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Malware found preinstalled on 38 Android phones used by 2 companies

By Dan Goodin A commercial malware scanner used by businesses has recently detected an outbreak of malware that came pr...

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History--Bell System television work in 1957 [telecom]

The Bell System ran several ads in Billboard magazine touting its contribution to broadcasting. Billboard covered the e...

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Google's reCAPTCHA turns "invisible," will separate bots from people without challenges [telecom]

Google's reCAPTCHA turns "invisible," will separate bots from people without challenges Google says it can separate man...

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After escaping net neutrality probe, Verizon expands data cap exemptions [telecom]

After escaping net neutrality probe, Verizon expands data cap exemptions With net neutrality worries gone, FiOS TV goes...

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AT&T Cellphone Users Unable to Call 911 in at Least 14 States [telecom]

By Niraj Chokshi Some AT&T cellphone users in at least 14 states and Washington, D.C., were unable to call 911 for a fe...

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History--early portable cell phone 1973 [Telecom]

In July 1973, Popular Science magazine ran an article describing a portable "brick" cell phone and network, "Dynatac" b...

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Busy Redial feature discontinued? [telecom]

A special dialing feature was busy redial: "If the number you are calling is busy, Busy Redial will redial the last loc...

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FCC chair wants carriers to block robocalls from spoofed numbers [telecom]

FCC chair wants carriers to block robocalls from spoofed numbers The FCC in 2015 made it clear that voice service provi...

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802.eleventy what? A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks [telecom]

802.eleventy what? A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks When wireless networking based around the 802.11b standard...

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[telecom] FCC grants emergency "unblocking" of CNID to Jewish Centers

This is in response to the numerous (over a hundred in the current wave) bomb threats phoned in to Jewish Community Cen...

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[telecom] Feds make arrest re: some of those bomb threats to Jewish facilities

[DOJ press release] [snippeth] U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said: "Everyone deserves to be free from fear and discrimina...

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Google and mobile phones threaten yellow pages directory [telecom]

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Verizon's white-pages residential phone books have lost mass appeal. Now, even...

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Man sets sail using iPad for navigation, crashes into ferry when wifi disappears [telecom]

By Tanveer Mann A man decided it would be a good idea to set sail in his Second World War boat with just his iPad [for]...

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Maker Of Remotely-Accessible Talking Teddy Bear Leaked 2 Million Parent and Kids Message Recordings [telecom]

"Internet of Things" Teddy Bear Leaked 2 Million Parent and Kids Message Recordings By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai A...

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FCC to halt rule that protects your private data from security breaches [telecom]

By Jon Brodkin The Federal Communications Commission plans to halt implementation of a privacy rule that requires ISPs...

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