Archive for August, 2006

Windows Vista Beta 2 Plagued by Bugs

Joe Wilcox, an analyst with Jupiter Research: “Right now, Vista is like a ship on stormy seas.”

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Market Forces vs. Traffic Jams

Here’s an interesting application of networking technology:
Eliminate traffic jams by tracking cars with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips and Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking (like OnStar).
How would that reduce traffic jams? You would monitor peak traffic levels at bottlenecks and then charge drivers a higher toll in order to give them a reason […]

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Top 10 Tips For Protecting Yourself At Hot Spots

From the Grafdom web site:
[E]very time you connect at a hotspot, you’re asking for trouble. Hotspots are open networks that don’t use encryption, which invites hacking and snooping. In addition, when you’re on a hotspot you’re connected to the same network as your fellow hotspot users, they can potentially weasel their way onto your PC […]

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