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Chubby fingers vs "Smartphones" [telecom]
As someone who has to continually set up these things to interface with Exchange systems, I can totally relate to this cartoon even if my fingers aren't too chubby! (I really hate interfaces designed...
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[telecom] The Machine That Makes You Musical
The Machine That Makes You Musical By ROB WALKER November 23, 2011 In a dimly lighted conference room in the Palo Alto, Calif., offices of Smule, a maker of music apps, Ge Wang was sitting in a...
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Update on at&t/T-mobile merger [telecom]
The NYT reported on 11/24/11 "The companies said they had withdrawn their application to the F.C.C. to join their cellular phone operations but still plan to contest a federal antitrust lawsuit and...
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[telecom] AT&T, T-Mobile temporarily withdraw bid for FCC merger approval
AT&T, T-Mobile temporarily withdraw bid for FCC merger approval November 24, 2011 Acknowledging the mounting difficulties in obtaining government consent for their merger, AT&T Inc. and the parent...
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[telecom] APPLE-SA-2011-11-10-1 iOS 5.0.1 Software Update
APPLE-SA-2011-11-10-1 iOS 5.0.1 Software Update iOS 5.0.1 Software Update is now available and addresses the following: CFNetwork Available for: iOS 3.0 through 5.0 for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone...
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Re: Sophos Security's take on Google's latest "_nomap" opt-out [telecom]
Opt-out should be illegal in all matters concerning privacy, and the punishment should be forty lashes followed by a keelhauling. Ignoring such silliness as the possibility that a competitor (e.g....
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Mall tracks shoppers by their cellphones [telecom]
A small article in the LA Times says a shopping mall is using a new computer program that will track the movements of Thanksgiving weekend shoppers using their cellphones. Thee Temecula Promenade is...
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MSNBC/NYT: Caller ID Forging [telecom]
[Quote from MSNBC] Caller ID has been celebrated as a defense against unwelcome phone pitches. But it is backfiring. Telemarketers increasingly are disguising their real identities and phone numbers...
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Hedy Lamarr--actress/radio inventor [telecom]
Actress Hedy Lamarr is credited with inventing key concepts used in radio and telephony to this day. Her biography, by noted author Richard Rhodes, has been published. book review from Newsweek:...
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FCC Connect America Fund Order Clarifies Inter-Carrier Compensation, VoIP [telecom]
FCC Connect America Fund Order Clarifies Inter-Carrier Compensation, VoIP 11/23/11 by Joan Engebretson The FCC's Universal Service and inter-carrier compensation (ICC) reform order, also known as the...
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Universal Service Reform Order Yields a Surprise or Two [telecom]
Universal Service Reform Order Yields a Surprise or Two 11/21/11 by Joan Engebretson Weighing in at 750 pages, the Universal Service and inter-carrier compensation reform order from the FCC was made...
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Sophos Security's take on Google's latest "_nomap" opt-out offer [telecom]
"opt out" of having their wireless access point's SSIDs catalogued, indexed, and exploited by Google's location service by the simple expedient (?) of appending a "_nomap" to the SSID, i.e., recasting...
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Disruptions: For Teenagers, a Car or a Smartphone? [telecom]
Disruptions: For Teenagers, a Car or a Smartphone? By NICK BILTON November 20, 2011 The auto industry has a lot of problems. It has to worry about workers' pension and health care costs, too-frequent...
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Police radio encryption [telecom]
USA Today article discussing pros and cons of police encrypting their radio transmissions. Police say it's to keep criminals from listening, but journalists object saying it makes government less...
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Rushdie Runs Afoul of Web's Real-Name Police [telecom]
Rushdie Runs Afoul of Web's Real-Name Police By SOMINI SENGUPTA November 14, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO - The writer Salman Rushdie hit Twitter on Monday morning with a flurry of exasperated posts. Facebook,...
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