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Motorola revives Razr brand to take on iPhone 4S [Telecom]
On c|net late Monday (18-OCT-2011) afternoon: Motorola's ultrathin Droid Razr may be just the device to take on Apple's latest iPhone 4S. Motorola today took the wraps off the new Droid Razr, the...
 
Georgia Tech Turns iPhone Into spiPhone [telecom]
Georgia Tech Turns iPhone Into spiPhone ATLANTA -- Oct. 18, 2011 -- It's a pattern that no doubt repeats itself daily in hundreds of millions of offices around the world: People sit down, turn on...
 
New Worm by Creators of Stuxnet Is Suspected [telecom]
New Worm by Creators of Stuxnet Is Suspected By JOHN MARKOFF October 18, 2011 The designers of Stuxnet, the computer worm that was used to vandalize an Iranian nuclear site, may have struck again,...
 
In a Battle of the E-Readers, Booksellers Spurn Superheroes [telecom]
In a Battle of the E-Readers, Booksellers Spurn Superheroes By DAVID STREITFELD October 18, 2011 The tablet wars have begun. Superheroes are the prize - or perhaps the victim. Amazon, seeking to make...
 
Congress asks for technical reports about LightSquared and GPS [telecom]
Congress has asked various federal agencies for copies of reports they submitted to the FCC concerning possible interference by LightSquared's network to the GPS system, but the reports aren't...
 
Future phones may rewire and reinvent themselves [Telecom]
Slashdot had several interesting items in its email digest for Monday, 17-OCT-2011. The first one that intrigued me was the claim future computers won't be "artificial intelligence" as much as they'll...
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The iPhone Finds Its Voice [telecom]
The iPhone Finds Its Voice by Walt Mossberg October 11, 2011 Sometimes, as we all know, looks can be deceiving. While Apple's latest iPhone doesn't look different, and may not be the kind of...
 
Apple Helps Devices Get Their Heads in the Cloud [telecom]
Apple Helps Devices Get Their Heads in the Cloud by Katherine Boehret October 11, 2011 Apple devices can be addictive: People buy one tiny iPod, fall in love, and end up with three or four other Apple...
 
Top U.S. Websites Share Visitor Personal Data [telecom]
Privacy Study: Top U.S. Websites Share Visitor Personal Data By Julia Angwin October 11, 2011 NOTE: This post has been updated to include clarifications that were made to the original study. A study...
 
Tracking the Trackers: Where Everybody Knows Your Username [telecom]
Tracking the Trackers: Where Everybody Knows Your Username by Jonathan Mayer October 11, 2011 The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) Stanford Law School Click the local Home Depot ad and your email...
 
To Track or 'Do Not Track' [telecom]
To Track or 'Do Not Track': Advancing Transparency and Individual Control in Online Behavioral Advertising Omer Tene College of Management - School of Law, Israel Jules Polonetsky Future of Privacy...
 
Are Smartphones Becoming Smart Alecks? [telecom]
Are Smartphones Becoming Smart Alecks? New Devices Dish Out Sarcasm, Tell Jokes; 'Two iPhones Walk Into a Bar' By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER OCTOBER 15, 2011 Now even your phone talks back. Matt Legend...
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Cellphone Users to Get Billing Alerts Under New Voluntary Standards [telecom]
Cellphone Users to Get Billing Alerts Under New Voluntary Standards By AMY SCHATZ OCTOBER 17, 2011 WASHINGTON-Wireless-phone customers will begin receiving real-time alerts next year if they are about...
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In-depth Review: Apple's iOS 5 mobile operating system [telecom]
In-depth Review: Apple's iOS 5 mobile operating system By Daniel Eran Dilger October 12, 2011 Apple's latest reference release of its mobile platform, iOS 5, isn't going to leave users wondering if...
 
The Apple effect: How Steve Jobs & Co. won over the world [telecom]
The Apple effect: How Steve Jobs & Co. won over the world UPDATE: Steve Jobs passed on Wednesday. In this cover story, first published last month, Alan Webber explores what made Steve Jobs (and Apple)...