Days before the Super Bowl, federal authorities blitzed more than a dozen websites illegally streaming live sporting events. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies announced Thursday that they had seized 16 websites and brought criminal charges against a Michigan man who operated nine of them. In total the authorities took down a record breaking 307 domain names. The...

Tech stocks related to social media, like Groupon and Zynga, see shares rise after Facebook IPO. Groupon Inc shares jumped to their highest level of 2012 Thursday as the daily deal company got a boost from social networking euphoria sparked by Facebook's IPO filing. Zynga shares are up about 11% and have set a new high in today’s action. Zynga's business model is largely based on Facebook's...

Netflix is looking to put an end of the Internet issues in video such as jitter, buffering and freezing with licensed bandwidth-scrunching software from start-up eyeIO. Today EYE IO, LLC (eyeIO) makes its official debut as an Internet video streaming technology provider, announcing its first commercial license agreement with Netflix, Inc. "eyeIO provides a straightforward solution for...

Sweden's Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by the founders of The Pirate Bay, meaning their jail sentences and fines are now final. In 2010, TPB founders Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde, and Carl Lundström received 10 month, eight month, and four month prison sentences, respectively, after being found guilty in 2009 of violating Swedish copyright law. Those sentences will now be upheld along...

After connecting 41,000 low-income households under its $9.95-per-month Internet Essentials broadband service, Comcast will expand eligibility requirements for the program, as well as double connection speeds and step up digital literacy efforts. Comcast estimates that 2 million U.S. households could qualify for the program. The 41,000 who've signed up so far represent about 2 percent of those...

The JATA-1S is a VoIP router with one 10/100Base-T WAN port, one 10/100Base-T LAN port and a single FXS port for VoIP communication.

This router supports some VoIP features, such as Echo cancellation, Voice Activity Detection and 3-way conferencing. It is SIP and STUN compliant.

This router can serve as a DHCP client/server. It also supports PPTP client. It can be configured via Web-based...

TRENDnet's 300Mbps Easy-N Range Extender, model TEW-736RE, extends the coverage of your existing wireless-N network. Setup is simple, with no drivers to install. Simply press the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) button on your router or access point, then on the TEW-736RE and you're done - the 300Mbps Easy-N Range Extender is now extending your high performance wireless N network over a large area....

The 450Mbps Dual Band Wireless N Media Bridge, model TEW-680MB, connects all media center devices to the Internet over a high performance 450Mbps wireless network.

The four Gigabit ports on the back of the device allows you to connect gaming consoles, televisions, DVRs, and more. You have th freedom to use the TEW-680MB on the common 2.4GHz band, or on the less congested 5GHz frequency to...

At 150Mbps, the TL-WR700N has the wireless speed and range to power a complex set of networking applications to create a highly efficient mobile office or entertainment network.

Small enough to fit in the average pocket and with no cables to plug in, save a WAN cable, the router is uniquely suited to providing robust wireless networking to travelers, students, or anyone else for work or play....

The RT-N12 LX is a wireless broadband router with a single WAN port and four 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN ports.

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

ASUS RT-N10 LX features Green WLAN technology that greatly reduces power during stand-by...

The Linksys RE1000 works seamlessly with all b/g/n Wi-Fi devices so you can connect all of the computers and devices around your home. For best performance, pair with any Wireless-N router. Multiple MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) antennas extend your router's wireless coverage into hard-to-reach areas of your home.

Wall outlet or desktop placement options help you to optimise the...

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 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...

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...