Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Worried about Wi-Fi security?. You should be. The complexity of maintaining a home network is leading owners to put security on the back burner. 7:41:35 PM

Global Digital Music Market Booms in 2004  The market for digital music on the Internet and mobile phones took off in 2004, according to a report released Wednesday that showed the global recording industry collecting significant revenues from the segment for the first time. 7:41:12 PM

WiFlyer Dialup WiFi adapter reviewed. We hate to admit it, but there have been circumstances when even we have been forced to connect to the Internet via dialup (at the vacation house, say, where there’s no cable modem and DSL isn’t available — ah, the price of solitude). To add insult to injury, we’re stuck snaking a phone line around the house so we can use our laptop in a convenient location (out on the deck, natch). So, we can see the need for something like the WiFlyer, a modem/WiFi router that at least lets dialup users connect wirelessly like the rest of us. And it looks like the gang at A True Review agree. They’ve tested out the WiFlyer, and conclude that it does an “excellent job serving up a dial-up account both wired and wirelessly. 7:31:17 PM

FCC Properly Shielded Cable Broadband -- U.S. Government  Prices for high-speed cable Internet in the United States could rise and innovation could be stymied if an appeals court decision is not overturned, U.S. government lawyers have told the U.S. Supreme Court. 7:27:30 PM

Two Plead Guilty to Online File-Sharing  Two men pleaded guilty to federal charges in what authorities said were the first convictions for online file-sharing of music, movies and software over peer-to-peer networks. 7:27:07 PM

FBI Retires Controversial E-Mail Surveillance Tool  The FBI has all but retired its controversial e-mail wiretap system formerly known as Carnivore, turning instead to commercially available software, according to two recently released reports to Congress. 5:17:42 AM

NFL and Audible.com Team Up To Offer Superbowl Radio Calls for MP3 Players. The National Football League and Audible.com have announced an arrangement to bring the entire audio broadcasts of the NFL's Super Bowl plus NFC and AFC Championship games for download on Audible.com the morning after the game. 5:15:55 AM

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