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- Make your own Wi-Fi access point, for free
- Make your own Wi-Fi access point, for freeWhen did the Linksys WRT54G become freeEven if you had a router already, claiming that you can "Make your own Wi-Fi access point, for free" is a big stretch of the truth.The router cost money, so you need to add the cost (even...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Routers & switches, own Wi-Fi access point, access point, Wi-Fi access point, router, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-03-22
- Make your own Wi-Fi access point, for free
- Looking for something to do this weekend? If you've got an old wireless router that you have outgrown, why not turn it into an access point and use it to wipe out dead zones throughout your home? I just ran across a handy...
- Tags: Wi-Fi Access Point, Wi-Fi, Access Point, Wireless, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- WiFi access points to generate $191 mln in 2012
- Revenue generated by access Wi-Fi point sales will rise from $14 mln in 2006 to more than $191 mln in 2012, according to ABI. Paralleling this increase in access point deployments, revenues earned by software service professionals will experience substantial growth as well, from just over $2 mln in 2006...
- Tags: Wi-Fi Access Point, Access Point, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-08
- 98ò0of Stanford students own PCs, 9ò0own a WiFi access point
- 98ò0of Stanford students own PCs, 9ò0own a WiFi access pointSurvey StatsHave any idea what the sample size and response rate were?
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi access point, Stanford, access point, Wi-Fi, PC
- Discussion threads 2005-03-06
- 98% of Stanford students own PCs, 9% own a WiFi access point
- Stanford University published the results of its residential computing survey, which provides a representative sample of computing technology and consumer electronics preferred by students. More than 3 thousand students responded to the survey, saying 98% of them have PCs, and 10% have 2 or more computers (that does not include...
- Tags: Stanford Students, Stanford
- Blog posts 2005-03-06
- 98% of Stanford students own PCs, 9% own a WiFi access point
- Stanford University published the results of its residential computing survey, which provides a representative sample of computing technology and consumer electronics preferred by students. More than 3 thousand students responded to the survey, saying 98% of them have PCs, and 10% have 2 or more computers (that does not include...
- Tags: Stanford Students, Stanford
- Blog posts 2005-03-06
- Intel shelves plans for Wi-Fi access point
- Intel shelves plans for Wi-Fi access pointno one wants the wireless built INTO the chipsure intel did, then they could have a serial number they always wanted, but the technolgy is moving too fast to bolt it into a chipFamous Last WordsDidn't someone once say that 5 computers in the...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Network technology, WIRELESS, Semiconductors, chip, Wi-Fi, Intel Corp., processor, access point, Wi-Fi access point
- Discussion threads 2004-09-24
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- Mossberg's review of iPhone 3G: Newer, Faster, Cheaper
- The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg has been testing the iPhone 3G for a couple of weeks and today posted his review. As you'd expect, he loves the "between three and five times as fast" 3G networking, "wireless synchronization with corporate email" and the App Store which gives iPhone 3G...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mossberg, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Kaminsky and Ptacek comment on DNS flaw
- Well, well, well, what a day for security news! I got a chance to get the scoop word of mouth from Dan Kaminsky of IOActive (pictured above [image courtesy of quinnums]) and Thomas Ptacek of Matasano pictured below on the DNS flaw that's been all over the...
- Tags: DNS, Flaw, Nate, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Microsoft addresses 9 security vulnerabilities with 4 "Important" bulletins
- Microsoft announced 4 "Important" security bulletins today that cover 9 separate vulnerabilities. Of note were vulnerabilities reported in Windows DNS server and client, and within SQL Server. Briefly, the vulnerabilities involve: Cache poisoning and insufficient socket entropy flaws in Microsoft DNS Server A remote...
- Tags: Attacker, Microsoft SQL Server, Vulnerability, Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Microsoft Outlook, Security, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- A Modest Privacy Proposal
- The Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on Privacy Implications of Online Advertising. Appearing before the committee headed by long-time Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) are lawyers for Google and Microsoft, as well as Facebook's chief privacy officer -- and Robert R. Dykes, the chairman...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Microsoft delivers 'important' patches
- Microsoft on Tuesday delivered nine important patches to fix vulnerabilities in SQL Server, Exchange Server, Vista and Windows Server. Among the details, which were previewed last week. CVE-2008-0085: A vulnerability in the way SQL Server manages memory page reuse. An attacker with database operator...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Security, Databases, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Broadcast or communicate?
- When the Czarist autocracy was overthrown in the 1917 Russian revolution, fundamental changes in Russian society under the new political structure occurred. A fascinating example for me is that while most of the world was busy building out telephone communications infrastructure, the Soviets chose to focus on installing...
- Tags: E-mail, Collaboration, Groupware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Deskless Workers, Useless Services: Microsoft Online Misses the Mark
- I spend a lot of time tracking the deskless souls who inhabit the workworld, the factory workers, nurses and others who spend more time on their feet and less time on their butts than the rest of us. So I was all ears as Stephen Elop, Microsoft's latest Business Division...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Worker, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Are all-in-one desktops a decent deal?
- Averatec, the O.C.'s other computer maker after Gateway, has released a new all-in-one desktop. The design doesn't break any new ground in this category, but it is simple, compact and reasonably attractive. And with a 22-inch LCD, Nvidia GeForce 8400 graphics and an integrated TV tuner, at first glance it...
- Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Windows Vista, LCD, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Graphics, Monitors & Displays, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- ICANN says hijacking attack due to breach at their registrar
- As we commented on, ICANN, the group that manages top-level domain TLD naming systems for the web, recently had several of its domains hijacked by a Turkish hacking group. ICANN has now commented that the hijacking was due to a security breach at the registrar that manages those URLs. From...
- Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Attack, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- ICANN says registrar was hacked
- Two weeks after ICANN's own domains were hijacked by Turkish hackers, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers says it was its registrar -- not ICANN's servers themselves -- that were attacked. On June 26, a number of ICANN sites popped up with this message: ...
- Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Attack, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Web 3.0 - the future of social networking
- Note: re-posted after withdrawing post a few days ago; no changes made since then. I would put this very much on par with a past Scoble moment, as I've been lucky enough to see something which actually impresses me. I've seen a lot over my life, the...
- Tags: 3D, Web, Facebook, Network, Web 3.0, Scene, Vivaty Scenes, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- They don't all really need laptops, do they?
- I've been getting this question a lot lately from administrators, parents, and taxpayers. The question isn't malicious, but rather comes from folks with a vested interest in making sure that our technology dollars directly benefit students. Does giving teachers laptops directly benefit students? For people who aren't...
- Tags: Teacher, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Productivity, Benefits, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Enterprise IT and the hypercompetition boom
- Corporate information technology has led to more winner take all markets and a super competitive business environment where players often flame out as quickly as they showed up. That's the big conclusion from Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson in this month's Harvard Business Review. ...
- Tags: Laggard, Information Technology, Leader, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
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