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Why Baby Monitors Should Not be Connected to the Internet 26 Aug 2013 | 04:54 am
It sounds like a scene from a Hollywood horror movie, but a recent baby monitor hacking incident in Houston, TX (USA) was no acting job. Parents of a two-year old ... Read Full Post
What Is Project Loon? 23 Aug 2013 | 04:50 am
This week, Google's Project Loon was accepting applications from residents in central California (USA) to test the experimental system. Project Loon is a unique method of providing wireless Internet s...
The Controversy over Wi-Fi Trash Bins 14 Aug 2013 | 06:22 am
Londoners concerned about their privacy can rest a bit easier knowing that the city of London has blocked the use of wireless tracking technology on local recycling bins. A company ... Read Full Post
What Is the Wi-Fi Pineapple? 10 Aug 2013 | 04:59 am
Imagine if there was a gadget that could disguise itself to look just like your favorite Wi-Fi hotspot, fooling your phone or laptop into connecting and enabling it to capture ... Read Full Post
What Is a Gaming Router? 5 Aug 2013 | 04:50 am
You my have noticed some home broadband routers being marketed as gaming routers. People can play online games through routers that aren't considered gaming routers, but certain kinds of ... Read Ful...
You Have a Car Network and It Can Be Hacked 31 Jul 2013 | 04:59 am
Even if you don't have Wi-Fi or Bluetooth gadgets installed in your vehicle, odds are that a computer network is still running inside your car, controlling your airbags, brakes and ... Read Full Post
Why Is My Wi-Fi Network Slow at Certain Times of Day? 29 Jul 2013 | 04:59 am
One of our readers recently mentioned that their home Wi-Fi "... connection acts strangely at certain times of the day. The connection is weak and sometimes loses connectivity in the early morning unt...
Using Chromecast for Wireless Television 26 Jul 2013 | 04:25 am
One of the most convenient ways to set up wireless video streaming on your television is to use the new Chromecast device from Google. This dongle plugs into the TVs ... Read Full Post
Visualizing Wi-Fi Network Signals 22 Jul 2013 | 02:40 am
A recently published artist's rendition illustrates what Wi-Fi would look like if you could see it. As Gizmodo points out, Wi-Fi signal fields are normally spherical and extend up to ... Read Full Po...
Why Free Wi-Fi in Germany Can Be Difficult to Find 14 Jul 2013 | 09:58 pm
Being one of the world's industrial and scientific leaders, we associate Germany with all things high-tech. But when it comes to Wi-Fi hotspots, it seems Germany has fallen behind other ... Read Full...
