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Chances are you don't leave your front door unlocked. And you shouldn't leave your Wi-Fi network unsecured either. Many of you may have heard this before, but many still seem to not be doing anything about it. You should. Here's why. With a $50 wireless antenna and the right software a criminal hacker located outside your building as far as a mile away can capture passwords, e-mail messages, and any other data being transmitted over your network, and even decrypt data that is supposedly protected.

I didn't get t-mobile's data plan. I was wondering if a wifi microsd card would work with the slot. I want it connected to my workplace network. thanks

How amazing would it be if you could walk into McTaco King and order that mid-morning bacon taco meal with Mountain Dew Big Gulp from your mobile device?  Just imagine… as you approach the restaurant, a menu pops up on your screen, the phone makes suggestions and helps you super-size your order, before you even set foot in the restaurant!Is there anything the IPad won't do? This advertiser’s wet dream is about to become reality, thanks to WPS (Wi-Fi Positioning System) infrastructure pioneered by CIA front company Skyhook (formerly Quarterscope) and currently being implemented by several other intelligence-connected companies, including...

Scientists have told us for years that Wi-Fi is safe. But concerned parents can be tough nuts to crack. Despite years of research and public education, some parents in Canada are blaming their children's illnesses on the wireless Internet routers installed in their schools, and they're calling for the setups to be removed.

A group of central Ontario parents is demanding their children's schools turn off wireless internet before they head back to school next month, fearing the technology is making the kids sick. Some parents in the Barrie, Ont., area say their children are showing a host of symptoms, ranging from headaches to dizziness and nausea and even racing heart rates. They believe the Wi-Fi setup in their kids' elementary schools may be the problem. The parents complain they can't get the Simcoe County school board or anyone else to take their concerns seriously, even though the children's symptoms all disappear on...

Reporting from San Francisco — Housed in an old San Francisco warehouse, Four Barrel Coffee — with its vintage record player, 53-year-old coffee roasting machine, tables hewn from recycled wood and wall of mounted boar heads — calls one of the world's most wired cities home. But don't expect to get an Internet connection there. Coffee connoisseurs hooked on this roaster's beans won't find a working signal — or even a power outlet. The uninitiated often try to plug into a fake one that owner Jeremy Tooker spray painted on the wall as a gag. "There are lots of marks...

Ain’t wireless technology grand? Tech companies keep finding unique and practical ways to use wireless applications in a range of uses. The latest is a wireless memory card for cameras (no more card readers!). The first one out was Eye-Fi and now Toshiba is talking about their version of this technology – Standard Promotion Forum for Memory Cards Embedding Wireless LAN, or “SPFfMCEWLAN” (the name is tentative). Toshiba released a press release yesterday explaining this new technology: “In recent years, as digital cameras have achieved huge rates of market penetration, the need for quick and easy way to share photographs...

UK based Nomad Digital says that it has recently been awarded a contract with train builder Talgo to deliver and operate a wireless broadband and live passenger information system on all Talgo's trains servicing their cross border route from Vancouver, Canada through Seattle, Portland and Eugene, Oregon. The project forms part of a train refurbishment programme that Talgo are undertaking. This new contract follows the launch of the passenger Wi-Fi service on the Amtrak Acela fleet on the 1st March 2010 and earlier contracts in Utah and New Mexico. The deployment will use Nomad's aggregation technology to make use of...

"We're gonna change the whole system. We're not gonna put a new battery in the system. No, no, we want a new system". -- Van Jones Glenn Beck talking about Google story -- Google is too far deeply in bed with the US government -- there are some 20 attorneys general investigating this. Something doesn't seem right. Please research this. I don't know what it is, but have a feeling it has something to do with internet regulations, net neutrality. I've been writing about this for weeks in my weekly column at World Net Daily. Keeping an eye on this...

Google (GOOG), already one of the key players in rapidly escalating debates about online privacy, this afternoon admitted that it has scooped up snippets of people’s online activities broadcast over wireless Wi-Fi networks over the past four years. The admission made this afternoon in Google’s official blog is likely to raise more worries about potential online privacy breaches, an issue that in the past week has focused most directly on social networking site Facebook.

Israel has banned imports of Apple Inc's hottest new product, the iPad, citing concerns the powerful gadget's wireless signals could disrupt other devices. Customs officials said on Thursday they have already confiscated about 10 of the lightweight tablet computers since Israel announced the new regulations this week. The ban prevents anyone - even tourists - from bringing iPads into Israel until officials certify that they comply with local transmitter standards. The US Federal Communications Commission allows devices with Wi-Fi capability to broadcast at higher power levels than are allowed in Europe and Israel - meaning that the iPad's stronger signal...

As airlines struggle, Amtrak is trying and take a bit of their market share. Business travelers who routinely fly the shuttle -- mildly affordable, and as comfortable as can be expected -- have enjoyed wi-fi access on some airlines, but not all. Amtrak sees an opening here: It's announced plans to offer wi-fi access on Acela trains between Boston, New York, and Washington, starting in March. Amtrak's Wi-Fi will be free at first, but the carrier may impose a fee in the future. While one reason for introducing the wi-fi perk is to compete with the likes of Delta and...

(Santa Fe New Mexican, The (NM) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jan. 8--A Santa Fe man who says he suffers from electromagnetic sensitivity is suing his next-door neighbor for refusing to turn off her cell phone and other electronic devices. Arthur Firstenberg, who has actively opposed the proliferation of wireless systems in public buildings, claims he has been made homeless by Raphaela Monribot's rejection of his requests. "Within a day of (Monribot) moving in, I began to feel sick when I was in my house," Firstenberg wrote in his affidavit. "(Monribot's) house is located 25 feet from my house. Further, because...

When even leaving a note is too direct…you folks with wireless networks still named “linksys” or “trendnet” are clearly missing out on a priceless opportunity to pi$$ off your neighbors.

A Blackberry blackout - the second in less than a week - had users of the popular phone and texting service fuming Tuesday night. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/tech_guide/2009/12/22/2009-12-22_werent_blackberry_useful.html#ixzz0aUOdyTNU

While the Pentagon may not have been listening to the increasing calls, from the troops, for a militarized smart phone, one defense supplier (Raytheon) has, and resulted in RATS (Raytheon Android Tactical System). Taking advantage of the open source Android operating system (think of it as mobile Linux), and the thousands of applications already available for it, RATS combines this with increasingly powerful, and inexpensive smart phone hardware, to produce something the troops want. Actually, RATS isn't a phone, it's a wi-fi device that looks like one (as does the Ipod Touch). RATS has GPS, a compass, vidcam and software...

I work near a wi-fi restaurant.....

Starting in January 2010, US McDonald's restaurants will no longer charge for Wi-Fi: The quick-service chain has service in 11,000 of its 14,000 locations in the US, and previously charge $2.95 for two hours access. The network is operated by AT&T, originally contracted by Wayport which was acquired by the phone giant last year. Most AT&T subscribers get free access at McDonald's, Starbucks, and a few thousand other locations...

Apple's Base Stations Have Three 802.11n Streams DECEMBER 5, 2009 Apple's October revision to its AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule lets these units run at up to 450 Mbps, 50 percent faster: I knew that Apple had put a 3x3 antenna array into these devices, which could be argued was intended to improve speed-over-range, a common reason to add antennas. (Read the background in my 20 October 2009 article, "Apple Slipstreams 3x3 into Wi-Fi Base Stations.") But I had heard that Apple had built three streams in, making these devices capable of a raw 450 Mbps operation, or...

While rumors of a possible Verizon-compatible iPhone in 2010 persist, one analyst has predicted that Apple will instead bring the iPhone to another GSM-based carrier in the U.S.: T-Mobile. In a note to investors released this week, Doug Reid of Thomas Weisel Partners said his firm believes that T-Mobile, and not Verizon, will be the beneficiary when Apple's exclusive agreement with AT&T expires next year... AT&T's exclusive contract with Apple for the iPhone is due to expire in 2010... While the iPhone in its current iteration is compatible with T-Mobile's network, it is not capable of connecting to its high-speed...