How To Crack WEP - Part 3: Securing your WLAN

Published on June 7, 2005 to Networking

Humphrey Cheung turns the tables in his final installment of the WEP Crack series. Part III describes an approach to wireless security that matches defensive measures against the level of expected threat. Read more

How To Crack WEP - Part 1: Setup & Network Recon

Published on May 10, 2005 to Networking

It's common knowledge that WEP can be "easily" cracked. But did you ever wonder how "easy" it is? In Part 1 of a three-part series, Humphrey Cheung shows you how to put together a WEP-cracking setup and find vulnerable wireless devices. Read more

How To Crack WEP - Part 2: Performing the Crack

Published on May 18, 2005 to Networking

In Part 2 of this series, Humphrey Cheung shows how to use the tools configured in Part 1 to capture data and perform a WEP key recovery. Read more

Video Guide Part 1: Market Situation and Applications

Published on July 29, 1999 to Networking

The World is turning digital. The vision of a perfect blend of telecommunication technology, consumer electronics and the PC will soon be a reality. Read more

Video Guide Part 2: Applications for Companies

Published on August 3, 1999 to Networking

Professional video processing, video via the Internet, video conferencing systems and standards - everything the IT specialist should know. Read more

Conversations with Cliff Plumer Part II: ILM's Real Yoda?

Published on October 12, 2005 to Notebooks and Laptops

Last week we presented the first part of Barry Gerber's interview with Cliff Plumer, the Chief Technology Officer of Lucasfilm and ILM. Our conversation this week continues over a wide range of topics, including challenges the company faces in constructing its computing environment. Read more

Video Guide Part 3: Video Formats and Compression Methods

Published on September 24, 1999 to Networking

An overview of the most commonly used video formats, from AVI and MOV to MPEG, compression methods and an explanation of MPEG encoding with an example. Read more

Video Streaming Need To Know: Part 1- Encoding, Bit Rates and Errors

Published on July 13, 2006 to Networking

Consumer networking vendors are constantly pitching us to stream video wirelessly around our homes. In Part 1 of this tutorial, Tim Higgins looks at what it takes to mess up networked video. Read more

Video Streaming Need To Know: Part 2 - The Real World

Published on August 4, 2006 to Networking

In the final Part 2 of this tutorial, Tim Higgins finds truth and lies about wireless streaming. Read more

Hacking the Linksys NSLU2 Part VI - Installing a Media Server

Published on May 20, 2005 to Networking

Jim Buzbee is back with his latest adventures in hacking Linksys' NSLU2. This time, he turns it into a UPnP-based media server - just the ticket if you'd like to free your PC from streaming media duties. Read more

Confessions Of A Serial HTPC Builder - Part 2

Published on April 6, 2006 to Home Theater

Part 2 of Michael Baggaley's series explores whether smaller is better when it comes to building Home Theater PCs. Opting for an MSI Mega180 small form factor PC and an ATI 9600 passively-cooled graphics card this time around offered a quieter and more-stylish HTPC build - albeit with some unpleasant surprises. Read more

Confessions Of A Serial HTPC Builder - Part 1

Published on March 27, 2006 to Home Theater

Michael Baggaley likes to build Home Theater PCs and will be describing a few of his builds for us. Part 1 of this series examines a water-cooled oldie, which was low on decibels but a bit too loud for most non-geeks' decorating tastes. Read more

The Turion 64 Inside Story Part II

Published on September 6, 2005 to Notebooks and Laptops

We previously covered technical specs of the Turion 64, Turion 64 Mobile Technology and Mobile Sempron, but how well do these devices really work? In Part II, we test the CPUs in an MSI Megabook M635 to see how they would fare against Gigabyte's W511A notebook based on Intel's Centrino Mobile Technology. Read more

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) NeedToKnow - Part II

Published on June 25, 2003 to Networking

When we last left WPA (in our November 2002 WPA - Wireless Security for the rest of us NeedToKnow) it was but a gleam in the eye of the Wi-Fi Alliance and a hardy band of brave souls. They had decided to stop waiting for the IEEE Task Group i to finish its work, take a subset of the technologies the Task Group was working on and get them to market as soon as possible. Read more

The Ladies of CES 2008, Part 2

Published on January 14, 2008 to Event Coverage

Another round of CES spokesmodels, models and beautiful attendees. Read more