September 16, 2011
Connectify is offering free accounts until October 15th to students with .edu addresses, allowing them to set up free Wi-Fi hotspots for their devices. Students can sign up for the service for free and receive their Connectify Pro license by using their .edu email address.
August 23, 2011
Last week Skype launched their “Skype WiFi” app on Apple’s iOS App Store which grants access to over 1 million hotspots worldwide, for a variable fee. The app charges users Skype accounts, meaning hotspot access is paid for using available Skype Credit. Whilst it may not have much use if you’ve already got a decent [...]
May 24, 2011
As many people now know, connecting to a public, unsecured wireless network can have serious risks. It’s known that doing this can provide an opening for all manner of data theft, particularly passwords and private information. Let’s have a look at the exact risks of public networks, and the solutions available to counter those risks.
February 25, 2011
For those of you who don’t know, DD-WRT is an open-source replacement firmware for household Internet routers that greatly enhances their functionality as well as providing increased performance. Though I was initially daunted by the sheer range of additional options that the DD-WRT firmware provides, I’m pleased to report there is a hell of a [...]
February 22, 2011
How many WiFi devices do you own? I own three myself – my iPad, iPod, and Android smartphone – but only my smartphone is capable of reaching the Internet without a WiFi connection. If I didn’t own a wireless router or I was someplace that only offered a plug-in connection, I would be out of [...]
February 13, 2011
WiFi running a bit slow lately? If your router is still using old security methods such as WEP, then there’s a very real possibility that someone has hacked in to steal your WiFi. In my article on Cool WiFi Devices You’ve Probably Never Heard Of, I showed you a $100 commercially available router that would [...]
October 29, 2010
The time when we carried one internet-enabled device on us is long past. Nowadays, nearly every portable device is outfitted with a wireless internet adapter, and yet logistics are lagging behind. Hotel rooms, university dorms and offices often offer just a single wired connector, and unless you carry a router on you at all times, [...]
October 13, 2010
Picture that you’re floating in a boat on a lake. Curious what the weather looks like over the next few days, you pull out your trusty laptop and visit your favorite weather site for the forecast. Or you’re on a family road trip, and during the five hour drive, your spouse uses the wireless Internet [...]
August 3, 2010
Do you have some reason to offer free wifi to others? Maybe you own a business and you want to share your Internet with the customer waiting room. Perhaps Uncle Fred is over for a while and he needs WiFi but you don’t need him snooping around your home network. Or you could just be [...]
March 9, 2010
Imagine you would not have to go to work to work. Imagine you could work from home, from a nearby cafe, from the park, or from the beach somewhere far away. In other words, imagine you were free to work from anywhere. This scenario is becoming increasingly real. Many people work in jobs that don’t [...]
