by Joseph Forbes | Feb 14, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, Technicals
from the breaker-breaker dept. After disasters (or to minimize expensive data use generally, and take advantage of available Wi-Fi), bypassing the cell network is useful. But it’s not something that handset makers bake into their phones. colinneagle writes with...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 14, 2013 | NERD NEWS, POLITICAL
from the floodgates-in-the-desert dept. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski recently proposed making RF spectrum publicly available, and many in the media (including the Washington Post) have been mistakenly conflating open access to WiFi signal with free Internet access;...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 14, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the but-password-stealing-is-wrong dept. An article by some Microsofties in the latest issue of Computing Now magazine claims we have got passwords all wrong. When money is stolen, consumers are reimbursed for stolen funds and it is money mules, not banks or...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 13, 2013 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
Ekahau offers most comprehensive set of Wi-Fi site survey features in three-product test Network World – In the early days of Wi-Fi, site surveys were fairly basic and involved running around with a laptop looking at simple signal levels. The next step was...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, Technicals
from the back-in-the-shadows dept. Do you remember what you posted on that music forum in 2004? Or which services you tried for webmail before Gmail? We often forget online services, but they don’t forget us. PC Pro has investigated whether it’s possible...
