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• Boingo Ships Wi-Fi Client for the Mac Mac users now have a new option to access Wi-Fi hotspots. Boingo has released a native Mac client, allowing users to access...
• 802.11n Blue Ribbon Winners Ranking Wi-Fi vendors and their offerings.
• Video Surveillance Made Easy With a PC Hands-on with new Webcams that provide video surveillance for your home or office--at a fraction of the cost of a professional security service.
• See More AirPort Extreme Base Station Radio Modes If you've got an AirPort Extreme Base Station--one capable of 802.11n connections--but you'd like to use it on a network...
• Set up File Sharing In order to use a synchronization utility to sync two Macs, one computer must be able to access the other's hard drive.
• AirPort Utility and Firmware Updated In addition to releasing Mac OS X 10.5.4, Apple updated its AirPort Utility software and Firmware for the AirPort wireless...
• Do Smartphone Viruses Threaten Networks? All evidence points to the fact that smartphone viruses will be a threat to your network even though they aren't at this...
• Everybody Surfs in Universal Broadband Campaign Internet for Everyone, a new public interest group, is pushing for universal broadband access in the United States.
• Mobile Platforms Loosen Grip Nokia's purchase of the part of Symbian it didn't already own may signal a change towards openness in mobile platforms, but it's too early to tell precisely what "open" means.
• In-Flight Broadband Soft Launches on American Fly high speed with American's new in-flight broadband service in just a few short weeks.
• Fiber Forces Fibs? Cable companies claim fiber links to residential neighborhoods, but Verizon has the real goods straight to your home.
• Cisco CEO Chambers: We Don't Need to Own VMware Cisco exec does want to cozy up with EMC, VMware and IBM though.
• Verizon Revamps 3G Overage Plan Verizon has tweaked the cost of exceeding its 3G service plan caps each month in a good way, making it easier for customers to avoid enormous bills.
• Sierra Wireless Compass 597 Mobile Broadband Modem This mobile broadband modem provides an easy and stylish way to get broadband Internet access while you're on the go.
• Sierra Wireless Compass 597 USB Modem Sprint has created the ultimate cellular data modem combo with its Sierra Wireless Compass 597. The device folds high-speed...
• Endpoint Security Gets a Failing Grade A study by security vendor Sophos reveals that half of all business PCs lack basic security measures.
• Limit Internet Attacks With Virtual Servers Virtual servers can make hackers' jobs more difficult by reducing the time that any one version of a server is exposed to the Internet.
• Corporate Security Worldwide Fails Basic Tests Everyone knows that there's no such thing as 100 percent security, but it's unlikely that most businesses realize how insecure they really are.
• One in Three IT Admins Admit Snooping A third of IT admins surveyed say they or their colleagues have used top-level passwords to access confidential information.
• Nearly Half of IT Workers Snoop in Confidential Files Nearly half of IT workers in the UK have admitted to looking at confidential information on company networks.
• Casual Friday: Stream Crysis on an Eee PC You can play your PCs games wherever and whenever you want--even on an underpowered mini-laptop--thanks to streaming (and one day, cloud computing).
• Competition Emerges for Fastest Broadband Verizon increasing its speed, but hardly its price, for its fiber-backed FIOS service is part of a broader trend of real competition emerging for our broadband spending.
• Will Current IPhone Owners Upgrade to 3G? In the wake of the iPhone 3G announcement at WWDC last week, I've been thinking about whether it's time to upgrade--to replace...
• Insider Threat Exaggerated, Study Says Hackers, holes, malware and other outside efforts account for most corporate security breaches, according to a new report.
• Broadband Providers Cap Monthly Usage Unlimited isn't what it used to be, as providers test monthly caps, with Sprint's mobile broadband service being the latest to restrict monthly transfers.