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Wired Ethernet is not going to be replaced by 802.11n or any other wireless technology on the horizon anytime soon, if ever. How do I make such a bold statement? Well, the facts really speak for themselves. The figure below is taken from the Wireless Performance Charts and show downlink throughput vs. path loss curves [...]
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Microsoft responses to the Excel Math bug
September 26th, 2007 
admin Microsoft is currently working on the hilarious bug. Yesterday evening we were alerted to an issue in Excel 2007 (and Excel Services 2007) involving calculation of numbers around 65,535. Further testing showed a similar phenomenon with 65,536 as well. This issue only exists in Excel 2007, not previous versions.
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September 24th, 2007 admin Another insane deal from Dreamhost to celebrate their 10th birthday Despite the mixed reviews, DreamHost is still quite popular for their competitive features and outrageous price. They’re currently running a promotion which gives you $110.10 off with coupon code 10ten10diez10dix10dieci10shi.
Optimize BitTorrent To Get Around ISP’s Limitation
September 19th, 2007 admin While ISPs start limiting BitTorrent Traffic, there are still some way to get around it. While there are valid arguments for and against these limitations, we’re not here to debate. We just want the fastest BitTorrent transfers possible. Even though many of them deny it, most ISPs actively engage in traffic shaping, bandwidth throttling, connection [...]
Hacker Publishes Notorious Apple Wi-Fi Attack
September 19th, 2007 admin Researcher David Maynor has published details of the controversial Apple Wi-Fi hack he disclosed at last year’s Black Hat conference. Maynor had been under a nondisclosure agreement, which had previously prevented him from publishing details of the hack, but the NDA is over now and by going public with the information, Maynor hopes to help [...]
Install Zend Optimizer Without Shell Access
August 18th, 2007 admin The Zend Optimizer can accelerate php execution speed greatly. However, in some shared web hosting service, its not pre-installed and self installation is only available to accounts with shell access. It’s more of a marketing gimmick than technology limitation. The Zend Optimizer is a freeware tool for parsing pre-compiled PHP files. These PHP files must [...]
Fix the ICS Bug Under Vista
August 18th, 2007 admin The ICS is buggy in Vista and might lead to random connection drops. When ICS service is Enabled, after a few hours (no specified time frame, might happen anytime) the connections on Vista PC running ICS would down and no more new connection can be made, while the client PC is still working.
