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Tech Talk Radio Highlights
This week Tech Talk interviewed Martin Cooper, Father
of the Cell Phone, about his vision for the Internet. We
reviewed our "war driving" equipment and our
observations about the state of 802.11b (Wi-Fi)
wireless security. Other topics included a software
piracy Fatwa, bootleg movies on the Internet, the
latest Internet porn law to be overturned, and much
more.
Listen now to the latest show using either MP3 or Real
Audio. Check out all the links referenced during the show.
Tech Talk airs each Saturday at Noon on WMAL
Radio (AM630) and is sponsored by Stratford
University. WMAL is an ABC affiliate and the number
one AM radio station in the Washington DC market.
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| Guest: Martin Cooper, Father of the Cell Phone | | |
Martin
Cooper, CEO of ArrayComm and Inventor of the
Cell Phone, has a dream. His vision is a low cost, high speed,
wireless Internet that leap frogs current 3G cell phone solutions.
He proposes the use of Smart Antennas to increase the capacity
of cellular networks by creating a personal cell around each
user. Cooper is pursuing this high spectral efficiency solution
to help solve the spectral shortage problem without sacrificing
system throughput. The FCC is supportive.
Check
Out ArrayComm's i-Burst Technology
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| Wireless Networks Scanned for Security | | |
We
put the Tech Talk "war driving" gear to the test and drove
the Metro area in order to evaluate wireless security. We
used a Toshiba laptop, with an Orinoco Gold PCMIA Card and
Range Extender Antenna. Our scanning software was NetStumbler. 66% of the networks
were not encrypted, 37% still had the default network name
(and perhaps password), 62% were tuned to the default channel
6. Security was clearly not a first priority on many of these
networks.
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Out Orinoco Wireless Client Products
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| Software Piracy Fatwa | | | The Business Software Alliance, the group that
represents Microsoft, Adobe, and other software
makers concerned about piracy, signed up another
unusual partner -- the grand muftis at Al Azhar in
Cairo. The highest religious authority in Sunni Islam,
Sheikh Ibrahim Atta Allah, issued a fatwa, or edict,
against piracy. "Piracy is the worst type of theft and is
prohibited by Islam," Atta Allah declared.
Check
out the Law.com article
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| US Porn Law Overturned | | |
Libraries
can no longer use site filtering software because it infringes
on freedom of speech, according to a ruling by three Federal
judges. The ruling overturns the Children's Internet Protection
Act, passed by Congress just over a year ago. The suit was
filed by the American Library Association (ALA) and the American
Civil Liberties Union.
Check
out the BBC News article
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Bootleg Movies Available on the Internet
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Movie
industry is in an uproar. Amateur videos of the latest releases
have been compressed into MPEG and uploaded to bootleg web
sites, sometimes even before the official opening. There is
currently a downloading frenzy of bootleg Spiderman and Star
Wars files. This is primarily a problem in the US because
of the proliferation of high speed Internet access. However,
since MPEG quality does not compare favorably with the big
screen experience, it is not clear whether the downloads will
hurt sales.
Check
out the BBC News article
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