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[telecom] Case Pits Technology-Based Police Search Against Citizens' Rights
Case Pits Technology-Based Police Search Against Citizens' Rights By DAN FROSCH November 19, 2012 AURORA, Colo. - On the afternoon of June 2, the authorities say, a former music teacher named...
 
[telecom] Errata Security: You are committing a crime right now
You are committing a crime right now Posted by Robert David Graham (@ErrataRob) November 20, 2012 Are you reading this blog? If so, you are committing a crime under 18 USC 1030(a) (better known as the...
 
[telecom] Pakistan halts phone service over terror fear
Pakistan halts phone service over terror fear Pakistan has suspended mobile phone services in major cities, a move officials say is necessary to prevent terror attacks from marring Shia Muslim...
 
[telecom] The Shrewd Shopper Carries a Smartphone
The Shrewd Shopper Carries a Smartphone By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER November 22, 2012 This Black Friday, to the tech-aware go the spoils. Retailers are trying to lure shoppers away...
 
Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill [telecom]
Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill After public criticism of proposal that lets government agencies warrantlessly access Americans' e-mail, Sen. Patrick Leahy says he will "not...
 
Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants [telecom]
Caution: Don't panic yet. See my follow-up email as well. Bill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants Proposed law scheduled for a vote next week...
 
Lightsquared petitions for NOAA spectrum [telecom]
LightSquared Petitions for NOAA Spectrum Use This spectrum would replace the 1545-1555 MHz spectrum segment [for] terrestrial purposes LightSquared has filed a Petition for Rulemaking asking the FCC...
 
Man convicted of hacking into at&t cell data will appeal [telecom]
AT&T iPad hacker plans to appeal felony conviction by Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service Andrew Auernheimer found a problem in AT&T's servers that linked iPad users' email addresses with SIM card serial...
 
Verizon plans to throttle speeds for anti-piracy effort [telecom]
Verizon will throttle repeat offenders in anti-piracy effort by Jared Newman Verizon home Internet subscribers may get slapped with slower speeds for downloading too much pirated content and ignoring...
 
[telecom] College of Future Could Be Come One, Come All
College of Future Could Be Come One, Come All By TAMAR LEWIN November 19, 2012 Teaching Introduction to Sociology is almost second nature to Mitchell Duneier, a professor at Princeton: he has taught...
 
Jury convicts man who was accused of hacking into AT&T [telecom]
(Reuters) - A federal jury convicted a New York man on Tuesday of hacking into AT&T Inc servers and stealing the email addresses and other personal data of about 120,000 Apple Inc iPad users, a U.S....
 
Verizon Wireless Sells Block of Radio Spectrum to Rural Network [telecom]
Verizon Wireless Sells Block of Radio Spectrum to Rural Network USA based Panhandle Telecommunication Systems has signed a purchase agreement with Verizon Wireless to acquire the Texas RSA 2-Hansford...
 
[telecom] Email Does Petraeus In
Does Petraeus In Posted by Peter Post November 20, 2012 The mighty has fallen, yet again. This time it's General David Petraeus. And email, again, is the tool that did him in. I've written before...
 
New York City high tech phone booths [telecom]
ABC News reported that: "new phone booths, or "SmartScreen" stations, which are made in partnership with Cicso and LG, feature 32-inch multi- touch displays with apps that let you search for local...
 
photos/article of VZ NYC hurricane cleanup [telecom]
It turns out that, as you might guess, basements and 15 foot storm surges... don't mix well. Triply so when it's salt water. of photos.. _____________________________________________________ Knowledge...
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