Cisco will help China to monitor its citizens

Cisco will be a major partner of the Chinese government in creating a video surveillance system composed of 500,000 cameras in the city of Chongqing. The official purpose of this program called Peaceful Chongqing is to fight crime, but the associations for the protection of human rights argue that this is an easier way to track and arrest political dissidents, according to the Wall Street Journal that believes that it could be a video surveillance system the largest in the world.

Repeats the Netgear Wi-Fi 11n

Netgear offers a device that will appeal to people who have large areas to cover in Wi-Fi: A repeater can work on Wi-Fi 802.11n. The WN3000RP is indeed a rather compact terminal that can extend a Wi-Fi securely and - according to Netgear - simple. The unit plugs into a socket and extends your wireless network seamlessly, with the added ability to plug a device into the Ethernet device, which can act as bridge.

The end of Minitel in 2011? Not in 2012

We saw a few days ago a report on an alarming major television: the network of France Telecom Transpac is advertised as having to close in September 2011, with no real solution to replace him. As Transpac is used especially for Minitel, unused, this news has obviously raised a "fuss." Yet ... it is false.

In fact, Transpac will be closed in June 2012 and not in September 2011. The closure in 2011 was actually announced via a press release in January 2010 but was postponed to June 2012, a little later, still France Telecom announces unduly. The conditions of use of Télétel - used for Minitel network - are quite clear on this point: the version of May 2011 indicates a permanent closing June 30, 2012 while opening new services will be available until February 29 2012.

Hotspot Wi-Fi to replace cellular networks

The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced it is working on a new certification for access points that can relieve the cell phone networks. The user can enjoy a secure server without needing to intervene. The agency says that France Telecom-Orange is one of the most active members of this project. The principle is simple.

The information in the SIM card used identifier for connection to the access point to use WPA2 as the security protocol. It is not surprising that an operator actively working on this technology. It could be the answer to the bottlenecks that are anticipated over cellular networks that were not originally designed to convey the type of data being asked today, such as videos or games.

An antenna that receives and transmits both

Researchers at Stanford University have designed an antenna capable of transmitting while receiving another signal, without needing to change frequency and without risk of interference. You can experience it yourself. If you have two wireless microphones and you plug them on the same frequency, you hear nothing.

The signals interfere with the receiver that picks up your voice more. This problem is present everywhere, from cell phones that have a different mode of operation and using an expensive parade. Thus, your Wi-Fi router can not transmit a signal and receive the card network at the same time.

The smallest router in the world, the BR-6258n

Edimax has marketed this year the smallest router in the world, the BR-6258n. No Wi-Fi speeds with 150 Mb / s, it combines the functionality of a conventional router, namely the presence of two Ethernet ports, management protocols WMM, WEP, WPA and WPA2 encryption, QoS, DMZ, the UPnP, port forwarding and the ability to filter by MAC or IP addresses.

The size of a CompactFlash card or a box of matches, it loads a 4 MB NOR memory chip and 16 MB SDRAM It can also serve as a repeater if it is coupled with another router in the firm. Its price is unknown.

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