Google Inc. may pull out of China on April 10, China Business News reported today, citing an unidentified Chinese sales agent for the company. The search engine may announce its exit on March 22, the Shanghai-based newspaper reported, citing an unidentified Google China employee. It may also reveal plans for its China workforce on the same day, according to the report. The company hasn't...

Skype Access will now offer WiFi internet access in thousands of locations worldwide. But don't get too excited, a quick scan of the pricing and we're not so enthusiastic. If you've ever travelled or backpacked around the world, you'll know that WiFi has really changed the way we get online. In Australia, free WiFi is something of a luxury. But in restaurants, coffee shops, malls and hotels...

As if having control of your web surfing, mobile phone and social notworking wasn't enough, Google now wants to take over your television set, too. According to an article in the New York Times, Google has formed a partnership with Sony, Intel and Logitech to enable TV viewers to use web applications as easily using their TV remote controls. It will work by using a Google TV set-top box that...

Comcast starting this year plans to roll out 100-Megabit-per-second downstream service for residential customers - twice its fastest Internet tier today. Currently, Comcast has deployed DOCSIS 3.0, the next-generation cable modem technology, to more than 75% of its nationwide footprint representing some 38 million homes and business premises. The MSO's Extreme 50 tier offers up to 50 Mbps...

Government-mandated ISP ratings, a new copyright symbol and a national poll database - just a taste of what you'll find in the new plan for America's next-generation broadband. The National Broadband Plan has been presented to the US Congress and covers everything from ensuring that schools get decent broadband to providing them with the freedom to make use of it and getting 4Mb/sec to every...

The NP740n is a wireless router with one 10/100Base-T WAN port and four 10/100Base-T LAN ports.

The integrated access point complies with IEEE 802.11n (draft 2.0), providing wireless transmission speeds of up to 300Mbps. It can operate in AP and Wireless Bridge modes and supports WEP and WPA/WPA2 wireless encryption. The NP740n uses WMM (QoS) to prioritize the traffic over the network. A WPS...

The WAG310G integrates an ADSL2+ modem, 802.11b/g wireless access point, five 10/100 Ethernet ports, two FXS ports for VoIP, one FXO port and a single USB 2.0 port. One of the LAN ports can be configured as WAN port.

The integrated wireless access point complies with the IEEE 802.11b/g standards, providing wireless transmission rates of up to 54Mbps. It supports WEP and WPA/WPA2 wireless...

The WG102 is an 802.11b/g wireless access point with a single 10/100Base-T LAN port. It can operate in AP, Wireless Bridge, Wireless Client and Repeater modes. This AP integrates 802.3af Power Over Ethernet (PoE) function. It uses "Super-G" mode- a proprietary extension to the 802.11g standard, which can double the throughput to 108Mbps. Only compatible wireless stations can use this...

The ESR-9752 is a wireless router with one 10/100Base-T WAN port and four 10/100Base-T LAN ports.

The integrated access point complies with IEEE 802.11n (draft 2.0), providing wireless transmission speeds of up to 300Mbps. It supports WEP and WPA wireless encryption. The ESR-9752 uses WMM (QoS) to prioritize the traffic over the network. A WPS button allows for worry-free wireless security...

The TWG870 is a VoIP wireless cable router with four 10/100/1000Base-T LAN ports, one USB port and a two FXS ports for VoIP. It is DOCSIS / EuroDOCSIS 3.0 compliant and provides WAN throughput of up to 440Mbps.

The integrated access point complies with IEEE 802.11n (draft) standard, providing wireless transmission speeds of up to 100Mbps. It supports WEP and WPA/WPA2 wireless encryption and...

The FBR-1161 is an ADSL2/2+ router with one RJ-11 WAN port, one 10/100Mbps LAN port and a single USB 1.1 port. It supports UPnP, DDNS and DMZ.

This router provides VPN pass-through for IPSec, L2TP and PPTP. It features a built-in SPI firewall to protect the network against hackers and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

The router can be easily configured via Web-based configuration utility...

Introduction With the popularity of wireless networks and mobile computing, an overall understanding of common security issues has become not only relevant, but very necessary for both home/SOHO users and IT professionals alike. This article is aimed at illustrating current security flaws in WEP/WPA/WPA2. Successfully cracking a wireless network assumes some basic familiarity with networking principles and terminology, as well as working with command-line tools. A basic familiarity...

This article is intended as a primer on some TCP/IP networking concepts and factors that determine an optimal TCP Receive Window.   The TCP Window  The TCP Window is the amount of outstanding data (unacknowledged by the recepient) that can remain in the network. After sending that amount of data, the sender stops and waits for acknowledgement back from the receiver that it has gotten some of it. As such, this value is probably the single most important...

Microsoft enforces a limit on half-open TCP/IP connections that is hard-coded in tcpip.sys. The maximum simultaneous half-open (incomplete) outbound TCP connection attempts per second that the system can make is intended to limit the spread of malicious viruses and worms, as well as limit the possibility of launching a DDoS attack. However, it has proven to also limit some applications using many TCP connections, such as P2P and P2PTV programs. When the OS reaches the half-open...

Windows Vista introduces a number of new features to the TCP/IP stack, including CTCP, and TCP Window Auto-Tuning. This new implementation works much better by default than previous Windows versions with broadband internet connections, and is able to adjust the RWIN value on the fly, depending on the BDP (bandwidth-delay product). This, however, introduces some problems with older routers and restricts the user from tweaking some of the TCP/IP parameters. Still, there is always some room for...

Introduction The Travel Mate 292XC is a part of the 290 Series laptops from Acer. There is a large range of models within the 290 series with different specifications, some Centrino based, and others just Pentium M. This particular model being reviewed, the LX-T3505.455, is a Celeron M 330 processor version and it is a very well priced for its specifications. This model was purchased for about $599.99 CAD and has the following specs: Processor: Intel Celeron M 330 Processor...

Introduction D-Link was founded in 1986, and since then has catered to both consumer and SOHO users. D-Link is already a well known name in the home networking market, however in the past D-Link products have been considered inferior to those of their competitors such as Linksys (Cisco) and Netgear (Bay Networks). Recently this stigma has begun to disappear with D-Link taking a large portion of the home and SOHO markets. The D-Link DI-524 is one of the company's new series of Wireless-G routers,...

Introduction Compex is an established, yet forward-thinking company in the networking, wireless and telecommunications industry. The company was founded in 1987 and focuses on designing, development and manufacturing a complete line of networking products for the home, SOHO, broadband, and WLAN market needs. The NetPassage 26G is a notable addition to the wireless wave of broadband routers that is sweeping the current home/SOHO market. It comes with a...

Netgear is well known in the networking market.  Originally a consumer-oriented subsidiary of Bay Networks, they have since been spun off to become their own company.  Some of the first consumer routers came out of Netgear, and they have been a major player in the home networking scene.  Their latest line of products sports a new sleek look, a major change of the square purple boxes for which they were known.  Personally, I was a fan of the old box, but then again, not everybody wants a...