[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
- The Story Behind "Free Public WiFi" – It’s Not
- Everywhere you go, there it is…but it isn't because the government finally started offering ubiquitous WiFi for public use without you knowing. Instead, it's a bug in Windows XP that started years ago and has spread computer to computer, like a virus.
According to wireless security expert Joshua Wright, the bug has been around for about four years now and, although mostly harmless, could provide an entry point for mal-intentioned visitors.
Here's the explanation of the phenomena from NPR:…
In fact, the spread may go beyond dead-end "Free Public WiFi" networks and, if you take a closer look, many of those "linksys", "default" and "hpsetup" networks that are so common may simply be no-good, ad hoc networks too.
[The fix: Install Windows XP Service Pack 3. -L]
- The green city that has a brain
- [New Scientist]
An eco-city in Portugal that its makers are aiming to build by 2015 takes its cues from the nervous system
- Plane Exhaust Kills More People Than Plane Crashes, Study Says
- [National Geographic News]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
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