John Cox - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by John Cox

Article | 2/09/2010 Apple unveils new iPod touch, with high-res screen

Apple today unveiled its newest iPod Touch, in effect a Wi-Fi version of the iPhone. Like the iPhone 4, the newest iPod touch features iOS 4.1 and A4 ...

Article | 1/09/2010 Bluesocket unveils virtual Wi-Fi controller on VMware

Bluesocket is offering its rebuilt enterprise Wi-Fi controller software on virtual machine platforms, the first one being VMware. The company will por...

Article | 5/08/2010 New code uncouples iPhone 4 from home wireless carrier

Hackers on Wednesday released code that lets iPhone 4 owners – if they have modified their Apple smartphones to load unauthorised apps -- to now use t...

Article | 3/08/2010 Apple's iOS devices meet many enterprise security needs

Apple's iOS, in the newer iPhones and the iPad, is now secure enough for many enterprise to deploy, according to a report from Forrester Research. But...

Article | 29/07/2010 Wi-Fi WPA2 vulnerability FAQ

So this guy at AirTight Networks says Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 has a "hard shell on the outside, but a soft underbelly inside"due to an overlooked vul...

Article | 20/07/2010 Windows Phone 7 'preview' winning generally good reviews

Microsoft announced a broader release of the latest build of its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system, and it's getting good reviews from developer...

Article | 18/07/2010 iPhone 4 FAQ: What exactly did Apple do?

Apple announced several measures Friday to keep iPhone 4 users "happy" and to turn the controversy over the smartphone's occasional reception issues i...

Article | 16/07/2010 Apple's antenna guru reportedly warned execs about iPhone 4 design

Warnings by Apple's top antenna expert that the iPhone 4 design could clobber signal strength and lead to dropped calls were ignored by the company's ...

Article | 15/07/2010 iPhone rules smartphone roost

More consumers will be buying a smartphone in the next three months than ever before. And the big winner, by a big margin, is the super-achieving Appl...

Article | 14/07/2010 Ozmo's chip and software turn Windows 7 laptop into Wi-Fi hotspot

Improved silicon and firmware from Ozmo Devices will turn a Wi-Fi-equipped Windows 7 laptop into a local hotspot for peripherals such as a keyboard an...

Article | 8/07/2010 Hackers edge toward unlocking iPhone 4 OS and network

The hacker group known as iPhone Dev-Team apparently is close to unlocking iPhone 4 in order to run unofficial apps and to use other GSM cellular netw...

Article | 29/06/2010 The iPhone 4 antenna flap: an FAQ

If I buy an iPhone 4, am I going to have big radio frequency reception problems?

Article | 24/06/2010 iFixit strips iPhone 4 down to bare metal

The iFixit.com team has put the screwdrivers to Apple's new iPhone 4 and taken it apart. As usual, they haven't uncovered anything earth-shakingly new...

Article | 18/06/2010 'Many thousands' of pre-release Windows Phone 7 handsets prepped for developers

Microsoft is confirming that "many thousands" of pre-release Windows Phone 7 handsets will be given to selected developers starting in July, but confu...

Article | 15/06/2010 Security experts, hackers question AT&T's iPad data safety claim

AT&T sent a explanatory letter to its iPad subscribers Sunday, even as new details emerged that last week's leak of customer information was not a...