Wireless networks often struggle to run in full duplex because the access points (AP) have a hard time listening when they are transmitting. An AP would send and then have to say “over” before getting a response that it could hear — like a hand-held radio. Researchers now say that the AP can avoid this … Continue reading Wi-Fi Capacity Breakthrough – Smarter Cancelling Gives Better Listening
Economics and philosophy arguments aside, the fact is that if you take apart a pair of $199 Sennheiser headphones you can instantly upgrade them to a model that is sold for $350. Aside from the aesthetic differences, the only physical difference was an additional piece of foam inside the cheaper HD555 headphones, blocking about 50% … Continue reading Hacking Quality Into Electronics
Beth Pariseau at Tech Target echoes some excellent risk concerns regarding virtual firewalls by VMware. She paraphrases much of what was already said by “Scott Drummonds, an EMC Corp. vSpecialist and former VMware technical marketing director”. vShield Manager can introduce a single point of failure A failure can disable the network Network access is required … Continue reading VMware vShield Manager Design and Availability
The British Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has decided in favor of the press regarding a newspaper’s report on a civil servant’s tweets. Ms Sarah Baskerville complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined “Oh please, stop this twit from Tweeting, someone”, published in the Daily Mail on 13 November 2010, intruded into her … Continue reading Tweets Ruled to be Public Information