Hack proof your wireless network

Wi-Fi has been a popular form of network to home computers. This mode is relatively convenient and takes less time to setup as it is easy to use. But users always make a mistake by opening it up to hackers. How to safeguard it against hackers? Below is a list of tips that can help you to hack proof your wireless network.

Don’t disclose your identity

Always, a short message is sent by the access points which repeat the network’s name. This is default. The network’s name is known as SSID. This helps people living nearby. People who live next door can detect that you run a wireless network which can help them in getting in. Best way to avoid this problem is to disable SSID. Once you disable, you will run a network that people think you don’t. In simple words, you don’t reveal that you run a wireless network.

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January 2, 2008 | Filed Under Hacking, Security, Tips n Tricks, Wireless | 2 Comments

Technology has no boundaries

Mount Everest unwired! A transmission station was tested successfully by a Chinese mobile phone provider on the world’s tallest mountain. The focus is to enable calls by casual climbers. There seem to be many such now as well as those who will be performing in the upcoming 2008 Olympic torch relay. The relay will carry the Olympic torch to the top. The site of the station stands at the height of 6500 meters from sea level. This station will be providing service during the climb.

The topic sounds simply amazing “Mount Everest connected”. Well, this is the top of the world. The only thought that lies beneath is “Yes, if we can do this no matter how difficult, than we can connect each and every corner of this whole wide world”.

Well, the thought goes bit ordinary as you think further. There really isn’t a conceptual big deal about constructing a tower someplace on the mountain, is there?

But then again, if the project is all success, it will soon be a landmark in connectivity. It really isn’t too far off, the day when people will be able to call anyplace and anybody on any corner of the world.

Truly, technology has no boundaries.

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December 19, 2007 | Filed Under Wireless | Leave a Comment

NTT Communications,VNPT Team Up for a Joint Venture in Vietnam

The global ICT solution provider, NTT Communications Corporation (NTT) and Vietnam’s largest telecom operator, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) will sign an agreement to form a joint-venture company in Hanoi in early January 2008 with a vision to provide data center services.

In Vietnam, the demand for laid off IT facilities is increasing as network infrastructure from companies who wish to run internet related businesses increases and the growth of Internet is driving the need for data centers.

Data centers will be established in Hanoi in early 2008 and early 2009 in Ho Chi Minh City to provide services. The data centers will be offering hosting services and collocation which will ensure complete redundancy for air conditioning, power generation and others. Customers can benefit from having direct access to global networks within data centers. Camera surveillance is provided as security inside data centers.

NTT Com is likely to take a 40% stake and 60% share is owned by VNPT. 900 million yen is the estimated capitalization. The company will start off with 60 employees and will have a CEO.

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December 3, 2007 | Filed Under Tech News, Wireless | Leave a Comment

World’s slimmest mobile phone?

The unique Smart Surface Mounting Technology from Samsung squeezes features within a slim form. The U600 phone from Samsung comes with a thinness of 10.9 mm, with a 3.3 mega-pixel camera for ultra sharp images. The U600 mobile phone from Samsung is the replacement for Samsung D900 and is the first of second generation Ultra phones to hit the market, thereby also making it the slimmest phone available.

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November 24, 2007 | Filed Under Phones, Wireless | Leave a Comment

Google plans to bid for wireless network

Preparations are underway as Google plans to bid for wireless range in an auction to be held in U.S in January, but it needs a carrier partner who could help in building a network to use it, analysts said on Friday.

The spectrum called as 700 MHZ band is currently in use for TV broadcasts. It will be freed for other uses such as operating mobile telecommunications network, by 2009.The U.S Federal communications commission is planning to use that spectrum on Jan 24, and bidders must participate by Dec 3.

The company plans to finance the bid alone, without any partners according to the reports in The Wall street Journal.

Google said it would obligate US$4.6 billion to bid for a license, if the FCC set certain conditions. The conditions may include granting people the freedom to choose what network they want to use on phones they buy, and also granting freedom to service providers to connect with those networks.

Google does not intend to make money from operating the network, though: its goal is to get its applications into more and more mobile phone users. It has taken necessary steps, offering some versions of its web applications to iPhone, and to promote its Android it has launched the Open Handset Alliance.

Analysts say that it is too much for Google to build a wireless network alone. But analysts are cynical of Google doing it alone. Guess, the company should look for partners as it does have in the handset market.

Bill Ho, the senior analyst at current analysis said that a carrier partner was essential in building and running a network. He said that the core issue was the operation and maintenance of the new network.

Some analysts suggest that if Google could partner, it could choose Sprint, as the two have already agreed to partner on Wimax services.

Partnering with Google could be a great deal for an experienced operator not yet present in the U.S to enter the market, suggested Dawson, vice president at market analyst Ovum Ltd. “Anything other than search at the minute seems like a move in the wrong direction,” said Dawson.

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November 17, 2007 | Filed Under Tech News, Wireless | Leave a Comment