Google Inc. is facing a new antitrust probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display-advertising market to illegally curb competition, people familiar with the matter said. The rumor comes shortly after the FTC finished its long running antitrust investigation into Google's web search and search advertising, where the company was...

AT&T has introduced a new "Mobility Administrative Fee" to its postpaid contracts. The new fee which went into effect May 1, applies to consumer and Individual Responsibility User (IRU) lines. The "below the line" fee appears with taxes and other surcharges at the bottom of a customer's phone bill, below the service charges. Even though this doesn't sound like much, The Wall Street Journal...

Trendnet, a wireless networking hardware brand, has announced the availability of the AC1200 Dual Band Wireless Router, model TEW-811DRU which is designed to easily handle multiple HD streams in a busy connected home. The TEW-811DRU generates an ultra-high performance 867 Mbps Wireless AC network and a 300 Mbps Wireless N network to connect mobile devices and computers to the internet....

A report by The Wall Street Journal found that big phone companies and their mobile operators are now selling the data they've accumulated on customers. That data typically includes information on a mobile customer's movements and mobile web browsing habits. It turns out that Verizon already sells customer data through its Precision Market Insights product that collects, stores and sells...

Microsoft unveiled its new Xbox One Tuesday, displaying a device that takes new steps in game consoles' journey to becoming all-purpose entertainment and communication devices. The new console will be available later this year and will replace the Xbox 360, which has been on the market for nearly eight years. From a hardware standpoint, Xbox One has a custom-built 8-core CPU, with 8 gigabytes of...

The Wireless AC1000 Dual Band Gigabit Cloud Router delivers dual band performance for
intelligent, versatile, interference-free bandwidth. Check your email and surf the Internet on the 2.4GHz band; game and make Skype calls and stream HD videos with less interference on the 5GHz band.

The router provides up to 300Mbps (2.4GHz) + 650Mbps (5GHz) to deliver fast wireless speeds and less...

WA-6202-V3 WLAN 11n Router is compliant with 802.11n specifications and delivers wireless speed up to 300Mbps. It provides one USB port for 3G USB modem connection.

The router provides several operating modes: AP, Wireless Client, Wireless Bridge, WISP and Repeater. WEP and WPA/WPA2 wireless encryption is also supported to ensure secure wireless transmissions. A WPS button allows for easy...

As a 3-in-1 device, the TD-W8901N combines the functions of a high speed DSL modem, a 4-Port 10/100Mbps NAT router and a wireless N access point. It provides WAN throughput of up to 24Mbps downstream and 3.5Mbps upstream.

The TD-W8901N's built-in QoS engine provides various QoS policies that help prioritize Internet traffic to enable smooth IPTV streaming and lag-free online gaming.

The...

WA-6201-V7 WLAN 11n Pocket Router is designed for people on the go. It is compliant with 802.11n specifications, providing up to 150Mbps data rate.

Incorporating fast Ethernet ports and being compatible to other wireless (802.11b/g/n) networking devices, it enables your whole network sharing a high-speed cable or DSL.

The device supports WEP and WPA/WPA2 wireless encryption. It is WDS...

The WS322 Wireless Range Extender is a high-speed wireless device designed for homes and business travelers. It provides wireless transmission speeds of up to 300Mbps.

The WS322 can serve as a router that provides a Wi-Fi access point and as a repeater to extend the wireless signal coverage, or as a wireless network adapter.

The device has a WPS button that allows for easy wireless security...

The WS323 300Mbps Wireless Range Extender is a high-speed wireless device designed for both homes and business travelers.

The WS323 can serve as a router that provides a Wi-Fi access point, a repeater used to expand the wireless signal coverage, or as a wireless network adapter.

The device has a WPS button that allows for easy wireless security configuration. It supports WEP and WPA/WPA2...

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 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...

I've often found it useful to get just the wireless functionality out of a WiFi router and reuse it as an access point. Wireless routers seem more common, and are often priced even lower than wireless access points. Adding an access point to a wired network already in place, or to one where the main NAT router is provided by the ISP is usually the easiest solution. However, introducing a second NAT router on the network is not a good idea, especially without some tweaking to set it...

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...

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...

Solid State Drives (SSDs) have a great potential to speed up your system, and they're becoming mainstream with prices dropping and the technology maturing. SSDs are faster, have no moving parts, use less power, are quieter, less succeptible to physical shock, with lower access time and latency than traditional mechanical hard disk drives (HDDs). However, SSDs use memory chips to store data, which makes them quite different than traditional mechanical drives and most current...

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...