State of wireless security: Frightful

Cool Tools Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Secure Computing Webinar: Network Security Learn how token-based, one-time password authentication systems can help enterprises reduce business risk, better comply with regulations, are easy to manage and most importantly keep networks secure. Tune in to this webinar. Keith Shaw's Cool Tools Alert, 11/08/07 * LATEST FROM COOL TOOLS VIDEO LIBRARY: State of wireless security: Frightful Think wardriving is passe? Keith rides around with AirDefense CTO Amit Sinha and sees enough wireless holes to make him want to go back to the manual typewriter. * MORE FROM THE VIDEO LIBRARY: DEMO 08 / January 28-30, 2008 / Palm Desert, CA At DEMO, innovation is waiting for you at every corner. It goes beyond hearing what you already know and seeing what you've already seen. DEMO is the place to experience the new products and technologies poised to reshape our future. Save the date for DEMO 08 and get ready for the extraordinary new innovations awaiting you. Register now at or call 800-643-4668. Want to Launch at DEMO? Apply here: Click Here for More Information Giving voice to the voiceless At the DEMOFall conference, Michael Callahan of the University of Illionis gave a demonstration of technology that translates brain signals to speech. iPhone ad spoof: Jason "No Wireless" If you watch any TV in prime time, you can't miss the "real world" Apple iPhone commercials. Well, the real world is not always that easy. Check out Jason's video, then get yourself 30 seconds of fame by uploading your own spoof now. * LATEST TWISTED PAIR PODCAST: Apple's not all lollipops and puppy dogs Keith and Jason discuss Google opening up its social network, the fast-selling Apple Leopard OS, and the biggest pet peeves they have about co-workers' office habits. * LATEST FROM NETWORK WORLD PANORAMA: 5 myths about 802.11n wireless The emergence of 802.11n wireless technology has lots of people and vendors excited, but there are several misconceptions out there regarding this new technology. Bill Kish, co-founder of Ruckus Wireless, talks with Keith Shaw about the five myths surrounding 802.11n, and potential pitfalls for enterprises looking to deploy the technology (19:54). * LATEST VOICES FROM IT ROADMAP: Better patient care through wireless Delivering patient date where its needed is key for any hospital. For Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, the company rolled out multi-campus wireless project to help get medical records to clinicians at the point of care. Steve Horsley, director of information technology at Swedish Medical Center, explains the challenges involved in his group's ambitious project. (8:12) * LATEST FROM RON NUTTER'S HELP DESK TOOL CHEST Knoppix = Swiss Army Knife ?; How to book Linux from a flash drive Join Ron Nutter for the next installment of Ron Nutter's Help Desk Tool Chest. On this edition of Help Desk Tool Chest is Mail Call where listeners questions are answered. This weeks Tools of the Trade is Knoppix. In the How To To Corner, you will find out how to boot Knoppix from a USB Flash Drive. (42:50) * LATEST COOL TOOL BLOGS: I now pronounce you man and robot I'm a certified sci-fi geek and fan of future technology, but this next piece of news even creeps me out a bit. Plus: The slide show boys have put together a list of the 10 Robots We'd Like to Marry. Check it out. This week's sign podcasting has hit the mainstream Headline on a press release coming across the transom today: Podcasting is the New Wave of Vacation Planning for Disney Cruise Line - The folks down in Celebration, Florida (they must be a fun bunch working in town named "Celebration") are launching the new series to help promote the adventures that can be had on the Disney cruises around the Caribbean. SNL iPhone spoof Not sure when this aired exactly, so I can't officially claim the Saturday Night Live writers got the idea from me ;-), but they did an excellent spoof of the iPhone ads. Editor's note: Starting the week of Nov. 19, subscribers to the HTML version of this newsletter will notice some enhancements to the layout that will provide you with easier and clearer access to a wider range of resources at Network World. We hope you enjoy the enhancements and we thank you for reading Network World newsletters.

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