Turn Windows Into A WiFi Hotspot & Share Your Internet Connection

Turn Windows Into A WiFi Hotspot & Share Your Internet Connection: "You’ve got an Internet connection via a network cable, but you want to have your other computers and devices get Internet connections wirelessly. Can you do this? Can you make your Windows computer run like a WiFi router?"



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Bizarre attack infects Linksys routers with self-replicating malware | Ars Technica

Bizarre attack infects Linksys routers with self-replicating malware | Ars Technica: "Researchers say they have uncovered an ongoing attack that infects home and small-office wireless routers from Linksys with self-replicating malware, most likely by exploiting a code-execution vulnerability in the device firmware.

Johannes B. Ullrich, CTO of the Sans Institute, told Ars he has been able to confirm that the malicious worm has infected around 1,000 Linksys E1000, E1200, and E2400 routers, although the actual number of hijacked devices worldwide could be much higher. A blog post Sans published shortly after this article was posted expanded the range of vulnerable models to virtually the entire Linksys E product line. Once a device is compromised, it scans the Internet for other vulnerable devices to infect."



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What Comcast's buyout of Time Warner Cable means for you (FAQ) | Internet & Media - CNET News

What Comcast's buyout of Time Warner Cable means for you (FAQ) | Internet & Media - CNET News: "Comcast and Time Warner Cable, the country's biggest cable companies, on Thursday agreed to unite in a $45 billion deal that will create a pay-television giant with approximately 30 million subscribers, controlling nearly a third of the pay-TV market and more than half of the market for "triple play" packages combining video, Internet, and voice telecom services."



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