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March 25th, 2010 @ The Royal Garden Hotel, London
The third annual PCR Awards is set to be the social event of the year for anyone involved in the PC retail sector, and a well deserved celebration for the nominees.
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Unfinished feature discovered on new operating system
An unimplemented feature has been found on Windows 7 that allows a laptop or other WiFi enabled device to be turned in to a hotspot for other users by allowing them to share their connection.
According to Computer World, Nomadio, a US firm that specialises in military network consulting and development, discovered the feature.
“A year ago, Microsoft talked a lot about this as a big feature in Windows 7," said Nomadio’s CEO Alex Gizis. "But driver support didn't get finished. The low-level code is in there, but the driver-level stuff isn't. And there's no app or setting in Windows to turn it on.”
Nomadio has gone on to develop a free application called Connectify that turns the dormant code in to an active feature. The beta version of the software can be found at Nomadio’s web portal.
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The article title suggests that Windows7 on its own, without any assistance, could enable wireless network sharing on any computer with installed WiFi hardware.
However, the 'body text' indicates that you will need at least a third party addon to enable this feature, one that I suspect that most security conscious users would not want anywhere near their zealously guarded equipment...
