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Sprint Launches Xohm WiMax Network in Baltimore
Sprint Nextel launched its mobile Wimax broadband network in the city of Baltimore on Monday.News
Notorious ISP Intercage Goes Dark Again
Notorious Internet service provider Intercage has been knocked offline by its service provider for the second time in a week.News
Controversial ISP Intercage Now Back Online
Notorious Internet service provider Intercage is now back online, after being dark since Saturday.News
Sprint Sets Baltimore WiMax Event for Oct. 8
Sprint plans a WiMax event in Baltimore on Oct. 8 but plans to launch the network this month.News
Firm: Wireless Carriers Trying to Block Free Broadband
M2Z Networks says mobile carriers are trying to stop a free, nationwide wireless network through interference complaints.News
Accused of Tolerating Scammers, an ISP Goes Dark
Internet service provider Intercage has been knocked offline after being linked with malicious Web sites.How-To
5 Easy Hacks for Your PC and Wi-Fi Network
Speed up your CPU and graphics card, add advanced features to your wireless router, boost your network's range, and tweak your PC's power consumption for extra efficiency.News
San Francisco Hunts for Mystery Device on City Network
The city of San Francisco is searching for a hidden device on its network, apparently installed by a rogue network…Reviews
Intel’s New SSD Drive Delivers Blazing Fast Performance
Drive lives up to hype, and to the promise of solid-state drive's advantages over traditional, magnetic disk-based media.News
GeoEye Imaging Satellite Launched
The highest resolution commercial Earth imaging satellite to-date, GeoEye-1, was launched over the weekend on board a Delta-II rocket.Reviews
Eye-Fi Explore Wireless SD Card
The Explore takes an innovative concept one step further with geotagging and hotspot uploading, but it's still ultimately a kludge.Community Scoop
Will Vista Have Its Day?
Readers debate whether Windows Vista will succeed in winning over users, trade Web tricks, and slam Comcast's broadband caps.News
Alcatel-Lucent Names Verwaayen CEO, Camus Chairman
Alcatel-Lucent has named Ben Verwaayen as its new CEO, and Philippe Camus as chairman from Oct. 1.News
DLNA Takes Baby Steps
TVs, home theater systems, and computers at IFA bear the stamp of the Digital Living Network Alliance.Reviews
Network-Attached Storage on the Cheap
FreeNAS: Open-source OS turns an old PC into a great network-attached storage device.Answer Line
How Do I Remotely Troubleshoot Someone Else’s PC?
I answer BobJam's question, originally posted on the Answer Line Forum, on remotely controlling his sister's PC to help her with a technical problem.News
Study Shows Glacial Pace of IPv6 Adoption
A new report from Arbor Networks reveals the glacial pace of IPv6 adoption.Reviews
Creative Zen X-Fi MP3 Player
The amazing Zen X-Fi has great sound, features, headphones, and storage options–and for a nice price, too.News
Intel Plans to Support 2.3GHz, 3.5GHz WiMax Next Year
Intel will add support for additional WiMax frequency ranges next year.Steve Bass’s Tips & Tweaks
Microsoft Is Giving Up on Windows
Steve Bass learns that Microsoft has had it with Windows. Plus three free tools and lots of time wasters.News
Covert Operation Floats Network-sniffing Balloon
After Riviera hotel management nixed his planned demonstration, one defcon hacker found a way to launch what he calls a warballoon.
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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.Reviews
SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus with BeInSync Backup
If you're away from home and you happen to lose your SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus thumb drive, you can still recall your data from an online backup server–a nice safety net for people who tend to misplace things.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.Reviews
iPhone 3G: Great for New Buyers, but Upgraders Beware
The new iPhone's 3G wireless radio speeds data surfing, but there's little else new to justify an upgrade.News