December 23, 2011
Windows Phone is becoming an increasing popular platform, but its initial release in 2010 baffled commentators by omitting key functionality such as copy and paste and tethering. Omitting these features arguably punished the platform, resulting in some poor early reviews. Making matters worse was the fact that devices from Samsung and LG had wired tethering functionality that could be enabled via a hidden engineer’s console.
December 21, 2011
As more devices ship with wireless networking capabilities, it becomes increasingly important to have routers that are capable of handling connections from hardware such as tablets, laptops and mobile phones. The problem is that many routers still in use are perfectly good pieces of hardware, except for one drawback – they don’t support Wireless-N or offer advanced encryption such as WPA.
December 20, 2011
Have you ever been stuck in an airport, and absolutely needed an Internet connection? Most airports in the US don’t offer free Wi-Fi, and the fees can sometimes be pretty outrageous. Now that the holiday season is upon us, many of us will find ourselves spending some time in one airport or another on our way to visit family and friends. If you’re one of those people, you’ll be happy to hear about Skype’s free airport Wi-Fi.
December 2, 2011
When you use an Android phone (or any smartphone for that matter), Wi-Fi becomes an essential way to get online.With the help of this article, I’ll be showing you two different apps designed to make your Wi-Fi experience better so you can get better speeds and a more stable connection. These are both for Android, but you can actually use what you learn from them with any Wi-Fi device, including your laptop.
October 7, 2011
When you imagine being able to do cool stuff with your phone, what do you think of? Finding your way out of the middle of a forest with nothing but GPS to guide you? Looking for buried treasure with just the geomagnetic sensor? How about walking in the house after work, touching just a couple of buttons and automatically turning on all of the computers in your house? Science fiction?
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.
September 2, 2011
Downloading or streaming music is definitely an activity that I love to do when I’m relaxing or just trying to pass the time. The problem I have is that when I download music to a PC, I may want to access that music from different PCs in my house. To solve that problem, I decided to create a sort of Wi-Fi PC Radio server where I can store all of my music and then allow users from anywhere to stream that music.
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 [...]
August 21, 2011
If your Wifi is being hijacked by some dirty rotten thieves – I showed you how to check this before – what can you do to get your own back, or find out a little more about who is responsible? Or rather, if a hacker has gained access to your wifi network, what kind of nasty things could they do to you?
August 10, 2011
When most people think of network security, they think of people sitting up in the computer rooms deep inside corporate headquarters, sifting through thousands of computer assets on networks stretching across the entire globe. Not many people consider monitoring a network as something that is really important in a home setting.
