The Register - Comms: WirelessBiting the hand that feeds ITUS senator accuses FCC of rigging 700MHz auction- February 26, 2008 Kevin Martin's mnage trois Wireless watchers are still waiting for the final results of the The Great American Wireless Auction, but that hasn't stopped at least one US Senator from dubbing the FCC's $20bn bid-off "a disaster".http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/26/fcc_accused_of_rigging_700... That Wi-Fi network you thought was secure It ain't- February 26, 2008 'Pwnage Edition' on the prowl Businesses using some of the more advanced methods for securing connections to Wi-Fi access points need to take a hard look at the configuration settings of client computers. So say researchers who have documented a simple way to impersonate trusted networks.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/02/26/wpa_enterprise_pwnage/ Google to build 80,000 foot radio tower- February 21, 2008 The truth hertz Google's quest to deploy wireless networks without all that mucking about with steel towers has led its roving eye to settle on Space Data Corp. The company, which provides wireless connectivity via hydrogen-filled balloons floating around the southern US, has caught Google's interest according to reports in the Wall Street Journal.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/21/google_balloons/ Geordie cops arrest two for Wi-Fi squatting- February 21, 2008 Drive-by Wi-Fi hoo-haa Two men have been arrested for "dishonestly obtaining a communications service" after they used a householder's wireless network to check their emails.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/21/wi_fi_squatting_arrests/ Sky Broadband puts the fault into default Wi-Fi security- February 21, 2008 Users in guess-able random keys quandary Sky Broadband advises customers to consider changing their default Wi-Fi passwords - because the apparently random network keys are guess-able.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/21/sky_broadband_wi_fi_keys_u... Intel plays matchmaker with Sprint and Clearwire- February 19, 2008 $2bn bid to save WiMAX It looks like Intel has saved American WiMAX from certain destruction.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/19/intel_to_save_wimax/ Novatel Wireless Ovation MC950D USB HSUPA modem- February 11, 2008 Mobile broadband in stick form Review Novatel Wireless pitches the Ovation MC950D as the world's smallest USB modem capable not only of making 7.2Mbs HSDPA connections but also that 3G speed-boost technology's upload equivalent, HSUPA.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/11/review_novatel_mc950d/ Bluetooth body confirms Wi-Fi 'hijack' plan- February 10, 2008 802.11 to speed Bluetooth transmissions Mobile World Congress The organisation behind Bluetooth will tomorrow go public on its plan to borrow bandwidth from Wi-Fi, allowing the device-to-device wireless connection technology to offer faster data transfers when it needs to.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/10/bluetooth_sig_confirms_wif... More remote workers squatting next door's broadband- February 5, 2008 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's Wi-Fi The number of workers in the UK who admitted they "hijack" the wireless connection of others has gone up from six per cent to 11 per cent over the last 12 months. Globally the figure is 12 per cent, with big increases all over the world.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/05/teleworker_security_survey... |