Ars Technica has a well written piece by Glenn Fleishman about Erik Tews’ (pictured) work on cracking WPA. Up until now WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) has been the only alternative to the severely flawed Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). Note: it now takes only seconds to break into a WEP secured wireless network. Fortunately, there [...]
2007, Apple’s Year to Remember
By Sam Davis on Dec 24, 2007 within Apple, Featured | Comments
Steve Jobs ended 2006 by proclaiming that, “2007 is likely to be one of the most exciting new product years in Apple’s history.” Needless to say, he wasn’t just blowing smoke. Apple was on fire in 2007 as new and revolutionary products lured droves of consumers to Apple goods and launched Apple’s market capitalization (it [...]
Google to Sponsor $30 Million in Lunar X Prizes [News]
By Franklin Davis on Sep 13, 2007 within Coffee Break, Google | Comments
Fresh on the heels of securing a $1.3 million annual parking permit for their corporate jet (Boeing 767) at NASA’s airfield near Mountain View, CA the search giant now appears ready to offer up the largest X Prize to date ($20 million for the first competitor to land a robotic rover on the Moon that [...]