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New Verizon antennas generate unwelcome buzz in Santa Rosa CA [telecom]
A city-sanctioned bid to improve wireless connectivity for internet and cellphone users in Santa Rosa has run into opposition from some residents and generated concern among city officials after the...
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False Missile Warning in Hawaii Adds to Scrutiny of Emergency Alert System [telecom]
False Missile Warning in Hawaii Adds to Scrutiny of Emergency Alert System An errant cellphone alert about an incoming ballistic missile set off a panic and prompted calls for major improvements to...
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Property tax refund for AT&T costs Chicago District $1.1 million [telecom]
The office of Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx settled 5,208 property-tax appeals during her first 11 months in office, resulting in refunds to businesses totaling more than $79.5 million, with...
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First No Bonus, Now No Merit Raise for Frustrated CenturyLink Workers [telecom]
Written by Edward Gately After canceling holiday bonuses, CenturyLink has told employees it also is suspending merit raises this year. Mark Molzen, CenturyLink spokesman, confirmed the suspension of...
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Colorado Cities Keep Voting To Build Their Own Broadband Networks [telecom]
from the roll-your-own dept So we've long mentioned how incumbent ISPs like Comcast have spent millions of dollars quite literally buying shitty, protectionist laws in more than twenty states. These...
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Hawaii 'ballistic missile threat' alert to phones was false alarm, officials say [telecom]
Hawaii 'ballistic missile threat' alert to phones was false alarm, officials say. by Erik Ortiz, Phil McCausland and Chelsea Bailey Hawaiians were thrown into a panic Saturday morning after an...
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History--1960s--troubled times for telephony [telecom]
The telephone companies did not escape the social unrest and problems of society of the 1960s. One problem was anonymous obscene calls. Both Bell Telephone and General Telephone ran full page ads in...
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FCC Aims to Improve Usage of Mobile Emergency Alert System [telecom]
FCC Aims to Improve Usage of Mobile Emergency Alert System By John D. McKinnon WASHINGTON - Federal regulators are expected to push wireless carriers to improve the targeting of local emergency...
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A Dog Walking App Accidentally Leaked People's Home Lock Codes [telecom]
A Dog Walking App Accidentally Leaked People's Home Lock Codes A popular app that connects dog owners and dog walkers accidentally revealed the lock box codes of at least 50 users, and the home...
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AT&T Drops Huawei's New Smartphone Amid Security Worries [telecom]
AT&T Drops Huawei's New Smartphone Amid Security Worries The telecommunications giant canceled a deal to sell the Mate 10 after U.S. lawmakers expressed misgivings about what they said were Huawei's...
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Justice Dept. scrambles to jam prison cellphones, stop drone deliveries to inmates [telecom]
Justice Dept. scrambles to jam prison cellphones, stop drone deliveries to inmates The technology is being used to carry out crimes, and obtain drugs and weapons.
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Meltdown [telecom]
Meltdown Abstract The security of computer systems fundamentally relies on memory isolation, e.g., kernel address ranges are marked as non-accessible and are protected from user access. In this paper,...
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U.S. customs agents are searching more cellphones -- including those belonging to Americans [telecom]
U.S. customs agents are searching more cellphones - including those belonging to Americans The agency said the inspections increase is an indication that electronic devices are critical sources of...
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AT&T is skipping annual appearance at Citi investor conference [telecom]
Lawyers for AT&T and the Justice Department were in court Friday in Washington to update the judge overseeing the lawsuit New York: AT&T Inc, which is fighting the US. Justice Department in court over...
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Internet restored to AT&T customers in greater Youngstown OH[telecom]
By Gabby Fellows After several hours without internet, AT&T customers should expect their internet to be back in working order. A representative from the company said service was fully restored this...
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