Operation Gadget

Category: Wireless Networking

  • Lyon, France’s Rent-a-Bike System Loaded with Technology

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteVelo’v Grand Lyon is a bike rental network in Lyon, France. Wired News published a great little article about the system works and how technology is being used to try to ensure that it stays solvent. To use Velo’v in Lyon, you have to make a €150 deposit via check or…

  • Replacing the APC Uninterruptible Power Supply Battery Protecting Our VoIP Lines

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmazon.com put many APC products including Genuine APC Replacement Batteries on sale. I discovered that I needed a replacement battery the other day when the power at the Home Office sagged for a moment. All of the computer equipment in the basement including my Linux development server, VoIP Telephone Adapters, DSL…

  • Bike-Powered VoIP System Created for Use in Developing Countries

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteJonathan Maus told us that Inveneo has developed a bicycle-powered, Linux-based VoIP phone system for use in developing countries. No kidding. I found an explanation of a Pedal and Solar Powered PC and Communications System on the Inveneo web site. This article does not discuss the inclusion of the Asterisk open…

  • 12-Inch Powerbook G4 Would Have Made Writing Tour de Georgia Stories Easier

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe working environment for credentialed members of the media when I was at the Dodge Tour de Georgia was different every day. We worked in two different offices, a hotel conference room, the theater in the observation tower at Brasstown Bald, and a conference room at women’s club, depending on where the…

  • WiFi Working Again for Me

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI was just talking to Bridget Bentz from the Team.Discovery.com website, telling her that my story of the Dodge Tour de Georgia seems bound to be one where technology problems hinder my coverage. The good news is that I finally got my new D-Link DWL-G650 AirPlus XtremeG 802.11g Wireless Cardbus Adapter working…

  • Finally Got Online in Chicago

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have no idea what happened but I couldn’t get on-line at my hotel in the Chicago suburbs until this morning. The D-Link AirPlus DWL-G650 WiFi card that I have has been flaking out ever since I took it out of my laptop to put the laptop in the bag, with…

  • Headsets are Another Reason Bluetooth is Coming into Its Own

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteLevi Wallach of Twelve Black Code Monkeys made a good point in a comment he posted to End User Awareness of Bluetooth on the Rise According to Survey. Levi said: I would have to agree with you. I recently went out with some friends for dinner who are not techie at…

  • End User Awareness of Bluetooth on the Rise According to Survey

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteBargainPDA reports that Bluetooth awareness is growing among individuals in the United States. This may be due to the fact that many laptops and PDAs sold in the last year come with Bluetooth on board. According to the Bluetooth SIG who sponsored the study, awareness of Bluetooth reached 42 percent in…

  • Phishing Coming to the Public Hotspot Market?

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Feature published an article by David Pescovitz that calls for a new authentication protocol to prevent thieves from stealing credit card data or user identities using rogue WiFi access points. According to the article, the network login page used by a rogue access point may appear to be secure, but…