* Gearhead: Capsa captures and cooks net comms * Backspin: Backspin: Hell yes to virtualization! * Gibbsblog: The past 7 days
Gearhead: Capsa captures and cooks net comms
We have tested products from many countries, but today we have a first: a Windows network packet capture and protocol analyzer from China. Capsa Enterprise is made by Colasoft, and we are very impressed.
To read this week’s Gearhead, click here.
Backspin: Hell yes to virtualization!
I don’t want to keep beating up on Microsoft; I really don’t, but it is particularly hard to avoid doing so at the moment. The company’s ubiquity means that one can’t help but notice the sometimes unpleasant, occasionally weird and often downright sleazy things that it does.
To read this week’s Backspin, click here.
Gibbsblog: The past 7 days
How to not get prosecuted for music piracy …
“Using online music services to share songs without paying for them may be illegal, but casual users don’t usually find themselves under the steely gaze of an angry recording industry executive. Unless Dad is the head of Warner Music Group.” — from Reuters
The Domain Re-registration Scam
I just got a telephone call from Domain Registry Support to tell me that a domain name I own is about to expire and that they’d re-register it for me. The rep was barely audible, barely intelligible, and woefully under-trained.
Mo’ betta WiFi
Following on from my last posting a friend just pointed out the TurboTenna, a simple and nicely engineered antenna on a tripod with a 12+ dBi gain for only $19.95!
USB adapters & DIY antenna = “Poor Man’s WiFi”
Outstanding site of hacks for boosting WiFi signals using Woks, sieves, and vegetable steamers.
Thin Skin Department. Question: When is a Nurse not a Nurse?
Answer: When the Nurse is a waitress. Like this …. Does that look like a real nurse? Yeah, you wish.
