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- Wireless Network
- Refers to any system of transmitters and receivers that sends radio signals over the air, such as a Wi-Fi local network, cellular network or satellite network. See wireless LAN,...
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- Using wireless networks to avoid car crashes
- Using wireless networks to avoid car crashesanother excuse for drivers to not pay attentionThere are already too many excuses in a car for drivers to not pay attntion, train the driver, or build seperate facilities to beep motorized traffic away from foot traffic. I was setting a waypoint on...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, car crashe, car, wireless network, wireless, network
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Using wireless networks to avoid car crashes
- European researchers are working on a project named I-WAY, an acronym for 'Intelligent co-operative system in cars for road safety.' The goal of this project is to develop new automotive safety systems that will alert drivers to potential hazards by using data obtained from in-vehicle sensing systems, the road infrastructure...
- Tags: Car, Network, Wireless Network, Wireless, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Remote buffer overflow bug bites Linux Kernel
- A remote buffer overflow vulnerability in the Linux Kernel could be exploited by attackers to execute code or cripple affected systems, according to a Gentoo bug report that just became public. The flaw could allow malicious hackers to launch arbitrary code with kernel-level privileges. This could lead...
- Tags: Linux Kernel, Buffer-overflow, Wireless Network, Linux, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Survey: 88% of Mumbai's wireless networks easy to compromise
- Survey: 88% of Mumbai's wireless networks easy to compromiseSSID broadcastingBroadcasting your SSID isn't necessarily a security issue in that all it does is hide it from Microsoft's default wifi network listing and configuration tool. Any other OS and almost all other wifi networking tools will still easily see wireless access...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, survey, SSID, wireless network, wireless, network, WAP
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- Future wireless networks could be powered by "smart lighting"
- Future wireless networks could be powered by "smart lighting"No not really..As interesting as the technology sounds - it wont fly, until they get the data rates up. Even though the technology seems to be off for another 10 years - we'll still have radio communications for many, MANY years after...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, wireless network, wireless, future wireless network, network
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Future wireless networks could be powered by "smart lighting"
- A light bulb went off in the head of researchers at Boston University about a new wireless networking technology, which was very appropriate considering that it involves, well, light bulbs. The Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center has been created to develop technology that would allow low-powered...
- Tags: Network, Light-emitting Diode, Wireless Networking, Wireless Network, Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Wireless networks mimicking biological systems
- The goal of the EU-funded WINSOC project is to build self-organizing networks of wireless sensors by applying principles learned from living organisms. These wireless sensors will be used for a wide range of environmental monitoring purposes. As says the WINSOC scientific coordinator, 'Living systems are intrinsically robust against cells dying...
- Tags: Network, Wireless Sensor Network, Sensor, Wireless Network, Measurement Data, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Do U.S. carriers get a bum rap for their wireless networks?
- Do U.S. carriers get a bum rap for their wireless networks?The Internet is like an extension phoneIt's a DSL stream that works like an open line extension phone.Press the INTERNET extension button on your phone and you'd be on the Internet is the example.There was never supposed to be dial...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Wi-Fi, Cellular phones, network, wireless, Qualcom, bum rap, rap, wireless network
- Discussion threads 2008-06-03
- Do U.S. carriers get a bum rap for their wireless networks?
- We often read stories about the evil U.S. wireless carriers and I have to admit that I sometimes rant about some of the frustrations I experience with the carriers. However, I have to say that I am currently paying for service with both AT&T and T-Mobile and have been very...
- Tags: U.S., Mobile, Network, Wireless Network, Carrier, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- The George Washington University Delivers Robust, Secure Wireless Network Services Across the Campus
- The George Washington University GW is a private university founded by an Act of Congress in 1821, and is the largest university in the District of Columbia with more than 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students studying business, law, medicine, education, public health, international affairs, engineering, and liberal arts. GW wanted...
- Tags: Network, Juniper Networks Inc., George Washington University, Wireless Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Security
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- Latest spectrum auction could mean national wireless network
- Latest spectrum auction could mean national wireless networkuhh.. and what about the CENSORSHIP issue?The "family friendly" reference at the tail end of this article doesn't really highlight that Martin of the FCC proposed that the network only be allowed if it somehow "filters offensive content". And since there really is...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Network technology, spectrum auction, wireless network, network, wireless
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- Latest spectrum auction could mean national wireless network
- The FCC is set to vote on rules for a new spectrum auction that would require the winner to deliver wireless Internet across wide swaths of America, AP reports. "We're hoping there will be increased interest in the proposal and for the fact that this will...
- Tags: FCC, Network, Auction, Wireless Network, Federal Government, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- A Brief Guide to Securing Wireless Networks: Closing the Back Door in APA Style
- Wireless computer networks WLANs are being used in greater numbers now than ever before. Due to the unprecedented mobility, convenience, and flexibility that the technology offers, homes, businesses, and enterprises are deploying wireless networks in increasing numbers. Unfortunately, wireless networks may also act as an open door in the network...
- Tags: Network, Wireless Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking
- White papers 2008-04-18
- Adaptive Bandwidth Management and Reservation Scheme in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
- In order to support multiple types of service with different QoS requirements in heterogeneous wireless networks, efficient resource management, call admission control strategies, and mobility management are important issues. This paper proposes Bandwidth Management Strategy 1 (BMS1), Bandwidth Management Strategy 2 (BMS2) and reservation scheme with Fuzzy controller for real-time...
- Tags: Network, Mobility, IEEE, Wireless Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2008-04-15
- WeFi (exe)
- WeFi enables reliable connection to Wi-Fi wherever wireless networks are available. Wefi users can move between open Wi-Fi networks automatically, monitor friends' online status and location, know the proximity of neighboring WeFi users who allow it and chat with them. WeFi hotspot directory will help you find a wireless network...
- Tags: HotSpot, Monitor, Network, Wireless Network, WeFi, Wireless, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi
- Software downloads 2008-03-24
- How wireless power could deliver a truly wireless network
- How wireless power could deliver a truly wireless networkThe first wireless power systems will be a desk with a spot marked whereyou can set down a laptop or cell phone or PDA, that can control the power source to produce the amount needed needed. I suppose in the future, a...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Radio Waves, network, wireless, induction, radio, radio wave, wireless network
- Discussion threads 2008-03-15
- How wireless power could deliver a truly wireless network
- I have often pondered exactly how Wi-Fi works. How do we really grab all this great content out of thin air? (Not being a scientist, I just lumped it in with other airborne magic like FM radio and TV signals.) And I've also wondered why we don't have wireless electricity,...
- Tags: Network, Wireless Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-03-15
- Digital Engineering Firm Enhances the Security of Its Wireless Network Connectivity
- Silicon Image of Sunnyvale, CA, drives implementation of architecture and semiconductors in the consumer electronics and personal computing markets to store and distribute high-definition content. Silicon Image wanted to enhance network security by gaining more control over who connected wirelessly to its network and by enforcing stricter policies for wireless...
- Tags: Silicon Image, Network, Enterasys Networks, Wireless Network, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Case studies 2008-03-06
- No Government rules on packet throttling, blocking, colleague says on Capitol Hill
- Colleague George Ou, who is not a proponent of most net neutrality regulations, stated his opinions before a Congressional staffer-panel on Network Management sponsored by iGrowthGlobal. That outfit, whose board is full of board members who have served in a similar capacity on...
- Tags: Network, Wireless Network, Network Management, Networking, Government, Network Administration, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network Management
- I appeared before congressional and government staffers on Capitol Hill for a panel on Network Management sponsored by iGrowthGlobal. This was my first time in Washington DC and while it was a little cold for my Californian bones, it was a beautiful city and seeing the capitol of the nation...
- Tags: BitTorrent, Japan, Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Mr., Video, DOCSIS, Geek, Wireless Network, Presentation, Network Management, Richard Bennett, Cable, Peer To Peer (P2P), Networking, Internet, Corporate Communications, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
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