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Wireless AutoSwitch (zip)

Wireless AutoSwitch runs as a service and will automatically disable your wireless card when you connect to a LAN hard wire connection, and re-enable the wireless card when there is no LAN connection. This ensures that you are always using the fastest connection for network traffic. In the office this...

Tags: Wireless Card, Wi-Fi, Wireless

Software downloads 2007-05-10

Inside Apple's 802.11n adapter

It may be Apple's worst-kept secret, but it's a secret nonetheless: the company is including wireless cards in the new MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo that support the draft 802.11n wireless protocol.The final 802.11n specification is projected to be released in December 2006 but that could slip as far back...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, adapter, IEEE 802.11n, card, wireless card, Apple Computer Inc., wireless

Blog posts 2006-10-31

MacBook wireless hacked, not hacked, ok hacked

If you've been following the drama over the hackability of a MacBook's wireless driver your head is probably spinning. The latest news is that the MacBook's wireless device driver is indeed hackable with the exploit demonstrated at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. First, some background...

Tags: Apple MacBook, wireless

Blog posts 2006-08-04

Windows Wi-Fi 'vulnerability' not a vulnerability

Windows Wi-Fi 'vulnerability' not a vulnerabilityGood One / Infrastructure OnlyA quick Start>Run>cmd, to get to a dos prompt followed by:netstat -rWill display your routing table.If you see 'link-local' or you use -rn, you should NOT expect to see a destination:169.254.x.xAs George astutely points out George knows Networking, setting your wireless...

Tags: Notebooks, Kismet, Microsoft Windows, wireless, Thanks George, wireless card, SSID, vulnerability, laptop computer, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2006-01-19

Additional Resources

Text messages save elephants' lives, villagers' crops

As elephants' habitat is destroyed, the great beasts frequently leave their protected reserves, barging into villages and eventually are killed by rangers. But in Kenya, there is a better way: text messaging. A group called Save the Elephants has outfitted a huge bull elephant named Kimani with...

Tags: Elephant, GPS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-12

Wireless soil sensors to help farmers

A research team at Iowa State University ISU is developing wireless soil sensors to improve farming while minimizing environmental impacts. ISU says that 'the prototype sensors are designed to collect and send data about soil moisture -- and eventually soil temperature and nutrient content -- while working completely underground.' According...

Tags: Iowa State University, Sensor, Wireless, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-10-11

My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services

Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...

Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'

Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, netbook, Windows XP, MSI Wind, Asus Eeee

News items 2008-10-10

Journal Six (zip)

Journal six, your electronic knitting journal for the PASSAP E6000 knitting machine, organizes your projects, stitch patterns, form programs, and knit techniques in an easy to search database. You may download stitch patterns and card reader techniques to your knitting machine with a standard E6000 download cable or print cards...

Tags: Technique, Journal, Jennifer L Schmidt, Productivity

Software downloads 2008-10-10

Laptops with mobile WiMax now available

Laptops with mobile WiMax now availableWimax,wireless,mobile,This Wimax thing is getting interesting,Devices are rolling out,Networks are being built,And consumers don't know how much this will benefit the way they play.WOW World of wimax.RE: Laptops with mobile WiMax now availableWOW,World of wimax,IT just keeps getting better. Keep up the good work manufacturing...

Tags: Notebooks, mobile-WiMax, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Laptops with mobile WiMax now available

The first laptops with built-in mobile WiMax wireless broadband are now available in the U.S. Sprint, Intel and the computer companies announced the new WiMax configurations at an event in Baltimore just a few days after Sprint launched its Xohm service there. All of these laptops use...

Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Laptop Computer, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, 3G, Chipsets, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?

Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?Not realy, their flaw isThey honestly believe they know vastly more than everyone else, refuse to listen, and miss major oportunities.Not a fatal flaw, but MS recognizes the need to change.MS became dominant, the big dog with selling it's and only it's OS on PCs...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., fatal flaw, flaw, computer, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?

How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?RE: How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?apple make an 800 dollar laptop.... dont think so...maybe an 800 dollar netbook... that seems more in line with apple raping its customers...Maybe, maybe not.I know, it's a weak answer, but it really...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Apple Laptop, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Apple set to release $800 notebook

Apple set to release $800 notebookNot the first time sub $1000Apple had a $999 notebook at one time. Actually, I think the iBook had that price tag at one time. My only hopes is that this $800 Notebook doesn't come with the specs of a Asus Eee 701.RE:...

Tags: Notebooks, MacMini, Apple-set, notebook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

(Gallery: Touchy, feely BlackBerry Storm)

(Gallery: Touchy, feely BlackBerry Storm)After reading the specs...Why only 1GB of onboard memory? Why only 128MB Flash ROM? This is inadequate for today's user and I bet this thing will cost twice as much as the iPhone and I still have to buy additional memory (MicroSD which pales in performance...

Tags: Handhelds, Flash memory, Apple iPhone, BlackBerry Storm, RIM BlackBerry, Gallery

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Tickerz 3 (exe)

Revolbyte Tickerz is a multimedia client which allows you to enjoy TV and radio channels via Internet. You don't need any additional TV-Card in your PC order notebook. You just need an ordinary Internet connection. With Tickerz you have access to thousands of radio- and TV-streams from all over the...

Tags: Radio, Video, Revolbyte Tickerz, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Credit-Aid PRO Credit Repair Software (zip)

Professional credit repair software for mortgage brokers and credit repair business: fix bad credit reports. Boost your FICO score, generate credit dispute letters, order free credit reports, remove errors and negotiate with creditors, and get the best loan, mortgage, refinance or credit card rate possible. Includes organization and planning tools....

Tags: Software, Credit Doctor Software, Mortgages, Tools & Techniques, Sales Channel, Productivity, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, Management, Sales

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Data Doctor Recovery Digital Camera (exe)

Digital camera data recovery software restores your deleted pictures, snap shots, images, and corrupted precious photographs. Software is easy to use and recovers all accidentally formatted stored pictures, still images from your favorite Canon, Kodak, Nikon, Fuji, Konica, HP, Agfa, FujiFilm, Polaroid, Casio, Olympus, Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, NEC, Imation, Sanyo,...

Tags: Data Recovery, Recovery, Video, Digital Camera, Camera, Data Recovery Services, Digital Camera Data Recovery Software, Digital Cameras, Storage Management, Digital Photography, Corporate Communications, Databases, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Logical Pack 1 (zip)

Pack of two logic games - carder and toggler. Toggler uses LMB to destroy or create a ring on a pressed square and on the squares lying next to it orthogonally. If there is no ring on the square it will be created, but if there already is one it...

Tags: Card, Ring, Square, Maurice Zarzycki

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Can the Motorola Q11 compete in today's market without a 3G radio?

The original Motorola Q was really the Windows Mobile device that started the trend of BlackBerry QWERTY competitors a couple of years ago, but had serious battery life issues. Since then Motorola has continued to improve the device so that today's Motorola Q9 devices are actually quite powerful, functional, and...

Tags: Radio, Motorola Inc., 3G, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-08