major retailers are offering free wireless internet these days, so if you're carrying your laptop around town it's easy to find a spot to check your e-mail. Here are spots offering free wifi now, along with any limitations you need to know about: Starbucks offers two free hours of wireless with a registered Starbucks card. McDonald's has wifi in 11,000 of its 13,000 U.S. restaurant and and it's in all locations of Cosi, Denny's, Panera, . Barnes & Noble has free wireless in all its stores, and Borders has it in most of them. You'll also find wifi at Apple, Best Buy, Office Depot, and Staples. For more local options, check out the aptly named Open WiFi Spots, a crowdsourced site you can search by city and state.