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Green light for Wales ICT network
News The European Commission has given the go-ahead to the Welsh Assembly Government's project, which will be one of the first of its kind in the UK, designed to provide a unified, high bandwidth, ICT network for public sector organisations in Wales.
[June 25, 2007, 17:15]
SightSpeed Light Available on hi5 Social Network
Blog I have just seen the announcement that SightSpeed Light is available on the hi5 social networking site. Now, there's probably too much gray in my beard for me to be very involved in sites like hi5, but I am very pleased indeed to see SightSpeed...
[June 23, 2008, 11:26]
Large-Scale Network Simulation Techniques: Examples of TCP and OSPF Models
White Papers Second, the paper provides a compact, light-weight implementation framework that greatly reduces the amount of state required to simulate large-scale network models. Simulation of large-scale networks remains to be a challenge, although various...
[October 31, 2007, 0:00]
Isle of Man gets 60Mbps wireless network
News A 60Mbps fixed wireless network service went live on the Isle of Man on Friday, said to be the first of its kind in the UK. Peter Wharton, chief executive of Cambridge Broadband, said he hopes the company's efforts in creating a realistic...
[February 2, 2004, 11:40]
Researchers claim stealth encryption breakthrough
News Their method take advantage of the fact fibre-optic systems inevitably have low levels of "noise" — the random jitters in the light waves that are used to transmit information through a network. Two US researchers believe they have found a way to...
[October 13, 2006, 16:00]
MS plugs home network developer kits
News Microsoft is nearing its goal to have all manner of home equipment join a network, with a hardware and software developer kit due by the end of the year to let companies link everything from light switches to refrigerators to computers.
[April 17, 2002, 15:59]
StarDust: A Flexible Architecture for Passive Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks
White Papers An aerial device projects light towards the deployed sensor network, and records an image of the reflected light. This paper proposes a framework, called StarDust, for wireless sensor network localization based on passive optical components.
[August 25, 2007, 1:00]
Sendo X: a first look review
Reviews Sendo X: due in mid-December, pricing and network operators to be announced. The Sendo X is designed to be very highly configurable by network operators, so the default one we saw may not be what many users get.
[November 27, 2003, 15:25]
Home LANs risk accidental hacks
News The log light continues to sparkle, but the little monitors showing network activity from your laptop are blank. Ensure basic security features are turned on and do not use default wireless network names.
[September 19, 2002, 9:03]
Antenna to boost wireless security
News Because of the way these networks are set up using radio frequencies, it is possible for just about anyone to tap into a network without the knowledge or permission of the people who administer it. You make the network more secure because infrared...
[November 11, 2002, 16:12]
Epson EMP 765 review
Reviews You can use it with the included Wi-Fi card to monitor the projector over a LAN or to show images stored on a network drive or a nearby notebook -- no Ethernet cables needed. The downside is that before displaying slides or digital images over the...
[April 13, 2006, 10:25]
Web-enabled lamp casts light on IPv6
News The lamp sports a RJ-45 modular jack which allows it to be connected to a local area network (LAN). An IPv6 Internet address is automatically assigned to the lamp when the LAN cable is plugged in, so users can send remote commands through the...
[April 8, 2003, 11:57]
Fear users, says IDC security chief
News Controlling network access needs a similarly light touch, according to Jacobs. With network access control, the key is using it to assess both client and your security policy. You can't lock 70 percent of the users off the network — that is a...
[September 25, 2007, 13:41]
Police your network traffic with IPTraf
News If you're looking for a simple, reliable network monitoring tool that can be installed on minimal hardware, the free, open source application IPTraf may be just the ticket. In this article, I'm going to tell you where to get this open source...
[April 30, 2002, 12:33]
Dell Photo All-in-One Printer 922 review
Reviews A single USB 2.0 port (cable not included) is located on the back of the machine along with the power-cord connector, and despite its lack of a network interface, the printer can function as part of a peer-to-peer network.
[July 1, 2004, 12:00]
Wireless deployment at enterprise level
News According to the recent 2006 Webtorials "WLAN State of the Market" report by Joanie Wexler of Network World, wireless technology tied with VPN at the top of the list of most important technologies to the enterprises surveyed.
[September 14, 2006, 15:40]
10 ways to protect systems from electrical damage
News Too many desktop computers, servers and network devices connected to a single circuit can easily overpower the electrical supply. Notice I didn't say too many desktop computers, servers, and network devices connected to a single outlet.
[July 20, 2006, 17:35]
Photos: Sensor telemetry
News A mesh network based on the ZigBee standard handles communications between the wagons so that the cargo can be monitored. Accenture used satellite communications with a chemical company client with a network of cars, using solar powered...
[March 30, 2006, 14:45]
Netgear DG814 DSL Modem Internet Gateway review
Reviews If wires-only customers use network gear that didn’t come from their ISP, there are bound to be support headaches. The day the new ADSL service is switched on, a lot of very green network users will be phoning up their service provider for support.
[September 27, 2002, 8:40]
Computer, know thyself review
Reviews There's also a downloadable plug-in that will monitor your system and show your CPU loading, network traffic, disk throughput and memory use. However, if you want to keep a close eye on your system, some handy widgets will display useful...
[September 19, 2005, 11:50]
