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802.11n Wi-Fi standard finally approved

As predicted last month, the IEEE has finally approved the 802.11n high-throughput wireless LAN standard. Read more »

Security players form alliance to tackle malware

A new security alliance has been established to formalise information sharing on security protection and develop industry standards and best practices. Read more »

No backdown from CSIRO over Wi-Fi patents

Australian government research body CSIRO is standing firm on its claims to Wi-Fi patents and refusing to offer any guarantee it won't sue manufacturers of next generation wireless products. Read more »

100Gbps Ethernet is coming

Technical experts have started to develop a new standard for Ethernet which will run at 100Gbps. Read more »

Ethernet alliance formed

Technology companies including Sun, 3Com, Broadcom and Samsung have formed a marketing group that will work to promote and educate people about emerging Ethernet technologies. Read more »

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Save time in Java when coding IEEE floating point numbers

Does your Java project need to create floating point numbers from a series of bits or create a sequence of bits from a floating point number? Then check out how the Float class can do the work for you. Read more »

At last, real wireless LAN security

To address problems with weak WEP encryption, the IEEE has introduced the gold standard for wireless security: 802.1x and EAP. You can now manage and distribute keys on a user- and session-level basis. Read more »

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Symantec's dirtiest websites

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Symantec issued a list of 100 "Dirtiest Websites of Summer 2009", which have an average of 18,000 threats. Read more »

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    In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

  • Staff Google launches Apps Marketplace

    Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff Microsoft showcases new NUIs

    TechFest, Microsoft's internal even took place this week with researchers showcasing some new interfaces the company is working on. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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