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Photos: Print-at-home chocolate to robot snakes - 10 weirdest items made by 3D printers

...of high-strength nylon powder and built using a process called additive-layer manufacturing. To make the bike, a computer-controlled machine sprinkles successive layers... Read more

1 October, 2011 by Nick Heath

Hacking tool targets SSL vulnerability

...DOS tool, released on Monday, purportedly exploits a flaw in Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) renegotiation protocol by overwhelming the system with multiple requests for secure... Read more

25 October, 2011 by Steven Musil

Iranians suffer fresh block on internet services

...blocked access to all encrypted international sites that operate on Secure Sockets Layer protocol, Reuters reported."Email, proxies, and all the secure channels that start... Read more

21 February, 2012 by Steven Musil

Google turns on default for encrypted search

...be sniffing on an unsecured Wi-Fi network, for instance. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is available now for web search, image search and all the... Read more

19 October, 2011 by Elinor Mills
D-Link DES-1100-24 EasySmart Switch

D-Link DES-1100-24 EasySmart Switch

...house between a standard unmanaged switch and fully-managed models, offering some Layer 2 and 3 features but without more advanced capabilities such as SNMP... Read more

18 January, 2011 by Kelvyn Taylor

Photos: EADS Airbike, the bike that's grown not made

...growing parts from high-strength nylon powder. The technique is called additive-layer manufacturing (ALM) and is similar to 3D printing. The bike started life... Read more

10 March, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Google Maps gains weather layer with forecasts

Google has added a weather layer to Google Maps, allowing users to see the current temperature as well... Read more

19 August, 2011

Batteries boosted with silicon-graphene layers

...anode of a standard Lithium ion battery. It is made up of layers of graphene sheets which react with incoming lithium ions and trap them... Read more

17 November, 2011

Scientists demo atomic layer lithography on graphene

...at Rice University, will allow lithographers to strip back individual, atom-thick, layers of graphene, one at a time, shaping the material into the electronic... Read more

3 March, 2011
Performance Analysis of Adaptive Physical <endeca_term>Layer</endeca_term> Network Coding for Wireless Two-Way Relaying

Performance Analysis of Adaptive Physical Layer Network Coding for Wireless Two-Way Relaying

The analysis of modulation schemes for the physical layer network-coded two way relaying scenario is presented which employs two phases... Read more

26 March, 2012
Survey for Generating an Ideal Password Authentication Scheme Which Results in Fortification of Transport <endeca_term>Layer</endeca_term> Security Protocol

Survey for Generating an Ideal Password Authentication Scheme Which Results in Fortification of Transport Layer Security Protocol

Fortification of transport layer security protocol is required because whenever there is communication between Client and... Read more

17 March, 2012
Cross <endeca_term>Layer</endeca_term> Intrusion Detection System for Wireless Sensor Network

Cross Layer Intrusion Detection System for Wireless Sensor Network

...Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are particularly vulnerable to various attacks at different layers of the protocol stack. Many Intrusion Detection System (IDS) have been proposed... Read more

1 March, 2012
A Novel Cross-<endeca_term>Layer</endeca_term> Design Using Comb-Shaped Quadratic Packet Mapping for Video Delivery Over 802.11e Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

A Novel Cross-Layer Design Using Comb-Shaped Quadratic Packet Mapping for Video Delivery Over 802.11e Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Cross-layer design is a promising direction and challenging issue for quality delivery of... Read more

23 February, 2012
Feedback, Transport <endeca_term>Layer</endeca_term> Protocols and Buffer Sizing

Feedback, Transport Layer Protocols and Buffer Sizing

...key aspect of network performance is coupled with the design of transport layer protocols, the choice of feedback from queues, and by the buffer sizing... Read more

23 February, 2012
Cross-<endeca_term>layer</endeca_term> Optimization Using Advanced Physical Layer Techniques in Wireless Mesh Networks

Cross-layer Optimization Using Advanced Physical Layer Techniques in Wireless Mesh Networks

...objective of this paper is to study the impact of advanced physical layer techniques on the maximum achievable throughput of wireless multi-hop mesh networks... Read more

24 January, 2012

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