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Cisco upgrades industrial Ethernet switches

Cisco has unveiled an updated IE 2000 line of Ethernet switches for industrial environments, such as manufacturing floors.
New iPad specifications could lead to network crunch

The new Apple iPad, which sports a higher-resolution screen, a 1080p HD camera and LTE network capability, will likely entice millions of buyers - but it could bog down corporate networks and give IT managers headaches.
Google search domains to get HTTPS by default

The steady roll-out of SSL for the world?s most popular websites continues with the news Google?s global search domains including google.co.uk are finally to get HTTPS encryption by default over the coming weeks.
F5 Networks enters alliances with MDM vendors

F5 Networks has entered into technology-alliance agreements with several mobile-device management (MDM) vendors in order to optimise use of F5 Technologies remote-access software with MDM software used to manage smartphones and tablets.
Apple patches 51 bugs in Mac OS X Lion and Snow Leopard

Apple on Tuesday patched 51 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, most of them critical, in 2012's first security update.
PrintMe Mobile from EFI lets devices use corporate printers

A new client-server application lets most mobile devices now wirelessly use corporate printers, without having to make changes to smartphones or tablets, or to the printers.
CES: Kingston shows external hard drive for iPad

Kingston this week showed PC Advisor an iPad accessory that dramatically increases the storage capabilites of Apple's tablet PC. The 'Mobi SX' is a WEP-secured wireless storage device that allows up to three people to store and then stream media files.
Google ports Instant Search to Android, iPhone

Google on Thursday started offering Google Instant on some Android devices and iPhones, as promised when it launched the service for computer users in September.
OnLive launches cloud gaming over WiFi, SDK

OnLive launched the WiFi beta to all members this week, and made its software development kit available to independent developers.
Apple to issue iPad Wi-Fi fix

Apple will issue a fix to answer complaints from iPad owners of weak wireless signals, dropped connections and slow surfing speeds, the company said in a recently-published support document.

Latest Features

Hands on with the Sony PlayStation Vita

Sony's new portable PlayStation Vita game system offers unique and new features for a mobile game console that will take some getting used to. But once you get acquainted with the PlayStation Vita unique hardware and play games optimised for the console the game play is awesome.
Six new and rising hacker threats

Hackers never sleep, it seems. Just when you think you've battened down the hatches and fully protected yourself or your business from electronic security risks, along comes a new exploit to keep you up at night. It might be an SMS text message with a malevolent payload or a stalker who dogs your every step online. Or maybe it's an emerging technology like in-car Wi-Fi that suddenly creates a whole new attack vector.
Best free WiFi security tools

WiFi security has come a long way from the days when consumers used wireless routers with inadequate or no encryption, and overlooked the need to change default passwords for gateway access.
Wi-Fi hot spots expose private information

Tips for ensuring that employees don't reveal private data when they log into public Wi-Fi networks at hotels, coffee shops and Internet cafes.
A simple guide to wireless network security

Tips for ensuring that employees don't reveal private data when they log into public Wi-Fi networks at hotels, coffee shops and Internet cafes.
A guide to ARP spoofing and WPA2

AirTight Networks says it's found a weak point in Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), the mainstay of enterprise Wi-Fi security. But has it? Security expert Matthew Gast says the attack seems to be a familiar ARP spoofing exploit that works as well on wired as wireless LANS. If so, it can easily be contained.
Russian spies thwarted by technology failings

The Russian ring charged this week with spying on the United States faced some of the common security problems that plague many companies - misconfigured wireless networks, users writing passwords on slips of paper and laptop help desk issues that take months to resolve. In addition, the alleged conspirators used a range of technologies to pass data among themselves and back to their handlers in Moscow including PC-to-PC open wireless networking and digital steganography to hide messages and retrieve them from images on websites.
Mobile developers get ready for 4G data explosion

With 4G networks due to hit the mass market over the next two years, some application developers are looking at ways to exploit the new high-speed connections to improve their apps' performance and capabilities.
Eight reasons ebook readers could fail

The Nook e-reader will debut on 30 November at Barnes & Noble stores, joining several new electronic reading devices hitting the market soon.
WiMax in 2010: Too little, too late?

By the end of 2010, users in more than 80 US cities may be able to ditch their cable modems, T1 setups and DSL lines - and the Wi-Fi routers that go with them - in favour of WiMax broadband wireless technology.

How-tos

How to add a new wireless router to a network

How to set up a WiFi router and home network

How to update the firmware on your TV, camera or mobile phone

How to connect a PC to the Internet via BlackBerry tethering

How to access Gmail safely abroad

How to avoid WiFi hot spot dangers

How to upgrade a home office router

Testing Wi-Fi's Power Save Mode

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When corporate network safety starts at employees' homes

A step-by-step guide to protecting your network against home wireless hackers and educating employees on the safe use of wireless home networks.
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Client Firewalls: Are they useful?

With the increase in computer and internet use, the task of securing a network has changed over the years. In today?s world client firewalls are becoming a common part of endpoint security. In this paper I will define what a client firewall is and how it differs from a gateway firewall, why it is used, and how client firewalls work.
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Using Windows Vista on a Corporate Mobile Network

We will start of by walking through the process of configuring a wireless connection on a Windows Vista system manually. This will allow us to view the different features and options available during setup.We will then discuss how to implement configuration changes automatically through Active Directory by using 802.11 group policy settings or script files.
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