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Kaminsky: Many Ways to Attack With DNS
Dan Kaminsky says that SSL sites are also vulnerable to the DNS flaw he discovered.News
Cisco Routers Again Take Hacker Spotlight
Cisco router hacks will get some attention at this week's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.Glenn Fleishman on Hardware
Delta Equips Fleet with Broadband
Delta Airlines will put in-flight broadband on all 330 of its planes, starting later this year.News
Delta Adds Wi-Fi to Entire Domestic Airline Fleet
Delta Air Lines says all its U.S. domestic passengers will be able to surf the Web at broadband speeds via Wi-Fi.News
Firewall Vendors Scramble to Fix DNS Problem
Firewall vendors are scrambling to release a bug in their products that undoes part of a recent critical DNS patch.News
Dell Tries to Trademark ‘cloud Computing’
Dell is trying to trademark the term 'cloud computing.'News
FCC Rules Against Comcast P-to-P Throttling
The U.S. FCC orders Comcast to stop slowing peer-to-peer traffic.News
DNS Attack Writer a Victim of His Own Creation
One week after releasing attack code, HD Moore has fallen victim to a cache poisoning attack.News
Broadband Innovations, Part 4: The Doctor Isn’t In but Can Still See You
How telehealth is changing the way America gets well.News
Broadband Innovations, Part 3: The Film Editor’s Dream
A 10-gbps fiber-optics connection enables a Swedish film editor to do his job in real time from his dream home in a beautiful rural village.News
Attack Code Released for New DNS Attack
Attack code has been released for a major flaw in the Internet's DNS software.News
Parts of San Francisco Network Still Locked out
The San Francisco DA's office says part of the city's network is still not under control.News
San Francisco’s Mayor Gets Back Keys to the Network
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom met with jailed IT administrator Terry Childs Monday, convincing him to hand over the passwords to the city's wide area network.News
Broadband Innovations, Part 1: The 21st Century Athlete
Broadband is helping to redefine the modern athlete. Meet gamer Patrick O'Day, who hopes to compete in the worldwide Digital Games in China this fall.
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With DNS Flaw Now Public, Attack Code Imminent
Hackers say that they will soon develop attack code that exploits a recently published, critical DNS bug.News
Details of Major Internet Flaw Posted by Accident
Researchers have accidentally published details of a critical DNS flaw discovered by Dan Kaminsky.News
WiMax at Sea, the Journey Begins
Ships that call on Singapore can now use WiMax instead of satellite to connect to the Internet.News
IT Administrator Pleads Not Guilty to Network Tampering
Terry Childs, the IT administrator accused of locking up San Francisco's computer network, pleads not guilty to computer…News
Industry Heavyweights Line-up Behind Sony’s TransferJet
14 of the biggest names in consumer electronics said they would work with Sony on its short-range, high-speed "TransferJet"…News
Microsoft Updates Servers With Latest Search Features
Microsoft released three bundles of fixes and new features for its server products on Wednesday.News
IT Admin Locks up San Francisco’s Network
A network administrator has allegedly locked up a multimillion-dollar computer system for the city of San Francisco that…News
Back-end Systems Could Save a City Wi-Fi Project
Better subscriber management is helping Lompoc, California, make its Wi-Fi network viable.News
Bandwidth Limits Make a Comeback
Major cable operators are cracking down on bandwidth hogs, either by throttling speed or adding surcharges–and DSL providers may follow suit.News
Internet Bug Fix Spawns Backlash From Hackers
Security researchers are criticizing hacker Dan Kaminsky for keeping quiet about technical details of a critical DNS flaw.News
Sprint Picks Wireless Backhaul for WiMax
Sprint Nextel has chosen DragonWave as a supplier of wireless backhaul gear for its WiMax network.News
First Reviews: iPhone 3G Improved, but Still Flawed
Reviewers fault battery life, 3G coverage, and service-plan costs. But the sound quality and download speeds are much improved.News
Pioneer Develops 400GB Optical Disc
Pioneer has developed an optical disc that can hold up to 400GB of data easily surpassing previously announced prototypes.News
A Tale of Two City Wi-Fi’s
Different approaches to wireless Internet access in San Francisco and neighboring Silicon Valley are producing very different…Erik Larkin on the Web
AT&T’s Text Message Racket
Here's what you get with the locked-in cell phone market: SMS data transfer rates of $1310 per megabyte.News
Dell Adds Storage, Disaster Management Services to Portfolio
Dell boosts its storage services, including disaster recovery and data backup services.News
T-Mobile Launches $10 Home Phone Nationwide
T-Mobile is rolling out its $10 per month home-phone service across the U.S.News
Businesses, City Launch Free Public Wi-Fi in Harvard Square
Authorities in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are launching free Wi-Fi access in Harvard Square, home to Harvard University.News
Elude Your ISP’s BitTorrent Blockade
More and more Internet service providers are blocking traffic to the peer-to-peer file-sharing service. Find out whether you've been targeted, and learn how to get around the restrictions.News
The 10 Most Disruptive Technology Combinations
Often, even great new technology needs a partner to really change the world. Here are 10 marriages of technologies that have shaken the digital world over the last 25 years.News
Mergers are in the Air
Economic gloom is not stopping tech companies' strategic mergers and acquisitions.News
HD DVD vs. Blu-ray Disc: A History
Here's a timeline of the format battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc.News