Microsoft’s new wireless keyboard-and-mouse duo aims to thwart keystroke spies with full AES 128-bit encryption on over-the-air data — an improvement on older wireless models that have proven to be easy pickings for hacker-types.
You can pick up the Wireless Desktop 2000 now for $40, but that won’t buy you protection from more common threats like Shandong phishmongers, nor will it make up for security loopholes in your other peripherals.
Speaking of which, are you still using that seemingly innocent USB
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Wireless
- Date: Feb 15,2011
We can’t all have 3G or 4G wireless wherever — sometimes we need to get friendly with a plain ‘ol hotspot. Skype is making that a little easier, expanding Skype Access in partnership with eight international WiFi pushers:
- BT Openzone
- Fon
- M3 Connect
- Row 44
- Skyrove
- Spectrum Interactive
- Tomizone
- Vex
Fon will probably be the most familiar if you’re in America, but combined the program covers 500,000 hotspots, including 500 hotels. Users will be able to pay for WiFi by the minute using Skype Credit, with prices ranging from a nickel to $.19 per currently. No word on whether that will be changing with this new announcement.
- Author: admin
- Filed under: GPS, Wireless
- Date: Feb 23,2008
And you thought puttering around the intarwebz on your EDGE-capable iPhone was bad — just think of trying to find anything on the ‘net while accidentally moseying through a dodgy part of town.
Nevertheless, BMW is gearing up to offer “unrestricted access” to the web as an option in any new 2008 vehicle, but alas, it’s only for European clients at the moment.
Of course, BMW’s no stranger to letting bits and pieces of the web into its motorcars, but this creation will let you catch up on the latest gadget news and pre-order the latest Elmo doll from the comfort of your heated seat. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: GPS, Wireless
- Date: Jun 7,2007
We’ll admit, Zoombak’s a bit late the Fido tracking game, but we’re sure that pet owners won’t complain about a bit more competition in the pet location biz. According to documentation at the FCC, this here device is most effective on animals that weight 15 pounds or more, and essentially consists of a wireless transceiver and Li-ion cell wrapped within a semi-rugged, water resistant enclosure. The 73-gram box straps around your pet’s neck and purportedly communicates with a variety of GSM bands in order to keep you notified about your animal’s location. Unfortunately, details surrounding the actual operation of the device is still scant, but it shouldn’t be too long now before Zoombak is cleared to offer these up for (straying) pet lovers everywhere.
[Thanks, Rich]
