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At the end of 2011, security researcher Stefan Viehbock informed the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) of a major design flaw that existed in the latest wireless routers that incorporate the WiFi Protected Setup (WPS).
Now, Neowin provides a detailed explanation that shows how an 8-digit PIN... |
20 January 2012
07:58 GMT |
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JVC’s Everio camcorder line has just welcomed the addition of seven new models, which outside of the regular 1080p AVCHD recording also bring WiFi and geotagging support to the table.These features are enabled in four of the models announced today, together with an HDMI output and a UXP mode which enables 24Mbp... |
10 January 2012
11:20 GMT |
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The 2012 Olympics will bring more than millions of tourists to London, to crowd the streets, it will also bring free WiFi to Londoners and tourists alike. O2's WiFi unit, which is separate from the mobile business, has announced that it plans to deploy Europe's largest free WiFi network in time for the summ... |
9 January 2012
08:51 GMT |
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If the F770EXR we took a look at earlier today isn’t as compact as you would have liked, Fujifilm has built the Z1000EXR for you, a card style camera packing the same 16MP back-lit EXR CMOS sensor.Said to decrease noise by 30% when compared to existing 16MP EXR sensors, this is paired together with a 5x optical... |
6 January 2012
10:56 GMT |
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A design flaw recently discovered in the WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) could make it easier for hackers to launch a brute force attack on the PIN of a device since they can easily find out when the first half of the 8 digit PIN is accurate.
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) was recently info... |
28 December 2011
10:05 GMT |
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Looks like Buffalo will be present at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, the one happening in January, 2012.There, it will have a variety of items on display, including, as The Verge just let the web know, its first 802.11ac wireless product.Today's fastest 3x3 802.11n products have a maximum data throughpu... |
23 December 2011
10:32 GMT |
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Looks like all the advertising and PR about 3G tablets ended up failing to actually make the things all that popular.According to a study by Connected Intelligence, the sort of slates that only have WiFi support are much more widespread than the ones that also have 3G.While 60-65% of tablet owners use WiFi, the cost ... |
14 December 2011
11:01 GMT |
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GhostBSD, a FreeBSD-based operating system with the GNOME desktop environment, is now at version 2.5 RC2. This is the second released for Ghost BSD 2.5 and it is based on FreeBSD 9.0 RC2. The GhostBSD Lite, on CD, will be arriving late because the developers have decided to swap GNOME with LXDE, in that version.Highl... |
14 December 2011
10:05 GMT |
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Transcend just announced a new storage device, one that acts as a miniature database for photos, documents, e-books, movies and music files.
The drive is the sort of storage product that doesn't have a monumental capacity, but that comes with the territory.
If this had been a hard drive, it would have had 50... |
5 December 2011
16:51 GMT |
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iDevice users are complaining over at the Apple Support Communities forums that iOS 5 has crippled their WiFi connection, regardless of the device type or version.In all senses, iOS 5 is cursed. The software has exhibited a number of widespread issues including battery drainage, audio output, Siri downtime, and now t... |
22 November 2011
06:03 GMT |
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Even the most convenient technologies have their limitations and, apparently, one of the ones DLNA had to wrestle with has been overcome.
The Digital Living Network Alliance announced that it had added Wi-Fi Direct to its interoperability guidelines.
The name of the certification should be enough to suggest what i... |
17 November 2011
03:23 GMT |
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Silicon Valley venture capitalist John Stanton, who was close to the late Steve Jobs during the iPhone’s development period, said Apple wanted its phone to run on WiFi, not on a wireless operator’s network.A move that would have been most typical of Jobs, the iPhone would have worked on an exclusive WiFi ... |
16 November 2011
04:25 GMT |
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Google is making good on its promise to enable any router owner to opt-out of Google's location services. Specifically, anyone with a router can now 'tell' Google that they don't want their WiFi routers to be used to determine location by Android phones and the like.Google said it would make the c... |
15 November 2011
05:44 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Sprint has just added a new device to its offering, enabling users to easily set up Mobile hotspot while on the go through taking advantage of the wireless carrier's fast network, namely the Express Mobile Hotspot from Sprint. Through the new hotspot, users can benefit from 3G/4G Internet a... |
14 November 2011
18:51 GMT |
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The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) hasn't been slacking off and, instead, conducted some research into what will happen to the worldwide WiFi coverage over the course of what remains of this first half of the second decade of the third millennium.WiFi is getting support on pretty much every PC nowadays, espe... |
9 November 2011
11:02 GMT |
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Last week, Nokia held the Nokia World 2011 conference in London, and now the company has announced the availability of free WiFi service for those who live in this city.
Only in a trial phase at the moment, the service will provide users with wireless networking in central London, and should increase Nokia's ... |
1 November 2011
11:03 GMT |
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Gigabyte is doing something akin to what rival companies have chosen, although its method of implementation seems a bit more straightforward, consisting of a PCI Express to mini PCI Express adapter. Gigabyte decided that, since it is going to release a whole new batch of next-generation motherboards, it may as well... |
31 October 2011
12:19 GMT |
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Later this week, a new Android-based tablet PC will be put up for sale in the United States, namely the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, the model that packs only support for WiFi connections.
The tablet PC is set to become available for purchase via some Best Buy stores starting with September 22nd, and is already avail... |
19 September 2011
04:29 GMT |
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The peripheral market is getting ready to welcome a new wireless mouse into its fold, one that doesn't use Bluetooth connectivity, relying on the WiFi technology instead.
The past month has definitely seen a strong influx of wireless computing and electronic products, but the flow doesn't look like it i... |
17 September 2011
05:00 GMT |
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With European privacy regulators strong-arming it no doubt, Google has unveiled plans for a new program that would enable WiFi access point owners, i.e. anyone with a router, to opt out of Google's location provider services. Google, as do all other location providers, rely on GPS, cell phone towers and WiFi ro... |
13 September 2011
09:41 GMT |
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In anticipation of the iCloud launch this fall, Apple will begin shipping a new version of its AirPort Express portable 802.11n base station, with the current-generation already having been discontinued, according to one source.At least one authorized Apple reseller (DataVision) quoted by AppleInsider is said to have... |
13 September 2011
07:58 GMT |
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Sony really is bringing out all the guns, big or small, at the IFA 2011 trade show, as it looks like it even presented a network media player known as SMP-200, one that already has a product page.
The thing about international trade shows is that they always get IT companies from all over the world convening in t... |
5 September 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Sony continues extending its already impressive IFA 2011 lineup with the addition of a certain e-reader revealed late last month, as well as a certain accessory that some may definitely find worthwhile.
If anything is true about this year's IFA trade show, taking place in Berlin, Germany, it is that it promp... |
5 September 2011
09:25 GMT |
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White Space spectrum, a portion of the radio frequencies spectrum that has become unused now that TV broadcasters have switched to digital transmissions in many countries, holds a lot of promise for wireless networks.Any free spectrum could be a boost for mobile communication channels, which are rather crowded in mos... |
1 September 2011
11:40 GMT |
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Coming to offer a boost to a certain widespread and popular connectivity technology, NTT has demonstrated a new iteration of the WiFi wireless solution, one that will eventually land in homes and offices.
Wireless connectivity is being used in an increasingly large number of electronic applications, but there is ... |
12 July 2011
02:46 GMT |
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Google's Street View WiFi snafu isn't going away any time soon. A judge has allowed a lawsuit which seeks class action status to go forward and said that Google could be held responsible for wiretapping even though public WiFi transmissions are unprotected.
More than a year ago, Google revealed that it ... |
1 July 2011
09:21 GMT |
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Striving to put up a fight against all the other Android tablets currently on the market, the WiFi-enabled version of Motorola's Xoom has reportedly made it into the stores of Australia. As far as media tablets go, the Motorola Xoom is one that started off on, one might say, the wrong foot, with fairly low sal... |
1 July 2011
02:42 GMT |
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Many travelers use GPS when traveling form one place to another, even without leaving town sometimes, so when accuracy and fast connectivity, plus ease of use, is required, Magellan offers the RoadMate 5175T-LM.When it comes to traveling from any one place to another, people used to take along maps and did their bes... |
23 June 2011
10:18 GMT |
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It appears that a certain company best known for its PCs has finally gotten around to selling a certain electronic device that doesn't qualify as a computer, being actually a very particular sort of peripheral.Some end-users may be aware of the fact that, about a month ago, HP unveiled a certain project that do... |
17 June 2011
08:54 GMT |
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Wireless connectivity is something that has become quite common on both the consumer and enterprise markets, and D-Link figured it was time for its newest product of this sort to finally make it to market.Routers are network devices whose main purpose is to distribute available bandwidth between multiple computers.W... |
2 May 2011
03:06 GMT |
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Nowadays, wireless connectivity is something that pretty much every new electronic, especially PC products, usually incorporate right off the bat, but for those that don't, IOGEAR created the Universal Wi-Fi N GWU627.Wireless connectivity was an expensive commodity once, but now it is something that no longer s... |
28 April 2011
10:29 GMT |
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There might not be many of them, but memory cards with built-in wireless connectivity definitely exist, as proven, yet again, by Eye-Fi, whose latest product has just become the subject of a press release.Hybrid devices are definitely not a new concept on the IT market but neither are they overly widespread.In fact,... |
12 April 2011
05:24 GMT |
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Google has received its first financial penalty for its Street View WiFi mishap. The French privacy regulator, CNIL, awarded Google with the maximum fine it could impose, €100,000 almost $142,000. It is the first time the agency has had to do this. What's more, CNIL criticized Google for its lack of coopera... |
21 March 2011
18:11 GMT |
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Computer maker Dell announced in early 2011 that it would bring to the market a new device running under Google's Android operating system, the Dell Streak 7 tablet PC, which is already available for purchase on the airwaves of T-Mobile USA with support for the carrier's HSPA+ network, and which should arr... |
18 March 2011
10:38 GMT |
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Marvell has long been a supplier of various integrated circuits, and it seems that its latest one may actually cause quite a few ripples on the mobile device market, being an SoC with dual WiFi connectivity.In terms of wireless connectivity, there is a certain technology known as MIMO, short for multiple-input and m... |
10 February 2011
11:08 GMT |
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Google has reached an agreement with a coalition of Attorneys General from several US states, led by Connecticut, about the Street View WiFi personal data collection issues. The two sides will negotiate a settlement despite previous threats of prosecution by former Connecticut AG. Essentially, in the deal Google has ... |
29 January 2011
07:13 GMT |
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Google's Street View WiFi fiasco continues as police authorities in South Korea found that the company broke telecommunication laws in the country. The investigation is not over and it is unclear if there are plans to prosecute the company or any of its employees. The South Korean police raided Google offices in... |
7 January 2011
07:30 GMT |
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Google has begun advertising a new Wi-Fi sponsorship campaign promoting their iOS application for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, Google Mobile App. Those who own an iDevice are being offered 30 minutes of free WiFi at least in one International airport in exchange for downloading the app on the spot.Appadvice reports t... |
6 January 2011
07:01 GMT |
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Since technology seems to be trying to rid itself of cables altogether, any advancements in terms of wireless connectivity is welcome, meaning that Marvell may have actually struck it rich with the Avastar 802.11n and the new transmitter meant to go along with it.Apparently, Marvell has what it calls the beamforming... |
3 January 2011
10:30 GMT |
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Two separate sources claim to have heard that Apple is struggling to fix a Wi-Fi bug inside iOS 4.2, prompting the company to push the public launch of the update into next week. One of the sources claims to have an exact launch date - November 16.A report by iphonehellas.gr does little to inform readers about the ac... |
12 November 2010
03:46 GMT |
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is ending its investigation over Google's Street View WiFi fiasco, the agency said in a public letter addressed to Google. In the letter, the FTC recognized Google's promise to revise its internal policies concerning privacy and data collection and decided to end invest... |
28 October 2010
05:05 GMT |
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Google's WiFi data collection mishap continues to unfold. Just as Canada ended its investigation and said that Google did indeed breach privacy laws, Google is officially admitting that full emails, URLs and passwords were gathered by its cars. The company is also instituting some tougher privacy policies intern... |
22 October 2010
16:09 GMT |
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Microsoft is getting ready for the the new and powerful wireless Internet networks on unused television airwaves – the “white space” in the US, according to the Wall Street Journal.“White spaces” are frequencies that have been given to a broadcasting service but remained unused locally.T... |
15 September 2010
06:15 GMT |
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Wireless connectivity, especially through WiFi, has become standard on practically all personal computers, not just desktops but especially laptops. Thanks to it, a PC can connect to the web or even another device, as long as the latter has a WiFi capability of its own. What is not as uncommon is for a single system ... |
17 June 2010
11:42 GMT |
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Connectify Inc., a company that develops innovative wireless solutions for the military, business, and consumer markets, has created a Windows 7-based Wi-Fi personal area network where users can share their Internet connection with improved performance. It promotes a new version of its Connectify application explain... |
16 June 2010
13:02 GMT |
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There have been many cases when a startup company tried to make a name for itself through the introduction of a completely new technology or product. Most of these hardware makers, however, didn't really make it far, usually getting bought off by the bigger players or fading into oblivion. Nevertheless, some do ... |
14 May 2010
08:59 GMT |
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In this day and age, end-users, if they know where to look, will be able to notice the phenomenon of moving away from cables. Wireless technology has advanced to the point where it can be implemented in mostly any situation, giving rise to wireless keyboards, mice, handsets, cameras and even more sophisticated produc... |
6 April 2010
12:45 GMT |
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Cisco recently unveiled its latest series of 802.11n wireless routers, known as the Valet, which, compared to the company's previous products, seems to be significantly more user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing. Made with the assistance of the Flip team, acquired not long ago, the Valet routers are described... |
31 March 2010
07:04 GMT |
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Apple is doing away not only with apps that feature adult content, but also Wi-Fi finders, a developer has revealed. His WiFi-Where application is no longer available in the App Store. The developers of WiFiFoFum and yFy also say Apple banned their apps for using private frameworks to access wireless information. &l... |
4 March 2010
02:49 GMT |
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This year's Consumer Electronics Show has been packed with all sorts of products, from 3D technologies to transparent laptops and all kinds of desktop and mobile PCs and monitors. Of course, multimedia-related technologies have also been one of the main focal points. The Santa Clara-based company decided to not ... |
9 January 2010
04:52 GMT |
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