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OnLive streaming game service now available on tablets, phones

You might enjoy mobile gaming on your iPad and iPhone, but perhaps you long for something a bit?meatier. Online gaming service OnLive wants to feed that need, and it?s doing so by launching versions of its client software for tablets and smartphones.
Wi-Fi adaptor promises hot spot joy

Laptop users frustrated with poor Wi-Fi reception, but without money to spend on expensive upgrades, might be interested in Buffalo Technology?s new range-boosting adaptor.
Mandriva puts Linux on USB stick

Now the geeks can have a full-featured Linux OS booted from a USB stick or thumb drive.
Two companies boost wireless security

Two vendors this week plan to release mobile security products for the enterprise. Network Chemistry is updating its radio frequency scanning software and start-up Yoggie Security Systems is shipping a gateway device for laptops.
HP fine-tunes blades and thin clients

HP has produced two new thin clients and improved its blade PC architecture and workstation.
Dell offers Daft N - sorry, 'Draft N'
Wireless LAN security gets two upgrades
First Wi-Fi products get security certificate

WPA2 stamp for those that manage the 802.11i spec.
Cisco pushes for new wireless security protocol
Microsoft joins the 802.11g WLAN fray

Latest Features

10 reasons your Wi-Fi speed stinks (and what you can do about it)

The first 801.11ac chipsets are coming soon, but 802.11n is likely to stick around for many years to come -- both in the business world and our homes. Unfortunately, the 300Mbps (megabits per second) that the n-standard promises rarely delivers anything even close and proves to be a massive bottleneck in the days of 50/100Mbps (or more?) broadband connections, 1080p video streaming, massive backups and so forth. On the business side of things, even menial tasks such as remote desktop or real-time collaboration suffer from a poor Wi-Fi-connection.
End-users will have to buy their own notebooks

IT will wash its hands of the laptop asset - but it can't lose the security and policy issues so easily.
Next up for handhelds: device management and video

For IT managers, the big issue with mobile devices is a matter of control.

How-tos

Easy fixes for networking problems

How to build a Linux PC for less than £180

How to upgrade a home office router

Testing Wi-Fi's Power Save Mode

How to improve a small Wi-Fi network

Set up 802.1X in sixty minutes - Part 2

Troubleshoot and extend cheap Wi-Fi gear

Preventing crosstalk from wired to wireless

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Featured White Papers

Deploying Video over IP Network Cameras

Whether it relates to property or individuals, physical security is becoming a growing concern in today?s world. And now with the pervasive availability of IP networks and digital imaging technology, the possibility of using low-cost, highly flexible video monitoring has become a reality for more and more organizations. This paper discusses the ways in which it is possible to implement this new method of providing security camera surveillance. Simply put: if a location is equipped with a computer network the necessary basic infrastructure is already in place to add networked video. The design considerations discussed in this document will help explain how best to deploy highly effective networked IP video camera applications across a network.
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