Apple Inc has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against chip supplier Qualcomm Inc, for "royalties that they had nothing to do with."The suit, filed Friday in federal district court in the Southern District of California, claims that Qualcomm leveraged its monopoly position as a manufacturer of baseband chips, a critical component used in cellphones, to seek "onerous, unreasonable and costly" terms for... »

Samsung is expected to announce the results of its investigation into the exploding Galaxy Note7s in a news conference Monday in Seoul. However, a report by The Wall Street Journal has some information about what the company has discovered. Samsung has reportedly concluded that "irregularly sized" batteries are primarily to blame for the issue, which resulted in a massive global recall. The... »

Antivirus vendor Malwarebytes has discovered a new Mac malware, called "Fruitfly," which can also be used against Linux systems. Malwarebytes identifies the code as "OSX.Backdoor.Quimitchin." It has been discovered after an IT administrator detected unusual traffic flowing out of a computer based on Apple's Mac OS X operating system.The malware uses antiquated code to help it run undetected on... »

Recently discovered patent filings have revealed that Microsoft is experimenting with a foldable mobile device that morphs a phone into a tablet.Diagrams included in the filing show two- and three-screened smartphones that fold in equal parts, changing between phone, tablet, and what we'll call "protected" mode. The two-screened phone can also be positioned in tent mode like most Windows... »

The MulteFire Alliance, an independent, diverse and international member-driven consortium defining and promoting MulteFire, today announced the completion of its Release 1.0 specification, a key milestone in bringing MulteFire technology to market. Release 1.0, based on 3GPP Releases 13 and 14, defines LTE to operate in unlicensed and shared spectrum, while ensuring fair sharing of spectrum with... »

EuroDOCSIS 3.0 and EuroPacketCable 2.0 compliant, the EVW327 integrates 4 products into a single device: a cable modem, a residential gateway with a built-in 4-port gigabit Ethernet switch, an 802.11ac dual-band concurrent Wi-Fi access point, and a 2-line multimedia terminal adapter for telephony.

The new RF front-end supports digitization of the entire 1 GHz cable spectrum.

Dual band... »

Archer C5400 delivers combined Tri-Band Wi-Fi speeds to 5334Mbps, establishing a network that can connect more devices without slowing down.

Smart Connect helps devices run even faster by assigning them to the best available channel to balance network demand.

The Archer C5400 gets a performance boosts of up to 25%, thanks to NitroQAMTM (1024-QAM) and 4-Stream. These advanced technologies... »

With an advanced 1.6 GHz dual-core CPU and 512MB of RAM, the WRT1900ACS delivers improvements in wired, wireless, and network storage performance over its predecessor, the WRT1900AC.

At speeds up to N600 + AC1300 Mbps, the WRT1900ACS meets the needs of the most demanding home Wi-Fi networks. Equipped with a four-antenna configuration, the router provides exceptional signal strength and range.... »

Nighthawk X10 with 802.11ac and 802.11ad WiFi technology delivers smooth 4K streaming, VR gaming and instant downloads.

The Nighthawk X10 supports Plex Media Server with transcoding for smooth 4K streaming, even to remote devices.

With the 1.7GHz Quad Core Processor and Quad-Stream architecture, you can enjoy combined wireless speeds of up to 7.2Gbps (4600+1733+800 Mbps).

MU-MIMO... »

With high-powered amplifier, FH304 delivers better wireless performance and wider coverage. It provides 300Mbps wireless speed.

Paired with adjustable transmission power technology and three fixed antennas, FH304 enhances signal strength and extends signal range for better performance, eliminating dead spots.

Universal Repeater provides seamless bridging to expand your wireless network. TX... »

The SURFboard SBG6900-AC Wireless Cable Modem & Router is an all-in-one wireless DOCSIS 3.0 cable router. It provides high-speed Internet access for your computer and other wireless network devices on your home or small business network.

The SBG6900-AC also includes a Wi-Fi Pairing option for quick and easy wireless connections for your WPS-enabled (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) wireless... »

Windows Vista introduces a number of new features to the TCP/IP stack, including CTCP, and TCP Window Auto-Tuning. This new implementation works much better by default than previous Windows versions with broadband internet connections, and is able to adjust the RWIN value on the fly, depending on the BDP (bandwidth-delay product). This, however, introduces some problems with older routers and restricts the user from tweaking some of the TCP/IP parameters. Still, there is always some room for... »

Introduction With the popularity of wireless networks and mobile computing, an overall understanding of common security issues has become not only relevant, but very necessary for both home/SOHO users and IT professionals alike. This article is aimed at illustrating current security flaws in WEP/WPA/WPA2. Successfully cracking a wireless network assumes some basic familiarity with networking principles and terminology, as well as working with command-line tools. A basic familiarity... »

I've often found it useful to get just the wireless functionality out of a WiFi router and reuse it as an access point. Wireless routers seem more common, and are often priced even lower than wireless access points. Adding an access point to a wired network already in place, or to one where the main NAT router is provided by the ISP is usually the easiest solution. However, introducing a second NAT router on the network is not a good idea, especially without some tweaking to set it... »

The Windows 8 TCP/IP implementation shares many traits with earlier Windows versions, however, there are some subtle differences, new syntax for applying tweaks, and some new settings. Windows 8 generally works well by default for many broadband connections, yet there is always some room for improvement and we will try to cover all relevant settings and their effect on your connection in detail below.To run some of the outlined commands, you will need to use an administrator account. With... »

Online Gaming can often benefit from some fine-tuning of Windows TCP/IP settings and the Network Adapter properties. This article is intended to supplement our general broadband tweaks and list only TCP/IP settings that are specific to online gaming and reducing network latency. Some of these settings are also mentioned in our general tweaking articles, however, the emphasis here is on latency rather than throughput, and we have complemented the tweaks with more gaming-specific recommendations... »

Microsoft enforces a limit on half-open TCP/IP connections that is hard-coded in tcpip.sys. The maximum simultaneous half-open (incomplete) outbound TCP connection attempts per second that the system can make is intended to limit the spread of malicious viruses and worms, as well as limit the possibility of launching a DDoS attack. However, it has proven to also limit some applications using many TCP connections, such as P2P and P2PTV programs.When the OS reaches the half-open connection limit,... »