Your WiFi is (Possibly) No Longer Secure!

Your WiFi is (Possibly) No Longer Secure!
Forbes
One of the connections that has become a major concern in many organizations is the addition of unauthorized WiFi Access Points (APs) to corporate networks by individuals and departments. These additions are usually done to solve network access ... 

Verizon: Recent 4G LTE outages are 'growing pains'
Los Angeles Times
Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network, normally known for its speed and stability, has had a rough time this month with three nationwide outages. So what's the problem? Well, according to Verizon, this is all just some "growing pains. ...

AT&T Invests in Miami-Area Wireless Network
MarketWatch (press release)
31, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- AT&T* today said its 2011 wireless network investments in the Miami area included building a dozen cell sites and boosting capacity by nearly 40 percent to improve customers' mobile voice and broadband experience. ...

Researchers publish open-source tool for hacking WiFi Protected Setup
Ars Technica
By Sean Gallagher | Published December 30, 2011 11:50 AM Thanks to a flaw in WiFi Protected Setup, most home and small business routers could be giving away free WiFi. On December 27, the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness ...

Fantastic 4G
IEEE Spectrum
But cheer up: 4G is coming to a cellphone tower near you, if it hasn't already. With a conformity rare in technology, let alone in perennially fractious telephony, the world's wireless operators are falling in line behind a 4G standard called LTE, ...

Microsoft Preps LTE Windows Phones, Solely On AT&T - Three LTE ...
News: Microsoft Preps LTE Windows Phones, Solely On AT&T - Three LTE Devices, All AT&T, Shipping Before Q3 2012.
www.dslreports.com/.../Microsoft-Preps-LTE-Windows-Phone...

McDonald's Wi-Fi More Popular Than Big Macs? - Digg
A staggering 500 gigabytes of data a day in exchange for some crappy coffee and Big Macs?
digg.com/.../mcdonald_s_wi_fi_more_popular_than_big_mac...

Sony Reader Wi-Fi
PC Pro
The first thing you notice when you pick up the Reader Wi-Fi is how light it is: it weighs only 162g. With no keyboard, it's small enough to slip into an inside jacket pocket, and although it's a touch plasticky, it's well made, and the slightly ...

PC Pro

Broadband to drive revenues
Malaya
BY MYLA IGLESIAS THE National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said it expectsbroadband – both fixed-line and wireless – to drive revenues of the country's telecom service providers in 2012. Edgardo Cabarios, director of NTC's common carrier and ...

LTE iPhone 5 Could See Release Delay if Infrastructure Not Reliable
Only Kent
However a report suggests that the iPhone 5 may be virtually ready to go but a release may be held back until Verizon irons out some of the problems with its 4G LTEnetwork. Recently rumors about the iPhone 5 have been rife and we've been keeping our ...

Only Kent

Verizon's Droid Bionic 4G Gets Retail Price Drop to $49
Mobile bloom News
The Motorola Droid Bionic 4G Android smartphone was the first handset to arrive in the mobile marketplace with a dual core processor on the Verizon Wireless 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. With all the major networks in the US claiming 4G speeds, ...

Souters will be up to speed with broadband
Borders Today
NEWS that Selkirk is one of the next 47 Scottish communities which will benefit from fasterbroadband services has been welcomed in the royal burgh, writes Mark Entwistle. Communications giant BT has just announced that around 11000 homes and ...

Rural Idaho Logs On: A Significant Part of State Still Without Broadband Access
Twin Falls Times-News
With rural broadband they can play video games live and stream movies easier now that they have access to fiber optic lines. (ASHLEY SMITH • TIMES-NEWS) HOLLISTER • From their tiny town midway between Twin Falls and Jackpot, Nev., teens Slade and Jade ...

Wi-Fi in Dartford McDonald's restaurant second most-used in country
News Shopper
By Alan Woods » A WI-FI service in a Dartford McDonald's restaurant has been highlighted as one of the most-used in the country. The wireless internet service at the fast-food outlet in the Priory Shopping Centre was ranked second out of restaurants ...

WiFi, DDoS Vulnerabilities, Cyber-Attacks Lead Week's Security News
eWeek
Another serious vulnerability uncovered this week was in WiFi Protected Setup, a protocol commonly used to secure wireless networks. The standard was adopted in 2007 and was intended to make it easy for home users and small office administrators to set ...

Making plans for broadband funding
Northumberland Gazette
A BROADBAND plan for Northumberland will be submitted by the end of the year to access £7million worth of Government funding. Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) is overseeing the Government'sbroadband policy and Northumberland County Council has been ...

The latest Japanese vending machine craze? Soft drinks delivered with WiFi
The Malaysian Insider
A man connects to the internet on his smartphone using the WiFi signal provided by Asahi's next generation soft drink vending machine. — AFP pic TOKYO, Jan 1 — In a country where everything from used girls' knickers to lobsters have been made ...

The Malaysian Insider

Bottom Lines: US allots billions to extend broadband coverage to people who ...
Press of Atlantic City
Technology marches on, and now we're paying to bring broadband Internet service to this same group of people — many of whom don't appreciate their need for 24/7 digital communication. The Federal Communications Commission recently detailed its order ...

Amtrak WiFi a work in progress
North County Times (blog)
This is the first chance I've had to check out Amtrak's WiFi service, with which I'm filing this blog post. "Amtrak blocks streaming video and other bandwidth-suckers from its wireless, which seems reasonable. You want the wireless to be snappy, ...

KT to allow unlimited data use for LTE subscribers
The Korea Herald
KT Corp., which plans to start the fourth-generation Long Term Evolution network service from Tuesday, may offer unlimited data use for 4G faster smartphone service. Industry sources said Sunday that KT would allow 3G phone users to embed the user ...

CBI backs broadband campaign
Scotland on Sunday
CBI Scotland has thrown its weight behind a campaign calling for the introduction of a business-centred high speed broadband strategy aimed at avoiding a widening digital divide compared with the rest of the UK. Ofcom recently warned that Scotland ...

Nokia Ace 900 leaked images; Windows Phones joining the LTE parade
Examiner.com
Also, the device shows a 4G symbol along with an AT&T symbol, adding more evidence for the rumor that AT&T is planning on launching new LTE devices next year. Also, Paul Thurrott revealed on his blog that Microsoft, along with tis Windows Phone ...

Faster broadband for Haddington
Eastlothian Today
BT has announced that more than 5000 homes and businesses in Haddington will have access to faster broadband by next summer. The town is among 47 Scottish communities included in the latest roll-out plans for the company's next generation broadband ...

Wi-Fi Warning
Android Apps
Have you ever wondered how much Wi-Fi you're exposed to each day? Now you can find out! This app shows you your Wi-Fi dose in real-time and over the course of a day. The top panel of the app shows you the current total Wi-Fi exposure. ...

Best Of The Worst: The 5 Most Bittersweet Moments For Android In 2011
Android Police
The first 4G LTE smartphones appeared. But there were some significant speed bumps as well. Here are, in no particular order, the five things in the world of Android this year that we really wish would have gone a little better. 1. ...

iPhone 4S vs HTC Amaze 4G: Apple vs Android
International Business Times
By Anthony Myers | December 31, 2011 10:55 AM EST T-Mobile missed out on the iPhone, but they do have the HTC Amaze 4G, and it promises to take the Android vs Apple fight to another level. That's because it is one loaded smartphone, and the $200 on ...

International Business Times

Motorola reduces Xoom Wi-Fi, 3G prices in India, 32GB version now starting INR ...
AndroidOS.in
You can grab Motorola Xoom WiFi 32GB version for only INR 21500 and Wi-Fi+3G model for INR 25000 from Koovs, while Flipkart has the same model in stock for INR 26500. There is no word on the the 16GB prices, they seem to be out of stock everywhere. ...

AndroidOS.in

PLDT says upgrade sked completed soon
Business Mirror
“We've fast-tracked our program in anticipation of growing demand from businesses and consumers for improved broadband services as well as stiffer competition from other service providers,” said Napoleon Nazareno, PLDT President. ...

BT to roll out superfast broadband in Audlem
Broadband Expert (blog)
The government has been working hard to make improvements to the state ofbroadband in the UK. The Broadband Delivery UK program was launched specifically for this purpose. The goals of the program is to provide universal broadband access of at least ...

Broadband Expert (blog)

Galaxy Nexus, on Android Ice Cream Sandwich, review [Video]
Los Angeles Times
Just about everything you could want from a smartphone, the Galaxy Nexus has -- and that's a really good thing considering that the phone is selling in the US for $299 on a two-year 4G LTE data plan from Verizon. The phone, which Google and Samsung ...

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Price Drops to $99
Mobile bloom News
Launched on October 2 on the AT&T wireless broadband network, the Samsung GalaxyS II is the US version of the overseas Galaxy S II model that keeps truest to its origins. Samsung released the Galaxy S II first in Europe and Asia, where the device ...

Cellular Phones, WiFi and Bee Collapse? Israeli Bee Boss Not Buying It
Green Prophet
Some others say conventional pesticides, while more recently European researchers are blaming cellular phone antennas and WiFi connections (which is also now linked to male infertility). But Israeli bee scientists aren't buying the “radiation” link. ...

Green Prophet

Insert Coin: A look back at ten top projects from 2011
Engadget
BY ZACH HONIG 2011 has been a tremendous year for tech -- Amazon launched a $200 Android tablet, AT&T and Verizon continued their LTE expansion, Apple killed off the Mac mini's SuperDrive and Samsung introduced a well-received killer 5.3-inch ...

Support call for better broadband in Suffolk
Haverhill Echo
Businesses in Suffolk are being urged to show their support for the Better Broadband for Suffolk campaign. So far, 500 local businesses have signed up to the campaign which has secured the necessary public funding for the project, including up to £10m ...

Unfold the Year of the Black Dragon
Korea IT Times (press release)
The number of LTE service users is on a sharp rise with LTE commercialization by leading wireless telecommunication carriers in the world. LTE is a standard for high-speed data transfer for mobile phones and data terminals. According to a December 4 ...

Asahi Vending Machines Now Dispense Free Wi-Fi and Beer ...
By Range
It always annoys me when I'm stuck outside with my laptop trying to find a Wi-Fi network. Luckily where I am here in Taipei, there's city-wide free Wi-Fi, so that's never been a problem.
Technabob

HELP! Installed New Wifi Bluetooth combo card
By AT99Scorpion
Hello everyone. I bought a Broadcom Wifi Bluetooth combo card off of ebay. It's PCIe interface, and I installed it and everything works. I have 1.
Windows 7 Forums

4G Technology Shoes High speed broadband Connectivity Up ...
By Duane
Broadband Access to the internet is different the strategies most of the people search online. In the days of dialup, most of the people ended up being confined in what they could do on the internet. Simply downloading it images might take ...
Thinking Space

FCC Bends to Telecoms on Broadband Internet Development ...
By AllGov
As telecom analyst Bruce Kushnick sees it, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is catering to the demands of companies like AT&T, Verizon.
Government In The Lab » Government...

Small 4G Rollout Raises Availability of iPhone 3Gs Available ...
By Sharon
As numerous consumers have mentioned, as opposed to flipping the actual common switch allowing all people to access 4G wireless program, 4G systems are presented incrementally, together with certain urban centers moving forward in ...
Marketing Research

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