Ask the Wi-Fi Guru, Episode VI
August 6, 2008
WiFi Planet: “Q: In your January 2007 article, DD-WRT Tutorial 5: Wireless Repeater, you say: “At the time of this writing, wireless repeater mode does not yet function in bridged mode. This means that…clients connected to your DD-WRT repeater must be inside their own subnet, preventing them from seeing clients connected to the host AP.” Do you know with the release of v24 Final, if this has changed?”
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Fedora on a Stick
August 6, 2008
Linux.com: “Fedora 9 now lets you create a bootable Linux distribution on a flash drive with persistence. In other words, you can not only boot any PC that will accept USB drive booting into Linux, you can even boot into your own personal desktop.”
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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS - Whole Load of Apps Going On
August 6, 2008
Canonical Blog: “We will also be making IBM Lotus Symphony available too, packaged up for an easy install through the Ubuntu Add / Remove software tool. Symphony is IBM’s driver for acceptance of a free and open alternative to the ubiquitous Microsoft Office.”
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Convicted spammer escapes from prison
August 3, 2008
Convicted spammer Edward “Eddie” Davidson has escaped from a federal prison camp after serving just five weeks of a 21 month sentence..
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US government failing on digital security
August 3, 2008
A report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that key US departments are failing to take data security seriously.
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Asus takes Eee PC to the desktop
August 3, 2008
Asus is releasing a version of its lightweight Eee PC laptop for the desktop market.
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Gartner dismisses $100 laptop claims
August 3, 2008
Gartner rubbishes OLPC claims that it will produce a $100 laptop within three years.
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First analogue computer used to predict Olympics
August 3, 2008
A new analysis of the Antikythera Mechanism, which is thought to be the first analogue computer, has shown it was used to not only predict solar movements but also plan for the Olympics.
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World’s cheapest laptop goes on sale
August 3, 2008
A Taiwanese manufacturer is selling what is possibly the world’s cheapest laptop.
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3 grabs a piece of the iPhone pie
August 3, 2008
Tired of waiting for its own licensing contract with Apple, 3 Mobile is launching a range of plans geared towards iPhone users with unlocked devices.
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