<![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Computing - Networking]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ en 10 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:47:43 +0100 <![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Computing - Networking]]> http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_guide_us.jpg http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ <![CDATA[Wristband Wirelessly Tracks Kids, Spouces]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Wristband-Wireless-Ekahau-Wi-Fi-Tag,news-4874.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Wristband-Wireless-Ekahau-Wi-Fi-Tag,news-4874.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:40:00 CEST This wristband can track its wearer anywhere within a Wi-Fi system.]]> <![CDATA[Cop Emails Nude Pics to Drunk Driver; Busted]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Cop-Email-Nude-Pics-Drunk,news-4589.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Cop-Email-Nude-Pics-Drunk,news-4589.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:01:01 CEST A Kansas cop decided to help a drunk driver by emailing nude pics.]]> <![CDATA[Internet turns 40; AP Lists Key Milestones]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Internet-Milestones-Kleinrock-40-Network,news-4549.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Internet-Milestones-Kleinrock-40-Network,news-4549.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 CEST <![CDATA[WPA Encryption Cracked in One Minute]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/WPA-Cracked-Routers-Japanese-Scientists,news-4526.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/WPA-Cracked-Routers-Japanese-Scientists,news-4526.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:20:00 CEST Two Japanese scientists have figured out a way to crack WPA encryption in sixty seconds.]]> <![CDATA[Skype: A threat of Russian Security]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Skype-Russian-Security-Threat,news-4312.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Skype-Russian-Security-Threat,news-4312.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:00:00 CEST Russia is looking to clamp down on Skype and other VoIP services]]> <![CDATA[Thresh's Raptr Launches Multi-Network IM Client]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Thresh-Raptr-IM-Xbox-Game,news-4311.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Thresh-Raptr-IM-Xbox-Game,news-4311.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:41:01 CEST Raptr has launched a multi-network client that tells everyone in the world that you still play Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.]]> <![CDATA[HP Develops Browser-Based Darknet]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HP-Darknet-Broswer-Google-Firefox,news-4292.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HP-Darknet-Broswer-Google-Firefox,news-4292.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:10:00 CEST HP plans to demonstrate the power behind JavaScript using a browser-based darknet.]]> <![CDATA[$23 Quadrillion Charged on Visa Statements]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/-23-Quadrillion-Visa-Charge-Glitch,news-4239.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/-23-Quadrillion-Visa-Charge-Glitch,news-4239.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:11:01 CEST A technical glitch with Visa left many customers wondering how their great great great gandchildren's kids will pay off the $23 quadrillion debt.]]> <![CDATA[Pirate Bay Launches Anonymous VPN]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Pirate-Bay-VPN,news-3705.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Pirate-Bay-VPN,news-3705.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:41:01 CET A new VPN launched by the people behind Pirate Bay hopes to protect users from the new piracy law set forth in Sweden.]]> <![CDATA[Europe Testing 12.5 Gbps Wireless]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/wireless-wimax-3g-4g-5g,news-3623.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/wireless-wimax-3g-4g-5g,news-3623.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:31:00 CET <![CDATA[Voice-to-Text Messaging Now On Skype]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Skype-Voice-to-Text,news-3556.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Skype-Voice-to-Text,news-3556.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:10:00 CET Skype announced this morning that SpinVox will now provide voicemail-to-text conversion for Skype]]> <![CDATA[World's Fastest Wireless Net Connection]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Wireless-Broadband-Network,news-3488.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Wireless-Broadband-Network,news-3488.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:50:00 CET Australia's Telstra Corporation plans to launch the world's fastest wireless broadband network in the next few months.]]> <![CDATA[Vuze calls FCC to Probe Cox's Net Traffic Wrangling]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/vuze-cox-p2p-traffic,news-3421.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/vuze-cox-p2p-traffic,news-3421.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:00:01 CET Vuze is at it again it appears--this time going after Cox Cable, seeking an FCC Probe into the way that Cox manages customer bandwidth.]]> <![CDATA[Comcast Tests Free Wireless Internet]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Comcast-Free-Wireless-Internet,news-3406.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Comcast-Free-Wireless-Internet,news-3406.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:50:01 CET Comcast Corp is currently testing the Wi-Fi waters in parts of New Jersey, offering its cable subscribers free wireless Internet.]]> <![CDATA[Charter Unleashes 60 Mbps Broadband]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Charter-Broadband-Internet-60-mbps,news-3398.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Charter-Broadband-Internet-60-mbps,news-3398.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:50:00 CET Everyone likes a fat pipe, and Charter Communications plans to provide said pipe by offering customers the fastest residential broadband service on the market today: 60Mbps!]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft's IE8 Release Candidate Now Live]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Internet-Explorer-8,news-3367.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Internet-Explorer-8,news-3367.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:30:00 CET Today Microsoft announced the availability of Internet Explorer 8, Release Candidate 1 for public consumption.]]> <![CDATA[Downadup / Conficker Just Getting Started?]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Malicious-Worm-Hacker-Code,news-3352.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Malicious-Worm-Hacker-Code,news-3352.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:30:00 CET Currently the Downadup/Conficker virus has infected an estimated 6 percent of PCs worldwide, and researchers are waiting for its climactic "second act" of doom.]]> <![CDATA[Senator to Microsoft: You Keeping Americans?]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/microsoft-American-Layoffs-Senator,news-3351.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/microsoft-American-Layoffs-Senator,news-3351.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:30:00 CET A suspicious U.S. Senator is asking Microsoft just exactly how it plans to cut those 5,000 jobs, fearing that the software mammoth prefers foreign workers over Americans.]]> <![CDATA[Circuit City Plans to Liquidate]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/circuit-city-closing-stores-liquidation,news-3312.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/circuit-city-closing-stores-liquidation,news-3312.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:51:01 CET <![CDATA[Hacked Modems Seller Lands in Court]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/broadband-theft-hacked-modems,news-3291.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/broadband-theft-hacked-modems,news-3291.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:40:00 CET The selling of hacked or ‘modified’ electronics or hardware is nothing new, but when the intent behind selling them is geared towards malicious activity, your sales numbers take a beating.]]> <![CDATA[NASA Develops Interstellar Network]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-Space-Network,news-2999.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NASA-Space-Network,news-2999.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:20:00 CET Although having an Interplanetary Internet in space seems like something that should already be in place, apparently NASA is just now getting around to it after ten years of development.]]> <![CDATA[AT&T (Finally) Offers Free Wi-Fi for iPhones, BlackBerrys]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/AT-T-WiFi-iPhone-blackberry-free,news-2863.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/AT-T-WiFi-iPhone-blackberry-free,news-2863.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:30:00 CET AT&T has announced that the company will now offer free WiFi for iPhone and BlackBerry owners at AT&T WiFi hotspots.]]> <![CDATA[U.S. Army Says Terrorists Could Use Twitter]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Twitter-Terrorists-U.S.-Army,news-2854.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Twitter-Terrorists-U.S.-Army,news-2854.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CET It seems the U.S. military isn’t as big on Twitter as the rest of the blogosphere.]]> <![CDATA[Comcast To Offer 50 Mbps Service]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Comcast-Broadband-Access,news-2816.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Comcast-Broadband-Access,news-2816.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:20:00 CEST On the heels of announcing a 250GB download cap, Comcast has revealed that it is launching a 50 Mbps service.]]> <![CDATA[First Network Using Quantum Cryptography Demonstrated]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/quantum-cryptography-network-Siemens,news-2731.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/quantum-cryptography-network-Siemens,news-2731.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:10:00 CEST On Wednesday, the first commercial communication network using quantum cryptography was demonstrated]]> <![CDATA[Google Reduces IP Retention Period to 9 Months]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Privacy-Search-Data,news-2558.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Privacy-Search-Data,news-2558.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:00:00 CEST Google announced today that it will divide the amount of time before it anonymizes users’ data in half, meaning your search data will now only be associated with your IP address for nine months before being made anonymous.]]> <![CDATA[FBI and CIA Jump on Board the Social Networking Bandwagon]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/CIA-FBI-Facebook-Social-Networking,news-2552.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/CIA-FBI-Facebook-Social-Networking,news-2552.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:20:01 CEST <![CDATA[Why Google Will Still Support Firefox Even With Chrome]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-chrome-firefox,news-2534.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-chrome-firefox,news-2534.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:20:00 CEST Analysis: Google's Chrome to encourage innovation through competition]]> <![CDATA[IE8 Beta 2 has a surprise for Windows XP SP3 users ]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/IE8-Beta-2-uninstall,news-2511.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/IE8-Beta-2-uninstall,news-2511.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:20:15 CEST Ok, I get it: Beta software isn’t software that should be run on computers you rely on every day.]]> <![CDATA[IE8 Beta 2: Great new features, old annoyances]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/IE8-Beta-2-features,news-2495.html#xtor=RSS-211216 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/IE8-Beta-2-features,news-2495.html#xtor=RSS-211216 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:10:14 CEST {First Look} – Microsoft today released the second beta of its upcoming Internet Explorer 8 web browser with a boatload of new functionality compared to the first beta that made its debut in March of this year.]]>