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Aereokiller in the Ninth Circuit [telecom]
By Harry Cole, FHH Commonlaw Blog, August 28, 2013 Continued: As T-D readers will recall from my previous posts about Aereo, copyright owners, including broadcast station licensees, have sued it...
 
[telecom] NYC area emergency "weather station" off the air
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has operated a nationwide network of radio transmitters providing full time weather reports and forecasts for decades now, dating back to...
 
How one man turns annoying cold calls into cash [telecom]
A man targeted by marketing companies is making money from cold calls with his own premium-rate phone number. In November 2011 Lee Beaumont paid £10 plus VAT to set up his personal 0871 line - so to...
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Rim Fire and Landlines [telecom]
Cross-posted from the Telecom Collectors International listserv. Walt Aydelotte wrote: Posted by Neal McLain
 
The Public-Private Surveillance Partnership [telecom]
The Public-Private Surveillance Partnership By Bruce Schneier Jul 31, 2013 6:00 PM ET Imagine the government passed a law requiring all citizens to carry a tracking device. Such a law would...
 
Play voice message after answering phone? [telecom]
Hello Using the AT commands, I'd like to know if it's possible for a voice modem to play a message *after I answered a call by picking up the handset*, with the handset and the modem plugged into the...
 
[telecom] How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill His Secrets
How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill His Secrets By PETER MAASS August 13, 2013 This past January, Laura Poitras received a curious e-mail from an anonymous stranger requesting her public encryption...
 
[telecom] Master's Degree Is New Frontier of Study Online
Master's Degree Is New Frontier of Study Online By TAMAR LEWIN August 17, 2013 Next January, the Georgia Institute of Technology plans to offer a master's degree in computer science through massive...
 
[telecom] Why Millennial Media Bought Jumptap: The Mobile Ad Market Is Going Automated
Why Millennial Media Bought Jumptap: The Mobile Ad Market Is Going Automated Company Hopes to Launch Mobile Exchange in Q4 By: Tim Peterson Published: August 15, 2013 Advertising Age Mobile...
 
[telecom] Millennial Media To Acquire Mobile Ad Company Jumptap For $200M+ In Millennial Stock
Millennial Media To Acquire Mobile Ad Company Jumptap For $200M+ In Millennial Stock ANTHONY HA Tuesday, August 13 TechCrunch Millennial Media just announced that it has reached an agreement to...
 
My Year Using Aereo: How A Dime-Sized Antenna Met My TV Needs [telecom]
By Gerry Smith, Huffington Post Blog, 08/12/2013 | Inside a data center in downtown Brooklyn, there's a floor | filled with thousands of dime-sized copper antennas. One of | them is mine. | | About a...
 
[OT] Has anyone had experience with Social Solutions and/or ETO software? [telecom]
Thanks for reading this. I work for a non-profit, which provides services to recently-arrived immigrants, such as instruction in English, help with finding jobs, etc. The organization is considering...
 
Greenfield: Congress should give cable operators more leverage to negotiate retrans deals [telecom]
By Steve Donohue, FierceCable, August 13, 2013 | Veteran cable analyst Richard Greenfield said Monday that | Congress should allow cable operators to team up in local | markets to negotiate...
 
Time Warner Cable blackout saps CBS local news ratings [telecom]
By Steve Donohue, FierceCable, August 12, 2013 | While CBS Corp. insists its blackout on Time Warner Cable | systems in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas has had a minimal | impact on ratings for its...
 
Defeating the modern Leviathan [telecom]
Defeating the modern Leviathan of corporate-government data collection Individuals face an unholy alliance of data-hungry private firms and public agencies. Only citizen action can win back our...