Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive said Tuesday. "Mobile platforms, for a lot of attackers, represent a new target-rich ...
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Existing 4G networks for mobile devices still have limited global reach, but that's not going to keep 5G technology waiting in the wings. Samsung announced Monday that?it has developed some transceiver technology that can deliver 5G ...
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Mobile security vendor Lookout plans to start flagging as adware mobile apps that use aggressive ad networks if they don't obtain explicit consent from users before engaging in behavior that potentially invades privacy. Ad networks, ...
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Samsung Electronics plans to use advanced antennas to boost the bandwidth in mobile networks by what it said was "several tens of Gbps per base station," but the improved bandwidth won't be commercially available until 2020. The company ...
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Samsung Electronics says it has successfully tested super-fast fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology that will eventually allow users to download an entire movie in one second. The South Korean giant says the test has witnessed data ...
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The mobile industry's efforts to convince lawmakers that self-regulation alone is the best way to address growing concerns over privacy-invading mobile applications appears to be running into some headwind. On Thursday, Rep. Hank Johnson ...
Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA has launched RF switching technology that aims to enable early adopters to implement carrier aggregation solutions. Carrier aggregation allows mobile service providers ...
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San Francisco killed its cellphone radiation warning law on Tuesday by agreeing to settle a lawsuit by the mobile industry group CTIA. The settlement, approved on Tuesday night by a 10-1 vote by the city's Board of Supervisors, ended a ...
Sprint Nextel's network partner Clearwire hasn't been able to find any other big wholesale customers nor sell any of its spectrum, so selling out to Sprint is the only real option for its shareholders, the company said Monday. A letter ...
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The merger of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS cleared its last major hurdle on Wednesday as MetroPCS shareholders overwhelmingly approved the deal. The merger, first proposed last October, had faced opposition from some large shareholders until ...
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The FairSearch coalition, whose members include Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle, has filed a complaint with the European Commission against Google and Android, saying that the company is using the OS as a Trojan horse to deceive partners and ...
The land rush for mobile patents is so feverish that about one-quarter of all patents issued in the U.S. this year will be mobile-related, according to a study released on Wednesday. "It just shows, given the number of filings, how ...
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Andy Rubin, the head of Android at Google - officially, senior vice president of mobile and digital content - is stepping down to be replaced by Sundar Pichai, who currently runs the company's Chrome web browser and Apps division. Rubin ...
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Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) has announced significant ...
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A U.K. court has invalidated three Samsung patents that cover 3G technology in two rulings in cases between Samsung and Apple, according to court filings published on Thursday. Samsung alleged that Apple infringed on the patents with ...
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