http://www.ecoustics.com/latest/news Latest news, updated every five minutes http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1009_3-10056759-83.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Researchers testing a port scanner discover multiple flaws within the TCP stack which could create denial of service attacks under controlled circumstances. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:26:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1009_3-10040578-83.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Apple releases a new media player version and recommends that Windows users replace outdated drivers for Webcam products, scanners, and some media card readers. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:13:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-10789_3-9983063-57.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Automated attack claims another high profile target, offering sale of a fake antivirus scanner. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:35:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/494584.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:03:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/16735 You probably don’t need two printers, two scanners, and two external hard drives in your home office. But chances are, if you’ve tried owning just one and lugging it around whenever it was needed on another computer, you own two anyway. Iogear hopes to resolve this problem with its new USB Net ShareStation, released Monday, which allows any USB device to be accessed from all the computers on a network.The ShareStation is simply a brick with a USB port Mon, 19 May 2008 11:00:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-10784_3-9945448-7.html?part=ecoustics-cnet The search colossus has confirmed that it's using laser scanners to gather 3D data as it photographs cities for its Street View. Thu, 15 May 2008 16:57:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-10789_3-9929044-57.html?part=ecoustics-cnet A controversial new contest at DefCon this year will ask researchers to evade current antivirus products. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:56:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/475291.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:29:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-10784_3-9924711-7.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Some photos indicate that Google may have begun mapping European streets--and is using laser scanners to create a 3D view as they go. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:24:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/16387 Snip:"Like most ultra-portable notebooks, the U6S features a 12.1-inch widescreen LED backlit display that is incredibly thin and helps keep the system’s weight down to a respectable 3.5lbs. It’s a Centrino machine to boot, featuring a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM and Intel’s latest 965 chipset, which notably features support for 802.11a, b, g, and the new n wireless networking standard.Furthermore, the machine comes with Vista Business and includes several Asus utilities designed to offer enhanced security – a must-have for any working professional’s laptop. In addition to a biometric fingerprint scanner, which can log you into Windows as well as remember website pa Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:38:40 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/16292 The fancy fingerprint scanner on your laptop will look dated as dated as a Master Lock when Fujitsu brings it latest biometric identification tools to the United States, which identify individuals based on the vein patterns in their hands. The Japanese company announced the upcoming U.S. availability of a PalmSecure log-in kit on Monday.The kit will include a mouse with an embedded Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:45:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/463726.html Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:20:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/143195 A small counterfeit bill detector designed for retail use that can sniff out the "super dollar," a convincing yet bogus $100 bill allegedly produced in North Korea. Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:15:00 -0500 http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9880205-12.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Grisoft, publisher of AVG Anti-Virus, announces a major upgrade to its security suite, integrating several of its products into one including recently-purchased LinkScanner. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:00:00 -0500 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-10784_3-9854560-7.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Buy.com has the Plustek OptiCard 820 mobile scanner for $16.99 after a mail-in rebate. Shipping is free. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:30:00 -0500 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/137945 Sharp's prototype LCD integrates an optical scanner, allowing it to read business cards and recognize fingerprints. Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/137051 Fujitsu's new palm-vein biometric security scanner is designed to control computer access in corporate environments. Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/14068 Iogear is now shipping its Wireless USB Hub & Adapter, enabling up to three PCs to connect wirlessly to up to four wired USB devices, like printers, drives, scanners, and media players at speeds up to 480 Mbps. Iogear is touting the adapter as the first shipping wireless USB solution certified by both the FCC and the USB Implementer's Forum (USB-IF)."We are proud to be the first to bring a Certified W-USB solution to consumer and SOHO markets," said Iogear sales and marketing VP Miranda Su, in a statement. "Following a thorough development process, we are la Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/13986 Picture it…you’re playing a game that bears a resemblance to the classic Pac-Man. But if the read dot chasing your blue triangle catches you, you receive a mild electric shock. Not exactly your idea of a good time? It’s just what British researchers have been using to investigate the way the human brain reacts to imminent danger. The results have been published in the journal Science. Volunteers played the video game, with their brain activity monitored by an MRI scanner that showed which regions of the brain were receiving the highest flow of blood. When the predator was a comfortable Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:00:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/382091.html Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:40:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/13948 Between the tiny scanners that come with all-in-one printers and behemoth commercial scanners found only in labs, Epson introduced a new scanner on Wednesday that offers customers a middle ground. The Epson Perfection V500  high-efficiency LED illumination for amateurs in all graphic fields. delivers 6400 dpi resolution, 48-bit color depth andThe scanner Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:50:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/380973.html Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:13:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/136041 Wikipedia Scanner has traced Wikipedia changes to people at several large companies who appear to have altered potentially damaging content. Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/13892 A new web tool has been developed by researchers in the US to track the identity of organizations that edit pages on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, and it’s revealed some very interesting and disturbing things. The tool, called Wikipedia Scanner, has revealed that computers at the CIA made changes to the entry about Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and that it appears the Vatican altered a page relating to Sin Fein leader Gerry Adams. On the page of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Scanner has shown that someone on the CIA network reportedly added the exclamation & Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:00:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/376983.html Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:42:00 -0400