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Ozmo Aims to Steal Bluetooth's Thunder for Peripherals

2008-06-02 11:04:17 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...Bluetooth technology: Ozmo has developed chips for wireless peripherals like headphones, headsets, and handhelds (the three H's?) as well as mice and keyboards that pair with special driver software for computers to enable a 9 Mbps Wi-Fi-based PAN (personal area network) at the same time a computer is connected via Wi-Fi to a wireless LAN...
 
Tags: bluetooth, billion bluetooth chipsets, billion, bluetooth device association, wi-fi gear, wi-fi, bluetooth technology, wi-fi standards, ozmo
 
 
 
 
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Opinion: A new type of Bluetooth security

2008-03-25 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Security capabilities built into Bluetooth are good but not great. Columnist Craig Mathias suggests a new way to use Bluetooth to significantly improve mobile security
 
Tags: bluetooth, security capabilities
 
 
 
 
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Eavesdropping on Bluetooth headsets with Linux

2008-01-01 00:30:07 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Few users realize that Bluetooth headsets can be exploited granting a remote attacker the ability to record and inject audio through the headset while the device is not in an active call. SANS Institute author and senior instructor Joshua Wright demonstrates
 
Tags: bluetooth headsets, sans institute author, active call, remote attacker, inject audio, users, device, record, ability
 
 
 
 
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Bluetooth, IE to get critical Microsoft patches

2008-06-05 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft plans to issue seven sets of security patches next week, including critical fixes for DirectX, Internet Explorer and Bluetooth wireless software for Windows
 
Tags: bluetooth wireless software, security patches, internet explorer, microsoft plans, critical fixes, directx, sets, windows, week
 
 
 
 
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Seven Years of Wi-Fi Networking News

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2008-04-04 15:10:45 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Bluetooth. HomeRF hit the dust, and Bluetooth evolved into a complement to Wi-Fi Since starting, I've covered extensively the growth of the hotspot market, the rise and fall and rise again of municipal networks, the change in consumer equipment from expensive and slow to cheap and fast, the growth of the enterprise market, the phoenix-like...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi hotspot giant, municipal wi-fi, wi-fi signal finder, wi-fi world, world, 11b-later-wi-fi site, 11b, news
 
 
 
 
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Tracking Vehicles through Tire Pressure Monitors

2008-04-10 06:29:06 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Bluetooth radios in cell phones can be used to track their owners? The problem with TPMS is incomparably bigger, because the lifespan of a typical cell phone is around 2 years and you can turn the Bluetooth radio off in most of them. On the contrary, TPMS cannot be turned off. It comes with a built-in battery that lasts 7 to 10 years, and the...
 
Tags: battery-less tpms sensors, tpms, vehicle transportation authorities, easily readable, typical cell phone, readable, fair distance, built-in battery, transmitters power
 
 
 
 
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Skyhook Expands Wi-Fi Positioning to Cell, GPS

2008-06-30 10:25:33 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS chips Morgan said that A-GPS (assisted GPS) already combines cell tower information with GPS. A cell phone can be told approximately where it is, and thus instead of cycling through 24 satellites, start with the two that are most directly overhead. This can reduce the time to gain a location to as little as 20...
 
Tags: gps, wi-fi, a-gps, stand-alone gps gear, gps system grab, skyhook, gps-only device, gps chips, gps radios
 
 
 
 
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Forget the IPhone, Give me the JPhone

2007-07-25 21:56:46 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
...Bluetooth Now, in the cheapy version, that would be it. Wouldn't it be great to have that option? Of course, I do want a few other features which I think are implied. I think if the phone uses Windows Mobile, I probably get these automatically I want to be able to play my mobile games (e.g. bejeweled 2, poker I want to be able to load up and...
 
Tags: actual phone, phone, stylish phone, phone vendor, phone vendors, smart phone, keyboard, soft keyboard, change
 
 
 
 
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Wi-Fi Group Finalizes Latest Wireless Flavor

2008-04-01 08:22:21 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...Bluetooth over 802.11 and FireWire (IEEE 1394) over IEEE 741-2007: ways to provide better specs on one standard by combining it with another that has a complementary purpose Now, of course, modern computing systems tend to include gigabit Ethernet and Wi-Fi, so why do we need a third modality that combines the two? Partly because of new...
 
Tags: wi-fi, woe, wi-fi beats woe, wi-fi alliance, ethernet, ethernet network, woe-capable wi-fi systems, wi-fi signals, wi-fi signal
 
 
 
 
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RSA Europe 2007 Trip Summary

2007-10-26 01:06:32 by Erik T. Heidt in Art of Information Security
 
...Bluetooth DEV-109: Is Web 2.0 a Hackers Dream This was the third Caleb Sima presentation I have attended. Each one has been fantastic and better than the previous one This presentation focused on some of the application security pitfalls that Web 2.0 technologies, such as AJAX, are vulnerable to. Calebs presentations always mix static...
 
Tags: application security pitfalls, application, security, security theater, information security, software security errors, presentation, bruce, bruce schneier keynote