This is in beta these guys have something better: (post your comments) ======================================================================== Pingtest.net is a free broadband quality analyzer designed to complement Speedtest.net. This troubleshooting tool grades your connection on how well it is likely to handle things like voice services (VoIP), streaming music or video, telecommuting or online gaming.
The familiar Your Results section allows you to view your result history. You can even share or compare them with others. A World Results section will debut as the site grows.
Over a billion served has helped establish Speedtest.net as the clear global standard for speed testing. Pingtest.net goes further to test Ping, Jitter and Packet Loss – each critical to understanding the true quality of a broadband connection.
This was created by the same team of Internet veterans at Ookla who since 2006 have built a growing global business backed by a fundamental vision. We hope you will find this site as easy and familiar as Speedtest.net, and hopefully just as invaluable.
White Sky released version 4.0 of their ID Vault password protection utility at the beginning of this year, but their coders didn’t stop working. On Tuesday, just a few months later, they’ve announced ID Vault 5.0 with a streamlined user interface and added protection.
“ID Vault 5.0 is designed to safeguard the entire connection from thedesktop to the online account with the specific intent of protecting consumer’s online identity and online transactions,” said White Sky CEO David Watkins. ID Vault combines password protection and management with a stripped-down ultra-secure browser to keep financial and other sensitive transactions safe. It uses a database of over 8,000 known and trusted financial sites to ensure that users can’t be diverted to a fraudulent site. This database also includes information about the exact procedure for logging into the site, so ID Vault can save your login credentials and replay them as needed. That gives it a leg up over other password managers, which often have trouble with the complex logins used by financial sites. The account information is stored in encrypted form protected by a PIN and a digital certificate locked to your computer. I found adding a financial account in version 4.0 to be awkward. You had to select the site from a list within the program, fill in your account credentials, wait for the program to log in, and verify that it was successful. Version 5.0 streamlines the process – all you need do is launch the product’s SecureView browser and log into the site as you always would. ID Vault automatically captures and stores the login credentials. There’s a tricky kind of hack-attack called “Man in the Middle” where a hacker gets between you and the web site you think you’re connected to. The hacker relays HTTP messages from you to the server and from the server to you, possibly recording or modifying the web traffic. An advanced version of this attack called “ssl stripping” lets the hacker extend this attack to intercept supposedly-secure HTTPS traffic by forcing the connection to remain unencrypted. (Watch for thatlock icon, people!). New in version 5.0, ID Vault uses information from its database to initiate a secure connection earlier in the interaction, forestalling this attack. White Sky offers a free Risk Calculator tool that searches your PC for unsecured personal information and offers a security score depending on how much it finds. If your risk is high, it naturally advises you to purchase ID Vault. Version 5 incorporates this tool and automatically offers to move any sensitive data it finds into ID Vault for safe storage. ID Vault 5.0 runs under Windows XP or Windows Vista and requires Internet Explorer version 6.0 or higher; it is not compatible with Firefox. An annual subscription of $49.95 protects an unlimited number of online accounts.
Clearwire is a wireless isp offering a pre-wimax service in selected markets in the us and several other countries. Clearwire is rolling out a mobile broadband network running on a technology called wimax. Clearwire is led by craig mccaw, one of the pioneers in providing cellular phone service in the united states in the early 1980s. Clearwire is utilizing next-generation, non-line-of-sight wireless technology developed by its wholly owned subsidiary company, nextnet wireless. Clearwire is in the process of rolling out a nationwide wimax network with partner sprint. Unlike dsl, cable and other types of wireless internet requiring additional equipment and and installation, clearwire is simple, reliable and secure. Compared to other internet service providers, the wireless internet solution offered by clearwire is by far more affordable. Clearwire is covering cities with super fast internet, so that you can stream tv, watch movies, play online games and video chat on the go and at home. Clearwire is planning to emerge as a 4g service wholesaler with big partners being the key distribution channel. Clearwire is not a new company. Clearwire is also preparing to launch 4g clear wimax in chicago, charlotte, honolulu, philadelphia, seattle and dallas/ft. Clearwire is a provider of wimax, a technology that is faster and more reliable than current wireless networks. Clearwire is building a nationwide network. Currently, clearwire is currently targeted at areas not covered by telecommunications operators, for notebook computers and home network to provide wireless services. Clearwire is taking advantage of the open architecture of mobile wimax to deploy best-of-breed solutions. Clearwire is the next fios.
KnowEm was developed to assist everyone – from individuals to Fortune 500 companies – in discovering where their names, brands, or trademarked terms are available (or stolen) on Social Media networks. KnowEm will not only help you secure your name across the vast social media landscape but we can also show you how to contact each site in order to have the name released and returned to you. To date the KnowEm team has helped to reserve over 100,000 profiles and reported back to some of our clients over 20,000 issues of squatting and misrepresentation of a brand, username or trademarked term. This is all done with local employees in New Jersey; we are proud to be a company fully staffed in the United States with absolutely no dependance on outsourcing. Since April of 2009 KnowEm has been tracking and monitoring hundreds of social media networks populated mostly with user-generated content. Our database of these sites is updated daily as new sites are released and our staff reviews them for quality. We track multiple metrics on these sites to determine which networks are gaining (or losing) traction in the social media landscape. By using and storing these metrics we watch for patterns and spikes in traffic and popularity. KnowEm also constantly updates and adds new sites to our vast database of social sites. The next Facebook, Twitter or MySpace is already out there or could be coming soon – do you know which one it will be? KnowEm offers a subscription service (Brand Protection Program) to ensure that you and your brand will not have to worry about it. As new sites emerge we will make sure that your flag is already planted and you will not have to worry about dealing with a squatter or someone who is misrepresenting your social media identity.
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