Posts Tagged ‘wifi’

Ford's "talking" cars could mean fewer crashes, reduced congestion

May 31 by David Lux | add comment

Ford has an innovative solution to reduce car accidents and curb congestion. Combining technologies like WiFi, GPS, and radar-based safety features, vehicle-to-vehicle communications systems can be used to create intelligent vehicles that wirelessly “talk” to each other and warn of possible hazards. “Intelligent more »

WiFi Hacker Guilty of Sending Child Porn, Threats to Joe Biden in Neighbor's Name

Dec 23 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

Feuds between neighbors have been known to get ugly. This one just got stupid. Earlier this week, Vincent Ardolf of Blaine, MN, confessed to hacking into Matthew and Bethan Kostolnik’s wireless Internet connection to send child porn and threats to politicians in their name. His neighbors had more »

Jailbreaking a Requirement For Experiencing WiFi On Your iPhone or iPad

May 15 by Ransler Dier | 6 comments

It looks like users will have to be willing to jailbreak their iPhones in order to experience the benefits of the WiFi Application. This really has come at no surprise, as it approaches boundaries that Apple is unwilling to cross. Many apps are rejected everyday but this one really deserves some more »

Germany to Fine for Unprotected Wi-fi Netwurst... er, Networks

May 14 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Here’s an odd one. Seems Germany is now fining users who fail to protect their wi-fi networks. Why? Oh, you’re gonna love this. Said a Karlsruhe court, presiding over the matter: “Private users are obligated to check whether their wireless connection is adequately secured to the danger of unauthorized more »