Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Microsoft Prepares Pocket PC 2003 OS for Release [OSNews] 10:22:07 PM

SMC offers WiFi Ethernet adapter. If you have an older Mac that isn't AirPort-capable and you'd still like to connect it to an AirPort network, SMC Networks has introduced a new device as part of its EZ Connect line -- the SMC2671W. It's a platform-independent device that hooks up anything with an Ethernet interface to a wireless network. The SMC2671W works on the same 2.4GHz frequency as other 802.11b-compliant devices, and works without any drivers. It's self-configuring and works in ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) and infrastructure modes. Through a Web browser, you can configure advanced security settings like 64-bit or 128-bit WEP encryption, Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), MAC address filtering and SSID broadcast disabling. It also features auto-fallback to 5.5, 2 and 1Mbps data exchange rates. [MacCentral] 10:18:46 PM

Introduction and History of Darwin [OSNews] 9:06:50 PM