Intel is making a Mesh Move. From ZDNet: Because each node on a mesh network only has to make contact with its immediate neighbor and not a distant base station, it can transmit at a very low power; frequencies used by one node can be reused by another only a short distance away. “The physics of wireless networks means that…
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*Smart consumer advice for managing…
Smart consumer advice for managing Wi-Fi security: A brief intelligent piece (quoting our favorite Wi-Fi pundit, Nigel Ballard, of course) on using Wi-Fi without giving up your secrets. Although VPNs are beyond consumers today, I wouldn’t be surprised to see tunneled services become more prevalent in the near future.[80211b News]
We all do knowledge work…
We all do knowledge work. We’re all knowledge workers now. Here is a question: How do you bring knowledge management to people who do not see knowledge as part of their job? For example the workers in a process plant. There is knowledge all around them and embedded in the work that they do. How, in practical terms, to do…
MailEdit [1] is a Mail-to-Weblog…
MailEdit is a Mail-to-Weblog callback tool “that allows remote posting of entries to your Radio-managed weblog.” [Scripting News]
Scott Loftesness [1] is onto…
Scott Loftesness is onto something. Weblogs at the Palo Alto Daily News. Ooooh that’s a good idea. [Scripting News]
Why Did Google Want Blogger?…
Why Did Google Want Blogger?. Google’s recent purchase of Pyra Labs, maker of a weblogging tool called Blogger, has generated much speculation about why the popular search engine did the deal. One man who worked closely with Pyra thinks he knows the answer. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
Exploiting and protecting 802.11b wireless…
Exploiting and protecting 802.11b wireless networkshttp://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,31255,00.asphttp://www.practicallynetworked.com/tools/wireless_articles_security.htm
Wardriving How-To
Wardriving How-To Here are links to other HOWTOs and relevant documents.The Linux Wireless LAN HOWTOhttp://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/The Wireless HOWTOhttp://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Wireless-HOWTOThe Linux Laptop HOWTOhttp://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Laptop-HOWTOThe Linux PCMCIA HOWTOhttp://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/PCMCIA-HOWTONetStumbler – Windows and Hermes based wireless cardshttp://www.netstumbler.org/index.php
Reed Elsevier Third Largest Online…
Reed Elsevier Third Largest Online Company: Reed Elsevier yesterday claimed the unlikely title of the world’s third largest internet company by revenue: it generated online… [PAID: the economics of content]
Turkey Assesses Question of Kurds…
Turkey Assesses Question of Kurds. One of the most intractable hurdles for negotiators has proven to be Turkey’s bitter history with the Kurds. By Dexter Filkins. [New York Times: International]