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BART-Fi Moves Closer: Negotiation Under Way

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2008-05-23 15:18:12 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...IDG News Service that 9,000 people have signed up for the current system and used 42,000 sessions WiFi Rail's network is currently free, and charges won't commence until the first stage is done. Lee said that fees, which will be about a dollar a day with subscriber discounts but are part of the negotiation with BART, will be charged at a...
 
Tags: bart, wifi rail, bart service, wi-fi, municipal wi-fi, californian bart riders, continuous wi-fi service, commuters, regular business commuters
 
 
 
 
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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
...IDG News Service, which I am now slightly affiliated with through my new hardware regular blog at PC World The site as it appeared in April 2001 That first article for the Times left a lot of research unused. I flowed some of it into the first weeks of the 802.11b-later-Wi-Fi site. I discovered there was generally no shortage of news about...
 
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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Your Suggestions to Transform Security from a Roadblock to a Catalyst for Business Innovation

2008-04-09 00:00:00 by Blog Editor in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...IDG Research reports that 80 percent of IT, security, and business executives surveyed admit that their organizations have shied away from business innovation opportunities because of information security concerns RSA is committed to countering this trend by starting an industry-wide conversation about smart ways to manage information risk....
 
Tags: security, top security executives, innovation, security fears, information security concerns, business innovation opportunities, manage information risk, idg research reports, global enterprises
 
 
 
 
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INFOSEC - Schneier: Lots of security software is 'snake oil'

2008-04-22 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3c83c in Network World on Security
 
...IDG News Service at the Infosec security show in London to talk about the effectiveness of security products and the psychology of security
 
Tags: security, infosec security, schneier, security products, well-known security author, bruce schneier, idg news service, foremost experts, october
 
 
 
 
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HSBC loses a server in branch renovation

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2008-05-14 16:16:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...IDG Magazines Norge Xinhua News Agency The Standard Report Credit The Breach Blog was notified by an anonymous tip at 11:15AM on May 7th. It just took me a while to get it posted. Sorry for the delay Response From the online sources cited above HSBC has admitted losing a server containing data on 159,000 customers Evan] How do you lose a...
 
Tags: server, hsbc, server theft, data, lost data, computer server, data breaches, clients data, hong kong
 
 
 
 
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Thalys Hits Glitch in Impressive Train Launch

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2008-05-14 15:50:22 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...IDG News Service reports, the group plans to use 3 cm (1 in) high phased-array antennas that would cover the train's roof. Very, very clever, as it jettisons any moving parts Three companies worked on the technology: Telenet, handling the billing and authentication, is a Belgian ISP that also runs hotspots; Nokia Siemens is a well-known...
 
Tags: train, service hit glitches, glitches, service, service pulls, train operator, satellite, satellite technology, nokia siemens
 
 
 
 
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Phila. Gives Up on EarthLink

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2008-05-14 20:55:06 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
IDG News Service reports that Philadelphia won't pursue further efforts to keep the EarthLink network up and running: The last paragraph is quite classic: Without going into details, city spokesman [Douglas] Oliver said there clearly were maintenance and upgrading challenges that came with the free infrastructure. "How many times has someone not...
 
Tags: free infrastructure, earthlink network, million worth, challenges, reason, details, efforts, pursue, pretty
 
 
 
 
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Spying on Computer Monitors Off Reflective Objects

2008-05-20 10:44:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...IDG. All it took was a $500 telescope trained on a reflective object in front of the monitor. For example, a teapot yielded readable images of 12 point Word documents from a distance of 5 meters (16 feet). From 10 meters, they were able to read 18 point fonts. With a $27,500 Dobson telescope, they could get the same quality of images at 30...
 
Tags: objects, meters, technique exploits reflections, reflections, dobson telescope, images, telescope, limitations, establish theoretical limitations
 
 
 
 
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FISMA Report Cards IssuedResponse is Rote by Now

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2008-05-21 15:36:29 by rybolov in The Guerilla CISO
...IDG IT Business Edge Federal Times Washington Post Security Focus Yeah, yeah, I guess it just goes to prove what we say about the classified world: the people who know dont talk and the people who talk dont know. In this case, everybody attacks the metric because, well, its a bad metricwhat action are we supposed to take because of what the...
 
Tags: report, fisma, fisma report card, security, measure security, enterprise-wide security, report card, security stuff, security lgopps
 
 
 
 
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Lompoc's Comeback

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2008-07-15 10:57:35 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...IDG News Service reports The latest city network administrator brought in Aptilo Networks for backend authentication and session processing, opened the network to 15-minute free trials, and started accepted ad hoc payment. The new network guru also let outsourced contracts expire and brought customer support and other services back in house...
 
Tags: city, city network administrator, network, wi-fi network, network coverage, network guru, lompoc, network deployment, cable