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29.3.2007Google Maps add radar-driven weather conditions
Want to know what the weather is like right now somewhere else? Today, you can just click around on a radar-enabled Google map to quickly get the
lowdown on temperature, humidity, wind conditions, and a lot more...
betanews.com -
11.01.2008New WiFi distance record: 382 kilometers
Researcher Ermanno
Pietrosemoli has set what
appears to be a new record for
the longest communication link
with WiFi.
Pietrosemoli, president of
the Escuela Latinoamerica de
Redes (which means networking
school of Latin America)
established a WiFi link
between two computers located
in El Aguila and Platillon
Mountain, Venezuela. That's a
distance of 382 kilometers, or
238 miles. He used technology
from Intel, which is
concocting its own long-range
WiFi equipment, and some
off-the-shelf parts.
Pietrosemoli gets about 3
megabits per second in each
direction on his long range
connections.
Most
WiFi signals only go a few
meters before petering out.
Conventional WiFi
transmitters, however,
transmit signals in all
directions. By directing the
signal to a specific point,
range can be increased. ..
winbeta.org -
18.06.2007WiFi access coming to BART trains
WiFi Rail has posted a press release, detailing the construction of a WiFi network that can be used by commuters on San Francisco Bay Area Rapid
Transit District (BART) trains. Although the network will not be fully complete until 2010, WiFi Rail states that "four downtown San Francisco
stations and some segments of the tunnels are already fully functional, and have been providing premium service free to subscribers for the past
year". The release indicates that "speeds in excess of 15Mbps
on trains moving 81 miles-per-hour". WiFi Rail doesn't say
whether or not they will expand their services to other trains, but it's a strong possibility, and maybe even being expanded to other means of
transportation.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 01.02.2009
WiFi is no longer a viable secure connection
WiFi is no longer secure enough to protect wireless data.
Global Secure Systems has said that a Russian's firm's use of the latest
NVidia graphics cards to accelerate WiFi ‘password recovery' times by up to an astonishing 10,000 per cent proves that WiFi's WPA and
WPA2 encryption systems are no longer enough to protect wireless data.
David Hobson, managing director of GSS, claimed that companies can
no longer view standards-based WiFi transmission as sufficiently secure against eavesdropping to be used with impunity. He also said that the use of
VPNs is arguably now mandatory for companies wanting to comply with the Data Protection Act.
He said: “This breakthrough in brute
force decryption of WiFi signals by Elcomsoft confirms our observations that firms can no longer rely on standards-based security to protect their
data. As a result, we now advise clients using WiFi in their offices to move on up to a VPN encryption system as well.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 10.10.2008
Windows 7 adds native Virtual WiFi technology from Microsoft Research
WiFi is an incredible technology that has transformed how and where people used computers, however besides advancements in speed, range and security,
very little has changed how we use wireless networks. Since 2002, Microsoft Research has been exploring a fascinating idea to
virtualize the WiFi adapter, turning a single piece of hardware and radio into virtually (pun) unlimited adapters. Years after the project was
seemingly abandoned, it is now uncovered Virtual WiFi technology has been baked in the Windows 7 networking foundations...
winbeta.org - 16.05.2009
Philadelphia's citywide WiFi close to shutting down
It'd be absolutely spectacular to actually see one of these admittedly ambitious municipal WiFi projects actually work out every now and then, but
instead, we're seeing the nails start to sink into yet another citywide WiFi coffin.
This go 'round, the network blanketing most
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is on the verge of sending out its last signals unless the city can devise a plan in short order to take it over from
EarthLink, who unsurprisingly wants out on the double. Unfortunately, we don't have a great feeling about the system's future -- history has a
way of forecasting, you know?
neowin.net - 12.05.2008
Blackberry Storm 2 With WiFi in September?
According to a trustworthy source of SlashGear's, Verizon has given the go-ahead for RIM to release the 2nd rendition of the infamous Blackberry
Storm. This time, with WiFi!
Addressing peoples' criticisms of the first generation Storms, Verizon aims to give the iPhone another go,
making the Storm an even better pro-concumer device. The onyl specific update to the device is the WiFi feature. However, SlashGear and their un-named
source believe that Verizon has a few more tricks up their sleeve, perhaps centered around improving the touch screen even more?
After
being really the only worthwhile competitor to the iPhone, Verizon's ago was boosted with the incredible success of the first Storm. I'm sure we can
rest easy, knowing that they won't dissapoint with the second version...
jcxp.net - 07.04.2009
Qualcomm's WiFi Joins with Airgo to Battle Intel's WiMAX
Qualcomm is acquiring leading
WiFi engineering firm Airgo
Networks, and will be
marketing Airgo's upcoming
"802.11n Draft
2.0-compliant" chipset.
Airgo was striking out on its
own; now it has a huge backer
behind it, in what promises to
be a fierce battle with Intel
for the mobile wireless
broadband platform turf...
betanews.com - 05.12.2006
Steve Jobs keen on a world where people share WiFi
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is reportedly "very interested" in a world where people share their WiFi connections in return for free access to
other wireless hotspots in their communities, and recently met with the founder of upstart provider FON, whose business aims might just dovetail with
the iPhone maker.
Jobs had previously read about FON, the latest venture
of Argentinean new media entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky, which launched in November 2005 under mantra "WiFi for everyone." It sells routers that have
been designed to enable subscribers to share their home WiFi access in a more secure manner by splitting a traditional WiFi signal into two separate
channels -- one for broadband internet access and another to share with fellow subscribers.
winbeta.org - 30.10.2007
Another Muni-WiFi Deal Ends as AT&T, St. Louis Part Ways
AT&T has called off its ambitious plans to roll out free municipal WiFi service over a 62-square-mile area covering St. Louis County. While the
company had been wrestling with the problem of how to build a business model around this lucrative service, what may have ended up scuttling the deal
was an unforeseen technical difficulty...
betanews.com - 29.10.2007
The ethics of "stealing" a WiFi connection
Network security firm Sophos recently published a study on what it terms WiFi "piggybacking," or logging on to someone's open 802.11b/g/n network
without their knowledge or permission. According to the company's study, which was carried out on behalf of The Times , 54 percent of the respondents have gone WiFi freeloading, or as
Sophos put it, "admitted breaking the law ."
Amazingly, accessing an unsecured, wide-open WiFi network without
permission is illegal in some places, and not just in the UK. An Illinois man was arrested and fined $250 in 2006 for using an open network without permission, while a Michigan man who parked his car in front
of a café and snarfed its free WiFi was charged
this past May with "Fraudulent access to computers, computer systems, and computer networks." On top of that, it's common to read stories about
WiFi "stealing" in the mainstream media.
It's time to put an end to this silliness. Using an open WiFi network is no more
"stealing" than is listening to the radio or watching TV using the old rabbit ears...
winbeta.org - 04.01.2008
More than 100 times faster than WiFi?
Radio scientists at IBM Research and MediaTek are teaming up to develop a wireless transmission protocol that will deliver files more than 100 times
faster than WiFi.
The idea is to take advantage of the 60GHz spectrum, according to Mehmet Soyuer, the lead researcher on the
project, whose based in IBM's TJ Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. These chips will be able to transfer files at around 2.5
gigabits per second, compared to the 11 to 54 megabits of WiFi. Hence the 100x faster calculation, Soyuer said.
Put another way,
these chips could transfer at 10 gigabyte file wirelessly in five seconds or so, something that would take several minutes on a WiFi network.
winbeta.org - 22.10.2007
T-Mobile Rolls Out UMA Phone Nationwide, Blending WiFi with EDGE
After an apparently successful
initial test run in parts of
Washington State, T-Mobile USA
today is ready to roll out its
first hybrid WiFi/EDGE phone
service: its UMA-based Hot
Spot @ Home. The idea is to
enable customers to drop their
land lines altogether, without
picking up someone else's
bundled service that would
usurp those savings...
betanews.com - 27.06.2007
Intel Answers Back: Centrino Duo to Incorporate WiFi, WiMAX
Responding to last weekend's
challenge from Qualcomm, which
is seeking to up the ante in
high-speed wireless networking
with its acquisition of True
MIMO producer Airgo Networks,
Intel today announced that for
its Centrino Duo platform,
it's preparing a
system-on-a-chip (SoC) that
will incorporate the WiMAX
technology it champions
(802.16e) along with 802.11n
WiFi and HSDPA...
betanews.com - 07.12.2006
Free Antivirus Offered to
Vista Testers
With Windows Vista Beta 2
slated to become public
through a Customer Preview
Program in the coming weeks,
testers may find themselves
facing a major problem: many
antivirus suites don't yet
work with the new operating
system. Computer Associates is
aiming to remedy this issue by
offering free copies of eTrust
EZ for Vista...
betanews.com - 27.05.2006
Michigan man arrested for using cafe's free WiFi from car
Sam Peterson was arrested
under a Michigan law barring
access to anyone else's
network without authorization;
he is being prosecuted for
using a cafe's free WiFi from
his car. The cafe's WiFi
network was reserved for
customers - Peterson never
came into the Union Street
Café - and instead used its
free WiFi from the comfort of
his car, every single day. A
police officer grew suspicious
of Peterson and eventually
questioned him as to what he
was up to. " I knew that
the Union Street had WiFi. I
just went down and checked my
e-mail and didn't see a
problem with that ,"
Peterson told a reporter.
Under Michigan's
"Fraudulent access to
computers, computer systems,
and computer networks" law,
Peterson's actions could
result in a five-year felony
and a $10,000 fine.
However, prosecutors do not
plan to throw the book at him,
as they don't believe that
Peterson was aware he was even
breaking the law. Instead, he
will pay a $400 fine and
do 40 hours of community
service, and the arrest will
not go on his record.
Coincidentally, the cafe owner
that Peterson was leeching
WiFi off of didn't even
realize that what Peterson was
doing was a crime at the time.
Neither did the police
officer. " I had a feeling
a law was being broken, but I
didn't know exactly
what ," said Sparta police
chief Andrew Milanowski.
neowin.net - 22.05.2007
Track Santa's Path With
Technology
Vonage Web phone users can
call for progress; NORAD
activates its Santa radar...
pcworld.com - 24.12.2005
Data Center Power Efficiency
Jesse Robbins: James Hamilton is one of the smartest and most accomplished engineers I know. He
now leads Microsoft's Data Center Futures Team, and has been pushing the opportunities in data center efficiency and internet scale services both
inside & outside Microsoft. His most recent post explores misconceptions about the Cost of Power in Large-Scale Data Centers...
winbeta.org - 30.11.2008
Microsoft releases MSN Sideguide to fund free wifi
Recently Microsoft silently launched MSN Sideguide, a new sidebar that "enhances your
browsing experience with useful and relevant information as you surf". The sidebar can be docked at either side of the screen (multi-monitor users
are out of luck - it is always on primary screen - at least for now) and displays content of the MSN channels, the latest headlines from MSN/MSNBC,
and enables easy access to Live Search.
Codenamed Shadow, the main purpose of MSN Sideguide is to fund the free wifi networks
that Microsoft is currently testing in Oakland and Portland with its ISP partner, MetroFi - the wifi connection will be dropped if Sideguide is not
running. MSN Sideguide is an "always on top sidebar" taking away space of your desktop but it offers the option that it only does so when browsing.
If you enable this option Word, etc will still use the full desktop. In this mode MSN Sideguide recognizes IE, Firefox, Opera and Safari as browsing
apps and shows up - Netscape will still use the full desktop space.
Microsoft only recently announced its partnership with
Jiwire to monetize free wifi, and Shadow seems to be another step on this journey.
winbeta.org - 20.09.2007
London takes international WiFi crown
More people use WiFi hotspots
at non-business locations in
London than any other city in
the world, according to
research released today. The
capital notched up over 11,000
access sessions at locations
including cafes and bookshops
during a six month period,
double the rate of the second
most popular city, Singapore,
says WiFi provider iPass.
Its WiFi hotspot
index, which tracks usage data
from hotspots within iPass'
virtual global network, says
throughout the UK access
sessions have increased 75 per
cent between July and December
2006 and London venues are the
most popular with Heathrow
airport taking the top spot
and Gatwick airport second.
neowin.net - 06.03.2007
