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Latest News

  • SUSE Moblin netbook on the way

    The release of the OS on the U135 is also the first supported release of a Moblin-based OS from Novell.The SUSE Moblin 2.1 image on the MSI hardware has been optimized for the chip set, the peripherals, and the bios on that machine to ensure it is…
  • Bluetooth hole found on HTC smartphones

    If you have an HTC smartphone running Windows Mobile 6 or Windows Mobile 6.1, you may want to think twice before connecting to an untrusted device using Bluetooth.A vulnerability in an HTC driver installed on these phones can allow an attacker to…
  • Asus to launch Eee PC in a keyboard

    But Asus expects most users of the Wi-Fi enabled computer to hook it up to an external monitor or television, allowing users to quickly turn any screen in the house into a web surfing station or multimedia centre.First announced at International…
  • Motorola ships rugged enterprise phone

    It is also VoIP enabled. It also designed to complement Motorola's existing MC70/MC75 rugged EDA products.The MC5590 EDA offers wireless LAN (WLAN) and Bluetooth connectivity for workers mostly inside the four walls, such as healthcare workers in a…
  • DeviceLock counters USB stick menace with alliance

    However memory enabled devices, such as smart phones, are also a growing concern. The key functionality of our software is to control any type of internal or local ports or interfaces of the endpoint computer," said Alexei Lesnykh, DeviceLock's…
  • Patch Tuesday fixes major Bluetooth hole

    This sounds like it's pretty bad," said Schultze, "but the bulletin is unclear and doesn't tell you whether Bluetooth is enabled by default on Windows XP . Microsoft has patched 10 vulnerabilities, four marked "critical," in Windows and Internet…

Latest Features

  • Mac security: What you can ignore

    Even if you accidentally leave Bluetooth file-sharing enabled, it's unlikely you will ever be within wireless range of an attacker, never mind one with the tools and knowledge to take advantage of the opportunity.There are exceptions, of course.
  • CES 2010 Predictions: Cameras

    We've also seen our share of Wi-Fi enabled cameras and storage cards in the past year, but wireless file transfers may get a serious kick in the pants in the coming year with TransferJet- and Wi-Fi Direct-capable devices.Both technologies support…
  • Are smartphone viruses really a threat to your network?

    After all, the latest mobile devices are packed with more and more applications and corporate data, are enabled for real Web browsing and online collaboration, and can access corporate servers. Its users are among the first to do intensive and…
  • Whatever happened to ZigBee?

    There could look be 500,000 to 600,000 ZigBee enabled meters this year, and there are a lot of trials going on. It's just Bluetooth with frequency hopping turned off. We've yet to see any ZigBee installations, and we keep hearing of competitors…
  • Who wants a WiMax handheld device?

    Analysts say the market for MTube - or similar devices - is not assured.Designed by government-funded research groups in Taiwan, MTube fits into an average sized hand, or pocket, and weighs a mere 150g.Within this compact form-factor, though, this…
  • Wire-free ultra-wideband won't replace USB

    Many new p2p applications are enabled with WUSB," says Bowles. Since this is a software capability, it doesn't have additional cost," says Stephen Wood of Intel, who is president of the Wimedia industry group.The technology has been selected as the…
 

How-Tos

  • Case Study: BlueBag finds Bluetooth flaws

    Any discoverable device is potentially vulnerable to attacks," he said.Obex and vCard are a worryFor example, BlueBag found 313 devices with the Obex (Object Exchange) vCard and vCalendar exchange service enabled, making them prey for known…
  • Find a Wi-Fi Signal

    If you have a Wi-Fi enabled PDA, you can check out the air fairly quickly, but if not, you have to unpack your laptop, and power it up, only to face possible disappointment. A single blue LED lights in the presence of a Bluetooth signal.

Reviews

  • Asus Eee PC 1201HA review

    Like the Acer Aspire One 751h and 532h netbooks, the touchpad on the Asus Eee PC 1201HA is gesture enabled: you can zoom in or out of images, rotate them, scroll through pages - and it all works well.
  • ASUS U50Vg review

    With its 6-cell battery, the U50Vg lasted 2hr 44min in our video rundown test, in which we loop an Xvid-encoded video with the screen at maximum brightness, power management disabled and the wireless radio enabled.
  • MSI Wind Millions Special Edition U135 review

    In our battery rundown test, in which we loop an Xvid-encoded video while the screen brightness is high, the wireless radio is enabled and power management is disabled, the netbook lasted 4hr 19min. You also get 802.11n wireless networking, 10/100…
  • Lenovo ThinkPad X100e review

    We like the degree to which the brightness can be adjusted - there are 16 levels, allowing you to make the screen look almost completely dark.For our battery test we left the screen brightness on high, enabled the wireless radio, disabled power…
  • Acer Aspire Timeline 4810T review

    The ease of getting a Linux distribution to run on the Acer Aspire Timeline 4810T reminded us of how far the operating system has come since the years when even getting X to run was a challenge.In our DVD rundown battery test, which is conducted…
  • HP Mini 110 review

    This is not far off what the HP Mini 2140 achieved with twice the amount of RAM, but it's still not as fast as the ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1005HA, which has the same specifications.With a 3-cell battery installed, the HP Mini 110 lasted only 2hr…
 
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