06:24 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

And here is the second and concluding part of Tom's network's step-by-step guide (print) explaining how even non-hackers can break the WEP encryption that is still so commonly used in WiFi networks.

While the first part focused on sniffing and attacking computers, this part shows you how to actually capture and crack the WEP key. It also describes how to use deauthentication and packet replay attacks to stimulate the generation of wireless traffic that is a key element of reducing the time it takes to perform a WEP key crack.

I cannot repeat often enough: make sure to upgrade your WiFi network at home and in your office to use WPA encryption. WEP is dead!

05:50 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

PalmOne's LifeDrive Mobile Manager is now available on Amazon for $499.00 with free shipping.

Do you want to know the name of the culprit who leaked the specs and pictures of the LifeDrive on Amazon's pages days before the official announcement? Say Hi from us to NYC-based J&R

05:27 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Make sure not to miss the PalmSource DevCon 2005 next week. Thanks to Mike for pointing out that PalmSource is keeping track of all bloggers who will provide coverage.

MobileRead's resident savant, Bob Russell, is going to be in San Jose next week and will guarantee that you won't miss the best parts of the summit!

05:03 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Shaun from PDA247 is raving in a review about Resco Photo Viewer, the popular image viewer for the Windows Mobile platform. In his own words,

NOTHING touches Resco Photo Viewer for image viewing and manipulation, NOTHING touches Resco Photo Viewer for programming efficiency and thoughful implementation and NOTHING touches Resco Photo Viewer for value for money. I simply cannot think of a way in which it could be improved.

I second that. If you are looking for a decent photo app to view your images while on the go, Resco is the right choice.

04:40 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

There is finally some movement in the browser development for Windows Mobile devices. Sick of Pocket Internet Explorer? Then try Mini-Mozilla aka Minimo, which is the trimmed down version of the Mozilla web browser. Thanks to Zach for informing me that an ARM binary of 0.005 is now available for download.

Useful links:
Minimo Project site
MozillaZine Minimo forum
Minimo Bug list

02:25 PM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements

We've added support for del.icio.us bookmarks. On our frontpage, simply click on the del.icio.us icon right to an article title to bookmark the article to your del.icio.us account (see attached screenshot).

Feel free to discuss del.icio.us in this thread!

09:55 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Imagination Technologies, a developer of graphics processing intellectual property, announced in a press release that Intel has licensed its next-generation PowerVR graphic and video chip, codenamed 'Eurasia', along with an upcoming multi-format video codec core.

In 2004 Intel licensed the PowerVR MBX technology and used it for its Intel 2700G accelerator, which offers 30fps MPEG 4 and Windows Media playback at 640x480 and MPEG 2 at the same framerate at 720x480. One device that integrates the chip is the Dell Axim X50v.

The Eurasia-based chips will not supersede but supplement existing PowerVR MBX products.

08:53 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

In a press release Boeing announced yesterday that it will offer four live TV channels to airline passengers on Singapore Airlines flights using Connexion, its in-flight wireless Internet service. The live channels include: BBC World Service, CNBC, MSNBC, and EuroNews.

While Singapore Airlines will be first to offer the TV service, Connexion hopes to expand TV to the rest of its airlines partners including Lufthansa and Japan Airlines over the next year.

[via WIFi Networking]