Why are GPS, WiFi, and Cell Phone Jammers Illegal in the United States? If the device doesn’t have an FCC-ID it isn’t legal for consumers own or operate the device. It is also illegal to sell or market the device in the US. See info below from an FAQ about jammers by the Federal Communications [...]

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Raspberry Pi Alternatives “The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video. We want to see it being used [...]

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OpenWIPS-ng – Open Source and Modular Wireless IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) OpenWIPS-ng is an open source project WIDS/WIPS by Thomas d’Otreppe, the author of Aircrack-ng. The idea started from a project where Thomas came up with a way to monitor all the 2.4 channels using multiple cards and he continued expanding on idea for detection [...]

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iBooks Author EULA is Not a Big Deal iBooks Author is a *FREE* tool for creating and publishing multi-touch books for the iPad. Per Apple, “now anyone can create stunning iBooks textbooks, cookbooks, history books, picture books, and more for iPad. All you need is an idea and a Mac. Start with one of the [...]

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USNAP – Utility Smart Network Access Port Alliance The USNAP Alliance is similar to the Wi-Fi Alliance for “Smart Grid” solutions. “The mission of the Utility Smart Network Access Port (USNAP) Alliance is to create a protocol independent serial interface standard that enables any HAN (Home Area Network) standard, present and future, to use any [...]

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WiFi Scanner for Mac OS $0.99 on Mac App Store WiFi Scanner for Mac OS is $0.99 on Mac App Store. No promo codes, links or coupons needed. WiFi Scanner is an easy-to-use tool for designing, verifying, and troubleshooting WiFi coverage. The tool provides information such signal strength, noise, manufacturer name based on MAC address [...]

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Amazon Kindle Fire Only Supports 2.4 GHz WiFi The Amazon Kindle Fire had the potential to be a great WiFi geek tool because of below. Low Price Touch interface 7″ screen size Cloud storage Amazon app store Cool WiFi Apps :-) Amazon.com has info below about WiFi specs indicating that 802.11a / 5 GHz is [...]

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Using Beacon Stuffing for WiFi Advertisements We have implemented a WiFi advertisement architecture that uses Twitter as the user interface and our WLANController.com product to push advertisement message changes to access points. A similar solution is described in a Microsoft Research paper titled Beacon-Stuffing: Wi-Fi Without Associations. Summary of paper is below and it can [...]

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SSID Advertising Using Twitter and WLANController.com The WLANController.com dashboard is now integrated with Twitter. You can now change your access point SSID from Twitter. Sign up for an account before moving on to steps below. Configure the soft access point with a SSID and key if it isn’t configured by default. Configure connection between your [...]

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How to Change Personal Hotspot SSID on iPhone 4 Personal Hotspot uses the device name as the SSID. The SSID can be changed using iTunes by following instructions below. Open iTunes on your computer. Plug your iPhone into your computer. Once the iPhone syncs with iTunes, your iPhone will be listed on the far left [...]

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