FCC Concerned Over DefCon Mobile Hacking TalkFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 7:51PMThe FCC is concerned over a planned Defcon demonstration of GSM mobile-phone interception. GSM - Mobile phone - Telecommunication - Business and Economy - Mobile
FCC concerned over DefCon mobile hacking talkFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 7:05PMChris Paget wants to demonstrate how easy it is to snoop in on mobile-phone conversations. The question is: Will the federal authorities allow it?
Privacy issues hit Facebook againFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:23PMPrivacy issues are again at the center of debate over whether Facebook is doing enough to protect its users.
Best Buy partners with Clearwire, will Connect customers to 4GFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:16PMWhen we first heard through the grapevine that Best Buy was launching its own branded wireless data service, Connect , rumor had it that 4G was going to be baked right in there. We'd later learn that was just wishful thinking, but today's announcement of a partnership with Clearwire makes it instead simply look premature. Starting sometime next year, Best Buy Connect will offer 4G wireless data ...
Microsoft Tablets Could Cannibalize Windows PCs: AnalystFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:00PMMicrosoft is pursuing a strategy of Windows 7 tablets in a bid to counter the Apple iPad. But one analyst suggests that could result in cannibalization of the traditional Windows 7 PC market.
What is Microsoft's strategy for slates and tablets, exactly?Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:53PMThursday, at the annual Microsoft Financial Analyst meeting, CEO Steve Ballmer gave a somewhat baffling explanation about Microsoft's position on tablet/slate computing that seems to run contradictory to the strategy of one of the company's biggest manufacturing partners.
Australia begs residents to accept free fiber connectionFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:53PMIf your government had decided to install a national, open-access fiber-to-the-home network to 93 percent of all residents , if the installation was free, and if the fiber hookup had no effect on your existing phone or cable service and committed you to nothing... wouldn't you take it? Not if you live in Tasmania, where the Australian government's ambitious new National Broadband Network is ...
Nobody panic... we're out of IP addressesFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:58AMIt’s kind of like Y2K , except the problem is a lot more real than the millennium bug, and the solution is far more difficult to deploy, but other than that, yeah… it’s a pretty tasty one to chew on. The Internet will run out of available IP addresses within the next 12 months according to top experts who apparently get paid to count IP addresses, which is a totally boring and yet rather unique ...
Cox Receives J.D. Power and Associates Highest Ranking for Small/Midsize Business Data ServiceTuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 5:07PMATLANTA, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Communications announced today that it ranks highest among small/midsize business data service providers in J.D. Power and Associates 2010 U.S. Major Provider Business Telecommunications Study(SM). Cox led all providers in four of the six factors driving satisfaction: billing, customer service, performance and reliability and sales representatives/account ...