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[telecom] Four reasons to keep that landline at home
Four reasons to keep that landline at home CONSUMER REPORTS JANUARY 26, 2014 Given that you have a cell or smartphone to stay in touch with the world, is there any reason to have a landline? The short...
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[telecom] You don't want your privacy: Disney and the meat space data race
You don't want your privacy: Disney and the meat space data race by John Foreman, MailChimp JAN. 18, 2014 SUMMARY: MailChimp Chief Data Scientist is at Disney World this weekend wearing his...
 
Aereo Update: And the Question is . . . [telecom]
By Harry Cole, CommLawBlog, January 26, 2014 | The Supremes opt to use the broadcasters' formulation of the | question to be resolved by the Court. | | OK, all you Supreme Court tea leaf readers,...
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Global Business Directory with Live Chat [telecom]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + + + Moderator's Note + + + + For your weekend amusement, I am sending a redacted version + + of /*ONE*/ of the many examples of...
 
Comcast explores selling electricity service to subscribers [telecom]
By Steve Donohue, FierceCable, January 24, 2014 | Comcast is looking at striking a deal with a utility company in | Pennsylvania that could see it bundle electricity services with its | pay TV,...
 
More con artists using telemarketing for fraud [telecom]
A growing number of con artists are going old school by trying to rip off consumers over the phone, according to the National Consumers League. The group, which tracks the nation's most common frauds,...
 
TDoS -- a new ransom wrinkle [telecom]
A recent email bulletin from Sophos Security brings this word: More (pardon the long URLs, but I disapprove of at: -or- and . -or- Cheers, -- tlvp Online phone-call tools have made it easy for...
 
[telecom] White hat hacker says he found 70,000 records on Healthcare.gov through a Google search
White hat hacker says he found 70,000 records on through a Google search By Adrianne Jeffries January 21, 2014 The federal health insurance marketplace at still has major security issues according to...
 
[telecom] Google Glass-wearing movie patron questioned by Homeland Security agents as potential pirate
Google Glass-wearing movie patron questioned by Homeland Security agents as potential pirate By Adi Robertson January 21, 2014 Wearing Google Glass recently proved perilous for a movie patron in...
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[telecom] How Netflix won CES
How Netflix won CES It's not the TVs, it's what you watch on them By Bryan Bishop January 10, 2014 ***** Moderator's Note ***** OK, what's "4K" and when is it going to replace HDTV? Bill Horne...
 
[telecom] Google to acquire Nest for $3.2 billion
Google to acquire Nest for $3.2 billion Jon Swartz, USA TODAY 10:13 p.m. EST January 13, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO - Google intends to make even more of a splash in Americans' homes. On Monday, it reached a...
 
[telecom] What you need to know about the court decision that just struck down net neutrality
What you need to know about the court decision that just struck down net neutrality by Mathew Ingram JAN. 14, 2014 SUMMARY: On Tuesday, an appeals court in Washington, D.C. struck down the FCC's rules...
 
[telecom] Theft of Data Fuels Worries in South Korea
Theft of Data Fuels Worries in South Korea By CHOE SANG-HUN JAN. 20, 2014 SEOUL, South Korea - A string of senior executives at three credit card companies in South Korea offered to resign on Monday...
 
[telecom] Verizon Revenue Climbs on Sturdy Mobile Growth
Verizon Revenue Climbs on Sturdy Mobile Growth By REUTERS JAN. 21, 2014 NEW YORK - Verizon Communications Inc reported faster subscriber growth and stronger profits than expected at its Verizon...
 
[telecom] Verizon Plans to Buy Intel Media Division to Expand Its Television Services
Verizon Plans to Buy Intel Media Division to Expand Its Television Services By BRIAN X. CHEN and QUENTIN HARDY JAN. 21, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO - Verizon Communications wants to make TV available whenever...