Intel has taken its Terascale computing project to the next level, with a 48-core x86 processor that will serve as a test-bed for many-core technologies. Intel held a press event in downtown San Francisco on Wednesday. It was another Terascale event—Terascale being the company's test-bed for many-core technologies, and not an actual product. But the 48-core, Single-chip Cloud Computer (SCC) that...

Clearwire gets some more funds and suddenly it's the industry darling again. Last month the mobile WiMAX operator received $1.56 billion from investors including Sprint Nextel and sold more than $2 billion in debt to help fill a funding gap that was a glaring hole in analysts' eyes. And they questioned whether the company could get more money in this economic climate and therefore the operator...

Google now wants to be your browser’s phone book, launching a DNS service Thursday in hopes that users will let the ad and search giant take over yet another part of their net experience. Browsers ask Domain Name System (DNS) servers to translate URLs like http://wired.com into the web addresses where the servers are (e.g., http://69.22.138.130). That lets browsers retrieve pages and e-mail...

YouTube has launched a feature allowing users to download slimmed-down versions of videos in places where bandwidth is tight. Feather, now out in beta, is described as an "ultra-light watch page" which cuts back on the features available to viewers. Related videos and comments are kept to a minimum. "A consequence of rolling out higher quality video, HD and, more recently, 1080p, is that...

Sprint has denied making a massive disclosure of sensitive information to law enforcement agencies. Indiana University doctoral student and privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian has alleged that Sprint Nextel provided agencies with customer GPS location data over eight million times between September 2008 and October 2009. "This massive disclosure of sensitive customer information was made...

The DSL605E is an ADSL1/2/2+ router with one RJ-11 WAN port and one 10/100Mbps LAN port. It can operate as either a bridge or a router and supports a variety of routing functions, such as NAT, DMZ and port forwarding.

This router supports 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 DSL-N13 is an ADSL2/2+ wireless router with one RJ-11 WAN port, four 10/100Mbps LAN ports and two USB 2.0 ports. You can use the USB ports for FTP and to connect a printer to the router - to share and to print your document wirelessly.

The integrated access point complies with the IEEE 802.11n (draft) standard. With 802.11n MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) technology, the DSL-N13...

The WL-530gV2 is a wireless router with a single 10/100Base-T WAN port and four 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN ports. With its pocket size and portability, it is able to provide wireless access to the Internet easily and without hassle.

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

The FVX538 is a firewall with two 10/100Mbps WAN ports, eight 10/100Mbps and a single 10/100/1000Mbps LAN ports, and a single serial port. One LAN port can be dedicated hardware DMZ port. The firewall provides WAN throughput of up to 80Mbps and supports auto-failover for uninterrupted Internet connection and load-balancing between the WAN ports.

This firewall provides VPN pass-through for...

The AR690W is a wireless broadband router. It has a single 10/100/1000Base-T WAN port and four 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet LAN ports.

The integrated access point complies with the IEEE 802.11n (draft 2.0) standard, providing wireless transmission rates of up to 300Mbps. It supports WEP and WPA/WPA2 wireless encryption and uses WMM (QoS) to prioritize the traffic over the network. A WPS button...

The RT-N12 is a wireless broadband router. It has a single 10/100Base-T WAN port and four 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN ports. A built-in switch button allows you to choose between AP, Repeater and Gateway operation modes.

The integrated access point complies with the IEEE 802.11n (draft 2.0) standard, providing wireless transmission rates of up to 300Mbps. It supports WEP and WPA/WPA2 wireless...

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...