By Allen Fear, CNET Editor
Your phone and your network could interfere with each other if they’re both operating at 5.8GHz, but you’re in luck. Devices that operate at 5.8GHz typically enjoy a lot more elbow room than devices that operate at 2.4GHz. That’s because 802.11a networking gear, which uses the 5.8GHz band, has eight nonoverlapping […]
Posted by Marguerite Reardon
Start-up IP telephony providers Jajah and Jangl are teaming up to take on the competition, the companies said Thursday.
The companies are part of a new generation of voice-over IP providers that have crept up recently hoping to replicate the success story of Skype, which was bought by eBay two years ago for […]
Posted by Greg Sandoval
A prolonged legal fight with the movie industry has forced TorrentSpy, a popular BitTorrent search engine, to shut down.
“The legal climate in the USA for copyright, privacy of search requests, and links to torrent files in search results is simply too hostile,” said a note on TorrentSpy’s front door. “We spent the […]
by Rik Fairlie
In my quest for a wider-reaching Wi-Fi signal, I took notice when I stumbled upon a new (to me) company called hField Technologies. It markets a directional USB antenna that can deliver a signal up to 1,000 feet. But what really got me? A review from MacEnstein.com that claimed hField’s $79 Wi-Fire antenna […]
by Rik Fairlie
Looking for something to do this weekend? If you’ve got an old wireless router that you have outgrown, why not turn it into an access point and use it to wipe out dead zones throughout your home?
I just ran across a handy step-by-step guide on SmallNetBuilder.com. The writer, Tim Higgins, tells you how […]
by ZDNet Research
59% of new VOIP users told Telephia savings on calls within the United States was the top factor in making the switch. Among those who showed interest in adopting VOIP, but have not subscribed to a service, 30% said that bundled package deals were a key reason for their interest. For these intenders, […]
by Mikael Rickn, IDG News Service
Sales of Wi-Fi phones jump by more than 60 percent as IP telephony technology matures, a researcher reports.
Sales of Wi-Fi phones increased by more than 60 percent last year, according to Infonetics Research, as vendors have done more to support wireless IP (Internet Protocol) telephony.
Last year vendors sold 682,000 Wi-Fi […]
Some GSM carriers “lock” the cell phones that they sell to make sure you won’t use them with other carriers. The unlock software listed here offers different ways to unlock cell phones. Either by generating unlock codes, or through a data cable. I did not try these programs so please do your own research on […]
Also: Restore settings that software updates have altered; back up networked computers easily. Lincoln Spector
What’s the best way to back up and–just as important–restore the Windows Registry?
Hubert Harriman, Miami
Windows 98, Me, and XP back up the Registry automatically at regular intervals, but it’s still safest to back up your Registry manually before you make any […]
Once again, we enlisted CNET Labs to design and perform our antispyware tests. For specific samples, we asked Download.com to send us adware and spyware they’ve seen in the wild, to better replicate the examples you are likely to encounter on your own, not theoretical or “zoo” examples. From the Download.com list, CNET Labs selected […]