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Give Wireless Charging Mats A Natural Wood Look
6:30AM Sarah Rae Trover | Wireless charging mats are a clever way to charge your gadgets without cords or power bricks, but a big black mat can easily stick out in any room. Instructables shows you how to make a more stylish wooden induction charger. More »
Work
Windows 7 Transfers Your Wireless Settings Easily
6:00AM The How-To Geek | After discovering how easily WEP can be cracked and creating a long, secure WPA2 key, you’ve probably noticed it’s a pain to setup the wireless when your friends stop by. Windows 7 makes this process easy. More »
Communicate
Qik Brings Video Sharing App To iPhone 3GS
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Qik, a streaming video app that’s already shown up on Android and jailbroken iPhones, has an official app for the iPhone 3GS out. It’s Wi-Fi only, and without live streaming, but the developers say that will change. More »
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Turn A Wireless Doorbell Into A Remote Camera Trigger
9:00PM Kevin Purdy | We’ve highlighted DIY remote camera shutter triggers in the past, tearing apart headphones, computer mice and bags full of hardware to make wired triggers. Tear open a wireless doorbell, though, and you get actual wireless triggering without too much fuss. More »
Travel
4:00PM Angus Kidman | McDonald’s rollout of free Wi-Fi offers a useful on-the-road option if you need connectivity in a hurry, but there’s some catches to be aware of.
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Making The Most Of Free Wi-Fi At McDonald’s
4:00PM Angus Kidman | McDonald’s rollout of free Wi-Fi offers a useful on-the-road option if you need connectivity in a hurry, but there’s some catches to be aware of.
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What’s Inside Vista SP2
1:15AM Kevin Purdy | The All About Microsoft blog posts a seriously complete list of what’s going to be included in Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista, expected to be out in April 2009. Major items include the Vista Feature Pack for Wireless for easier/better connections, built-in Blu-Ray writing, and reduced resources required for sidebar gadgets. Nothing majorly huge, so it’s worth looking at Windows 7 features you can get in Vista. More »
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How To Protect Your Wi-Fi Network From The WPA Hack
4:00AM Adam Pash | WEP Wi-Fi security has been known as an easy-to-crack security protocol for a while now, which is why it was superseded by the more secure Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) standard. But now a PhD candidate studying encryption has found an exploit in the WPA standard that would allow a hacker to “send bogus data to an unsuspecting WiFi client,” completely compromising your Wi-Fi security and opening your network to all sorts of hacking. Lucky for you, it’s not terribly difficult to protect yourself against the new exploit. More »
Communicate
9:00AM Angus Kidman | In our recent roundup of wireless broadband services, we left out iBurst because it wasn’t 3G, but even if we’ve spread our net wider, it might not have made much difference. Whirlpool reports that iBurst will shut down by the end of the year, following a failed attempt by BigAir to buy its assets. Since iBurst’s debut, the range of broadband options has increased dramatically, and its coverage never spread in a meaningful way outside east coast capitals, but it’s always annoying to see competition in this space reduced.
R.I.P. iBurst [Whirlpool]
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iBurst To Cease By End Of Year
9:00AM Angus Kidman | In our recent roundup of wireless broadband services, we left out iBurst because it wasn’t 3G, but even if we’ve spread our net wider, it might not have made much difference. Whirlpool reports that iBurst will shut down by the end of the year, following a failed attempt by BigAir to buy its assets. Since iBurst’s debut, the range of broadband options has increased dramatically, and its coverage never spread in a meaningful way outside east coast capitals, but it’s always annoying to see competition in this space reduced.
R.I.P. iBurst [Whirlpool]
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Turn Your iPhone or iPod Touch Into a Multi-Room Wireless Music Remote
2:00AM Adam Pash | For a cool $1000 or so, you can buy the Sonos Bundle 150 and wirelessly play music from a single remote control in two separate rooms in your house. On the other hand, for a whole bunch less if you’ve already got the right equipment, you can get the same functionality from your iPhone or iPod touch. Let’s take a closer look at how to use the iTunes Remote application for the iPhone 2.0 with inexpensive equipment you may already have to remote control music playback wirelessly in any room in your home. More »
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2:01PM Angus Kidman | Adding a wireless USB modem to your Eee
PC
(or any other ultra-compact notebook) makes it a true go-anywhere
machine, but there’s one slight nuisance: you’re left with a modem
hanging off the side. Not necessarily a problem on your desk at home,
but on a crowded train or in the back of the taxi it can quickly
become a real nuisance as it bounces around. Conventional notebook
owners can eliminate that hassle with a PC Card, but that’s not an
option with most ultra-portables.
My simple (if not entirely elegant)
solution to this conundrum was to whack a medium Command Picture
Hanging Strip on the back of the modem, and another one onto the back
of the Eee screen on the bottom right-hand side (nearest the USB
port). The velcro-like attachments let you fix the modem easily in
place when you need it (be careful not to apply direct pressure to
the display itself), and the standard short cable that comes with
pretty much every USB modem covers the distance nicely without
excess.
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Keep USB modems in place on your Eee PC
2:01PM Angus Kidman | Adding a wireless USB modem to your Eee
PC
(or any other ultra-compact notebook) makes it a true go-anywhere
machine, but there’s one slight nuisance: you’re left with a modem
hanging off the side. Not necessarily a problem on your desk at home,
but on a crowded train or in the back of the taxi it can quickly
become a real nuisance as it bounces around. Conventional notebook
owners can eliminate that hassle with a PC Card, but that’s not an
option with most ultra-portables.
My simple (if not entirely elegant)
solution to this conundrum was to whack a medium Command Picture
Hanging Strip on the back of the modem, and another one onto the back
of the Eee screen on the bottom right-hand side (nearest the USB
port). The velcro-like attachments let you fix the modem easily in
place when you need it (be careful not to apply direct pressure to
the display itself), and the standard short cable that comes with
pretty much every USB modem covers the distance nicely without
excess.
More » 
