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Broadcom launches first gigabit speed 802.11ac chips
Broadcom Corporation, one of the leading semiconductor solutions company introduced its first family of 802.11ac (5G WiFi) chips designed for a broad range of product segments. The new IEEE 802.11ac chips are three times faster and up to six times more power efficient than equivalent 802.11n solutions. Based on 802.11ac, 5G WiFi is a major [...]
Russian firm hacks Wi-Fi passwords with NVIDIA GPUs
Wi-Fi Security stalwarts have a new issue at their hands. A Russian company, ElcomSoft claims to have built a software which exploits NVIDIA GPU’s parallel computational power to crack secured Wi-Fi connections using WPA or WPA2 encryption. WPA/WPA2 are the most widely used encryption protections which can be hacked with brute force attacks. What [...]
Nintendo reveals Wi-Fi Network Adapter for Wii & DS
The thing you’re looking at standing besides the Wii console is not the much awaited HDD but in fact a wireless network adapter for Wii and DS. Nothing’s extraordinary over here except you get a router with Nintendo badge on it and three easy to switch modes – Router, Bridge and Auto. Japanese will [...]
Wi-Fi detecting pen
Right from the time a pen was invented, it had multiple uses. Apart from writing it can be used to poke your friend sitting in front of you or rather dig your ears. But this pen from Gadget4All does all this and also one more thing. It finds you a Wi-Fi hotspot. It costs [...]