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• USB 3.0 specification with SuperSpeed published

  

  Allegedly "more than ten times as fast as USB 2.0" but still backwards compatible with old devices.

• MacBook and MacBook Pro in detail

  In matching aluminium style, the MacBook and the MacBook Pro show how well the touchpad can manage without buttons, what's so good about the Nvidia chipset, and how bearable reflective displays can be

• Kernel Log: New graphics drivers and Linux versions: Dom0 patches for 2.6.29?

  

• Ubuntu 8.10 first tryout

  We take the new Ubuntu release out for a run on some common hardware and find there are some real pitfalls for those new to Linux hiding in the background

• Fuzzy ways of finding flaws

  

  Fuzzing, aka fuzz testing, has revolutionized the automated search for programming flaws. Nowadays, you simply use corrupt data to cause programs to crash and detect flaws even without access to the source code.

• Security experts reveal details of WPA hack

  Wifi encryption with WPA is not yet cracked but the approach shows that brute force is not the final word.

• Long Term Evolution - 4G - still has many rivers to cross

  3G will soon be history. While the next generation of cellular mobile networks, "Long Term Evolution", is still in development, T-Mobile is already demonstrating it in Bonn

• Google wants to patent flexible communication technology

  Google casts its net wider than ever with a new, location-aware network-switching service

• Build a Wi-Fi antenna using household materials

  

  You can make your own directional Wi-Fi antenna using commonplace items like a toilet brush holder. Here's how