Tag archive: WEP

How safe is your Wi-Fi? Not as much as you might hope, according to some experts. And much of it is due to compatibility issues.   There are two standards for security in Wi-Fi. The basic one isknown as Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). The other, new, standard is Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), which was updated in 2004 as WPA-2. However, to use either of the improved standards you needWindows Vista, Mac OSX, Linux, or XP with SP2 installed.… Read More

Announced last spring at CEBit in Hanover, Germany, Samsung is now shipping it's diminutive WEP500 Bluetooth headset. About the size of a U.S. quarter coin, the WEP500 is one of the smallest headsets on the market today, offering a distinctive circular design. The unit comes in at just 7.7mm thick, and comes with a jewel-case charger/cradle for both carrying the headset and charging it when not in use. The WEP500 headset uses… Read More