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Starbucks Leadership Shake Up Signals In-Store Direction

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2008-04-24 15:01:48 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...signals about its future plans regarding in-store entertainment and its deal with AT&T to take over providing Wi-Fi services and back-end operations, today's brief announcement speaks volumes. Chris Bruzzo, the company's chief technology office, will add the entertainment group's functions to his current purview. This doesn't surprise me...
 
Tags: starbucks, entertainment, starbucks entertainment senior, att, att deal, tie, starbucks att markets, starbucks tie-in, starbucks idea
 
 
 
 
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Hacking Medical Devices

2008-03-12 10:39:59 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...signals from the tiny wireless radio that Medtronic, the devices maker, had embedded in the implant as a way to let doctors monitor and adjust it without surgery There's only a little bit of hyperbole in the New York Times article. The research is being conducted by the Medical Device Security Center , with researchers from Beth Israel...
 
Tags: devices, security, malicious security attack, cardiac, security risks, dangerous cardiac events, risks, icd incapable, icd
 
 
 
 
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Wi-Fi Group Finalizes Latest Wireless Flavor

2008-04-01 08:22:21 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...signals in wires--with excess wired capacity in a manner similar to how broadband over powerline works. Where properly equipped 802.11af Ethernet switches and adapters are available, coupled with WOE-capable Wi-Fi systems, the Wi-Fi signals will simply be picked up and carried by the Ethernet network. Switching and transmission then become...
 
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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Dead, Dead, Dead: Cities Accept Muni-Fi's Absence

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2008-04-20 12:54:28 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...signals out. I had this conversation recently about plaster with Rio Rancho's city manager, too The reporter notes other common threads of problems with metro-scale networks: lowballed budgets, which turned out to underestimate infrastructure costs (nodes, real-estate rights, utility pole issues), low demand, and weak signals inside homes....
 
Tags: wi-fi network, city-wide wi-fi network, city, oklahoma city, dollars, city manager, taxpayer dollars, reporter notes, balloon wood frames
 
 
 
 
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While I Was Out: Compendium of the Last Week's News

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2008-09-02 14:55:47 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...signals--and I'm convinced at this point there's no increased risk to an adult's health by using a cell phone--there is no specific and credible research linked to Wi-Fi, which broadcasts signals at a far lower level than a cell phone, most of the time in most uses Washington state shuts down rest-area Wi-Fi: The $3 for 15 minutes, $7 per...
 
Tags: free wi-fi, wi-fi, in-car wi-fi option, wi-fi handoff, free wi-fi downtown, month wi-fi service, rest-area wi-fi, wi-fi booster, in-flight wi-fi service
 
 
 
 
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The Big Brother Watching Your Screen !!

2007-12-25 08:30:10 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Van Eck phreaking is the process ofeavesdropping on the contents of a CRT displayby detecting its electromagneticemissions.Information that drives the videodisplay takes the form of high frequencyelectrical signals
 
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Hacking Polish Trams

2008-01-17 15:43:06 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...signals; what he did was learn the coding and perhaps the light frequency and amplitude needed. This makes a lot of sense; it lets tram drivers control where their trains go, rather than relying on an automated system or some such. Indeed, the article notes "a city tram driver tried to steer his vehicle to the right, but found himself...
 
Tags: city tram driver, driver, tram, tram drivers control, tv remote control, trains, real trains, tram network, physical security
 
 
 
 
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Security talk on the radio

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2008-01-20 19:12:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...signals to a thief that you are away, quicker than an overflowing mailbox or a week's worth of newspapers laying in the driveway Depending where in the world you are headed, you may not want to overly advertise where you are from. There is of course a big difference between going to a beach in Cancun and a business trip to Caracas. If you...
 
Tags: security, radio, security tips, would-be travelers, travelers, physical security, business, casual travelers, n-on
 
 
 
 
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Prospects Brightening for a Common Event Standard

2008-02-25 08:38:57 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...signals. There have been some indications of contention; for example, CEE representatives purport to have a strong emphasis on simplicity, while some observers have expressed concern that XDAS may be too complex. Of course, the other side of the argument could be that CEE will over-simplify issues, but its hard to have that discussion when...
 
Tags: common event standard, standard, event standards space, space, standards, common event standards, standards deliberation, cee, cee web site
 
 
 
 
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Prospects Brightening for a Common Event Standard

2008-02-25 08:38:57 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...signals. There have been some indications of contention; for example, CEE representatives purport to have a strong emphasis on ???simplicity,??? while some observers have expressed concern that XDAS may be ???too complex.??? Of course, the other side of the argument could be that CEE will over-simplify issues, but it???s hard to have that...
 
Tags: common event standard, standard, event standards space, space, standards, common event standards, standards deliberation, cee, cee web site