3rd May 2004 Archive

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Broadcom simplifies Wi-Fi security set-up

Full WPA cover in two steps

Wi-Fi chip maker Broadcom today unveiled software that it says will make setting up secure WLANs significantly easier. The software, dubbed SecureEZsetup, provides a simple two-step set-up wizard that configures both the access point and the PC client using the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) TKIP security system. Users setting …

Wireless 3 May 2004, 08:41
Mitnick busts bomb hoaxer

Small town hero

Ex-hacker Kevin Mitnick is a hero to the small town of River Rouge, Michigan, after using his tech skills to help officials nab the culprit behind a harrowing series of bomb threats. The trouble began a few months ago, when staff members at River Rouge High School began receiving threatening phone calls at home from an …

Security 3 May 2004, 11:44
Terrorism at all-time low, US gov says

But bloodshed is up

The forces of righteousness are winning the war on terror, if not the war on violence and mayhem. Still, the security outlook has rarely been brighter: terrorist activity worldwide is at a low point not seen since 1969, according to the US State Department. "There were 190 acts of international terrorism in 2003, a slight …

Security 3 May 2004, 11:58
3G will 'be the norm' in 2009

Pace quickens from next year

Seven out of ten Western European mobile users will have a 3G-enabled device within five years. The number of users of the high-speed data protocol 3G (UMTS) will rise from 600,000 at the end of 2003 to 240 million by 2009, according to Analysys Research. Subscriber numbers will remain low until at least 2005, despite a spate …

Mobile 3 May 2004, 12:12
Storage software may become another commodity

The threat of virtualisation

As technology sectors develop, advanced products carrying premium prices become commodities. For high-end storage hardware suppliers such as EMC, IBM and Hitachi, this has already been happening. Now the same may happen with some of the storage software too... The commoditization of big-ticket disk boxes has spurred storage …

Storage 3 May 2004, 12:27
California decertifies Diebold bugware

Touchy screens

In a move anticipated for several months, the state of California has decertified all touch-screen voting machines due to security snafus and vendor stonewalling. California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley announced the decision late last week. The move is in response to Diebold's failure to deal honestly with numerous …

Public Sector 3 May 2004, 12:37