Nov 6th, 2008 · With the release of this whitepaper, the FCC unanimously approved plans for a new technology with strong supporters and even stronger detractors. White Space Wi-Fi effectively allows manufacturers of wireless devices to incorporate transceivers that operate …
see also: Google · Wi · Fi · technology · manufactured · interference · spectrum
Oct 1st, 2008 · What's the deal with broadband caps, like Comcast's 250GB/month data transfer limit, which goes into effect tomorrow? Om Malik at GigaOM has a whitepaper laying out the facts and fiction about Comcast's short-sightedness (which other carriers are mimicking), …
see also: bandwidth · fiction · consumer · Internet · carriers · broadband · PDF
Sep 30th, 2008 · What's the deal with broadband caps, like Comcast's 250GB/month data transfer limit, which goes into effect tomorrow? Om Malik at GigaOM has a whitepaper laying out the facts and fiction about Comcast's short-sightedness (which other carriers are mimicking), …
see also: bandwidth · fiction · consumer · Internet · carriers · broadband · PDF
Feb 17th, 2008 · An anonymous reader brings us a whitepaper from Codenomicon which discusses the state and future of wireless security. They examine Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and also take a preliminary look at WiMAX. The results are almost universally dismal; vulnerabilities …
see also: software · Wi Fi · Vendors · expense · Security · PDF · Hacker
Aug 6th, 2006 · A followup whitepaper [PDF] to a recent talk at the blackhat security conference has been released outlining the risks associated with web based feeds such as RSS and Atom. From the article: "Attackers could exploit the problem by setting up a malicious …
see also: blog · subscribers · RSS · Security · JavaScript · Atom · PDF
Jan 25th, 2006 · Content management specialist Seth Gottlieb has written an easy to understand how-to on selecting an open source CMS. Gottlieb is also responsible for the whitepaper 'Content Management Problems and Open Source Solutions' which summarizes 15 open source …
see also: cm · software · proprietary · Projects · Seth Gottlieb · Gottlieb · whitepaper
Oct 4th, 2005 · This Intel-written whitepaper introduces a way to determine location with the aid of freely accessible, nearby radio sources, such as fixed Bluetooth devices, 802.11 access points, and GSM cell towers. Basically, the device reads the IDs of these local …
see also: computer · accessible · mobile · Cell · IDs · vehicle · Intel
Oct 4th, 2005 · TheRealDamion writes to let us know that the German Federal Government Co-Ordination and Advisory Agency (KBSt) has released an updated version of their Linux Migration guide whitepaper. This guide, originally released in 2003, is incredibly detailed …
see also: Linux · Windows · 2003 · migrate · assistance · German · whitepaper
Jul 26th, 2005 · Microsoft's deals with major PC vendors lock users out from alternative options, such as Linux. A recent whitepaper calculates that the cost to industry of this Microsoft monopoly is $10 billion per year.
see also: Linux · PC · Microsoft · industry · Vendors · calculations · Alternative