Archives for December 2005

“Wireless Hacks, Second Edition” (O’Reilly) will help readers/developers get the most out of your wireless networking hardware and software. From O’Reilly… The 100 hacks in this book–35 brand new, the rest completely over-hauled or updated–are organized into seven chapters, although each hack stands alone. Whether you’re running Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X, you will be able to: -Use Bluetooth, mobile radios and data networks, cellular phones, Wi-Fi hotspots, and GPS to keep you connected anywhere -Make wireless devices do things not originally intended and turn wired devices into wireless ones -Employ practical methods for detecting, analyzing, and monitoring your own wireless networks and those available to the public -Extend the range of your network, making the best use of the available radio spectrum -Design and build your own wireless access points and antennas -Survey and engineer long-distance network links spanning several miles -Understand the security issues of wireless networking and protect yourself from unauthorized access and eavesdropping. See: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelesshks2/

“Wireless Hacks, Second Edition” (O’Reilly) will help readers/developers get the most out of your wireless networking hardware and software. From O’Reilly… The 100 hacks in this book–35 brand new, the rest completely over-hauled or updated–are organized into seven chapters, although each hack stands alone. Whether you’re running Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X, you will be able to: -Use Bluetooth, mobile radios and data networks, cellular phones, Wi-Fi hotspots, and GPS to keep you connected anywhere -Make wireless devices do things not originally intended and turn wired devices into wireless ones -Employ practical methods for detecting, analyzing, and monitoring your own wireless networks and those available to the public -Extend the range of your network, making the best use of the available radio spectrum -Design and build your own wireless access points and antennas -Survey and engineer long-distance network links spanning several miles -Understand the security issues of wireless networking and protect yourself from unauthorized access and eavesdropping. See: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelesshks2/

Remember Adrian Holvaty of google masher fame? Well, Holvaty is now in his new office at The Washington Post and has started publishing his official Wahington Post Mashup Weblog – See http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/post_remix/. Holvaty will keep readers informed of developments from Google, mashers, and other mashups around the Globe. No doubt he’ll be developing some innovative mashups for the Post as they are needed as well. His space is officially known as the Post Remix. As a sampling, the latest tip from the author is this API for its homepage widgets – http://www.google.com/apis/homepage/. This lets you create and distribute mini applications that sit on Google’s homepage. Check out the Post Remix at http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/post_remix/