Ah, the allure of free Internet. Let’s face it. Sometimes you’re just out of reach of that free WiFi hotspot. Sure, you could be social and join the net-surfing crowd in that coffee shop. But why do that when you can sit alone in the parking lot out back? And as if the [...]
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Tags: 802.11n, Mvix Solido, WiFi, wireless, wireless Internet 
3 Comments »Texas Instruments today announced its WiLink 7.0 chip, thus continuing the miniturization and convergence of mobile devices. The WiLink 7.0 chip, the “industry’s first offering to integrate WLAN 802.11n, GPS, FM transmit/receive, and Bluetooth technologies” is up to half the size of earlier integrated wireless radio solutions. And because it’s a single chip [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, GPS, Networking, PCs and Laptops, Phones, Wireless Tags: Bluetooth, FM, GPS, single chip, Texas Instruments, WiFi, WiLink 7.0, wireless No Comments »Remember the Japanese researchers that came up with a technique to crack WPA pre-shared keys (PSK) in just a few minutes, thus in theory making most of the world’s WiFi networks with TKIP encryption instantly insecure? If that story’s academic nature didn’t make you lose sleep over your own WiFi network insecurities, maybe this one [...]
Posted in Networking, PCs and Laptops, Wireless Tags: WiFi, wireless security, WPA, WPA Cracker No Comments »Wow, talk about a motivating factor. This scale from Withings uses its built in WiFi connectivity to Tweet your weight, BMI, and lean fat mass to the world in real time. It’s sort of like your own personal “Biggest Loser” weigh-in as your Twitter followers monitor and heckle support you on your weight loss journey. [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Healthcare Tags: Twitter, weight loss, WiFi, Withings Connected Body Scale 3 Comments »