Police Have Started Wardriving For Unsecured Networks In Queensland 
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How To Secure And Encrypt Your Web Browsing On Public Networks (with Hamachi And Privoxy) Finding free internet access in Australia just means hunting down the nearest Wi-Fi hotspot. But in Brazil those are few and far between. So Coca-Cola’s ad agency, Ogilvy & Mather, created these Coke-branded machines that dispense free mobile data instead of sugar water.
Queensland cops have always been on the forefront of the digital age, whether its catching Wi-Fi freeloaders or detaining tech journalists for funsies. Now, residents of the country’s north-eastern state will soon have their wireless networks prodded for holes by the Sunshine State’s finest.
Users are reporting new problems with the new iPad: the Wi-Fi seems to be a lot weaker than it is on the iPad 2, iPhone or MacBooks, according to numerous reports on AppleCare support thread. Could this be another antennagate? Have you experienced the same?
We knew it was coming “soon”, and “soon” turns out to be “today” if you’re a business customer, and next Tuesday for consumers.
Passengers on Delta flights with Wi-Fi will now get free access to Amazon. Say goodbye to that kitschy catalogue, say hello to the better future of airborne shopping.
Intel’s been hammering away at the concept of sticking radio circuits on its CPUs for years now. A research project, codenamed Rosepoint by Intel, may just have cracked it.
If Toy Fair 2012 taught us anything, it’s that there’s a big demand for smartphone-controlled toys. And with Dension’s new WiRC controller, even high-end RC vehicles can now be operated with a touch screen.
We’ve waited keenly for Qantas to trial inflight Wi-Fi for some time now. Testing is going to go ahead, but it appears possible that Qantas might not proceed with an actual rollout — Gus over at Lifehacker has all the details [Lifehacker]
From March, free, albeit ad-supported, Wi-Fi will be available at Melbourne’s Flinders St Station, the start of a three-month trial that could see the service extended to other inner city stops. The initiative is a joint effort by Metro, Melbourne’s railway operator, GoConnect, a provider of “video infotainment and interactive advertisement” and Netbay, an ISP I can’t say I’ve heard of before.
HTC has acknowledged that a software flaw on some of its Android phones means that they openly offer security credentials across the Wi-Fi networks they connect to.
