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Wireless Networking: Do you Need It?

Author: Robert

There has been so much hype about wireless networking that it is sometimes hard to get to the important question: do you need it? To determine whether your notebook computer needs to have wireless networking capabilities, you need to understand what it is first.

WLAN

WLAN stands for Wireless Local Area Network or Wireless LAN. Wireless network cards use the IEEE 802.11 standard of wireless transmission. There are other wireless networking standards, such as Bluetooth, but the 802.11 standard is the preferred networking solution. The Wireless Network interface was developed originally for interfacing among computers connected through a local area network, but it is now also being used for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and internet access, just like the standard Local Area Network interface.

Spyware: Knowing the Basics of Spyware and Adware
by Stephen J. Carmichael

Contrary to popular belief there actually is little difference between adware and spyware.

According to wikipedia.org, spyware is:

…computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user’s interaction with the computer, without the user’s informed consent.

In contrast adware, also called advertising-supported software, is described as:

…any software package which plays, displays, or downloads advertisements to a computer automatically, either after the software is installed, or while it is being used.