Security

San Francisco Wi-Fi plan to face more heat

Wary of RFID? … This will scare you silly

SSL VPN gear: Try before you buy

* The importance of testing SSL VPN gear before you buy it

Researcher reports Novell NDPS vulnerability

* Patches from Ubuntu, Debian, others * Beware viruses starting to target Online Poker sites * Blue Security waves white flag, and other interesting reading

Encrypting backups to avoid disasters

* Tips for encrypting backups

Japan’s KDDI to use Google search for mobile Web

Negroponte’s $100 laptop sputters along

Microsoft to buy SSL VPN vendor Whale

Bluetooth to serial adapters

* Latest Cool Tools video: Bluetooth to serial adapters * Latest Cool Tools Column: Palm's new Treo * The past 7 days on the Cool Tools Blog * Featured reader resource

High-tech Ireland

Government agency, Enterprise Ireland, invests in future of start-ups