Wireless Security and the Open1X Project
-- Open1X is an open source project focusing on network
security. The wireless adoption of this technology is referred to as
802.1X. Matthew Gast went to the University of Utah to talk about it
with Chris Hessing and Terry Simmons, who are intent on bringing
standards-based wireless security to Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows
clients. Matthew is the author of 802.11 Wireless
Networks: The Definitive Guide.
Mac OS X for the Traveler -- When you're on the road with your iBook or PowerBook, you may find yourself asking, Should I carry my installation CDs with me? How can I back up data if I don't have an external hard drive? What power adapter am I supposed to take to the other side of the globe? This Mac DevCenter article tells you how to prepare for your trip. And be sure to carry a copy of your guide-on-the-go, Mac OS X Unwired.
Call for Participation: Emerging Technology Conference -- What alpha geeks do today can radically alter the future of technology for everyone tomorrow. O'Reilly's Emerging Technology Conference (ETech) frames the ideas, projects, and technologies that the alpha geeks are thinking about, hacking on, and inventing right now into a coherent picture that we can build upon. If you've got your eye on nascent technological transformations, send us a proposal (due September 27), and join us in San Diego, California March 14 - 17 for ETech 2005.
Microsoft Smartphone Tips and Tricks -- Ultimately, smartphones are only as smart as the
applications that run on them. Wei-Meng Lee begins a new series that explores what's possible, and what's practical, with these powerful mobile devices. Wei-Meng is the author of
Windows XP Unwired.
A Guide That Takes the Sci-Fi Out Of Wi-Fi -- Ed Stephenson writes about the partnership between O'Reilly, Borders, and T-Mobile that resulted in the creation of a free 70-page book, The Guide to Getting Unwired at Borders. With content drawn from
several of O'Reilly's popular wireless books, this Wi-Fi pocket guide helps make T-Mobile HotSpots
more accessible to customers trying to use Border's in-store wireless network. For a complete list of O'Reilly's wireless books, visit wireless.oreilly.com.
Listening to Bluetooth (Or at Least Trying to) -- If it's important to you to pace while you talk, you owe it to yourself to get a Bluetooth headset to use with iChat AV. If you don't have audio input to your Mac but you do have Bluetooth, this article by Dori Smith shows you what works, what almost works, and what to look out for. Dori is the coauthor of Mac OS X Unwired.
Your O'Reilly Account: New, Single Sign On -- O'Reilly customers and guests now have a single address and one password to access all things O'Reilly, from oreilly.com and Safari Bookshelf to all of the O'Reilly Network sites and DevCenters. When possible, we've consolidated your prior, separate accounts into one new account. Logging into the new system is quick and easy; details on how to do it have been emailed to you, and you can read more about O'Reilly's single sign on in Tony Stubblebine's weblog.
Safari Gets Bigger and Better -- There are now more than 2,000 books from the industry's leading technical publishers available on Safari Bookshelf. As the library grows, so does its functionality: searches are powerfully precise and as broad or specific as you wish; and now, with a Safari Max subscription, you can download chapters to read offline. Safari will help you save time, reduce errors, keep current, and save more money than ever with up to 35% off print copies of your favorite books. If you haven't
yet gone on Safari, try a free trial subscription.
The
Trouble with RFID -- Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID) technology is already widely used to track pharmaceuticals, meat
shipments, and manufactured goods. It has the potential to save businesses
billions of dollars. It also has the potential to enable a police
surveillance state, further erode consumer privacy, and make identity theft
even easier. Writing for The Nation, Simson Garfinkel explains the
problem and a potential code of conduct that might help address it. Simson
is the author of Database
Nation.
Configuring Access Points with Linux -- You purchased an access point, brought it home, discarded all of the
packaging fluff, and now you've got the access point, a power supply,
an Ethernet cable, and a CD that says "Windows Software Installation."
Learn how to avoid this scenario with alternatives for the Linux user
in Chapter 5 of Linux Unwired. If you like this chapter, read
the whole book (and up to nine others) on Safari with a free trial subscription.
Linux Untethered -- Wireless Linux is great, if you can find a hotspot. If you can't, you might consider a cellular data connection. It may be neither as slow nor as expensive as you think. In this article, Brian Jepson explores the state of cellular networking with Linux. Brian is a coauthor of Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther.
Wireless Mesh Networking -- Tomas Krag and Sebastian Büttrich take a look at some of the principles of wireless mesh networking and they demostrate how to install and run a mesh network on a Linux-based computer. Tomas will discuss how wireless technologies can bring Internet and Intranet connectivity to the developing world at O'Reilly's upcoming ETech 2004.
Developing Smartphone Apps -- Microsoft recently announced support for the .NET CF in the new Smartphone 2003. Developing for the Smartphone is not the same as developing for the Pocket PC, so Wei-Meng Lee explains the UI differences between the two, and gives an overview of the controls supported in the Smartphone platform. Dig deeper with Wei-Meng in his tutorial at ETech 2004: Developing Smartphone Applications with the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework.
