A U.S. appeals court upheld a district court decision that Google’s collection of data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks under its Street View program is not exempt from federal wiretap laws. Google’s data collection does not ...
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Alcatel-Lucent and Qualcomm Technologies Inc. plan to develop small cell base stations that enhance 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi networks to improve wireless connectivity in residential and enterprise environments. These next-gen small cells would ...
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Google's 'back up my data' feature for Android could be providing users' Wi-Fi passwords to the likes of US National Security Agency (NSA) and the FBI, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has warned. A bug report posted by the ...
The emerging IEEE 802.11ac wireless LAN standard will be able to deliver faster connections wherever it's used, but the biggest benefit may come at public hotspots -- eventually. On Wednesday, the Wi-Fi Alliance started certifying ...
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AT&T and NEC Corporation of America today announced Friday's launch of the ultimate workhorse among ruggedized 4G LTE smartphones, the NEC Terrain™. The NEC Terrain is equipped with AT&T Enhanced Push-to-Talk (EPTT), and it ...
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Apple on Tuesday updated OS X Mountain Lion, likely for one of the last times, with a combination of compatibility and reliability bug fixes as well as vulnerability patches. The update to OS X 10.8.4 -- the first from Apple since ...
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The spread of smartphones, powered by fast 3G and LTE networks used to watch ever more video content, are pushing up the volume of mobile data traffic. The challenge for operators will be to turn that into more revenue, as users prefer ...
Tags: LTE, Smartphone, Mobile Traffic
Mobile users can probably look forward to being automatically transferred from cellular to Wi-Fi networks in the near future, but going back and forth for the best possible performance is another matter. Software in the works will use ...
New network software from Ericsson is designed to make sure mobile users get the best possible connection when there is both a Wi-Fi and a cellular network available. The software, which Ericsson introduced at the CTIA Wireless trade show ...
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Data centre and wireless sales led growth at Cisco Systems in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending more in the U.S. and developing countries but reported continuing weakness in Southern Europe. Cisco is aiming to become ...
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Data-center and wireless sales led growth at Cisco Systems in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending more in the U.S. and developing countries but reported continuing weakness in Southern Europe. Cisco is aiming to become ...
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Google must pay a $190,000 fine in Germany for gathering and storing emails, photos, passwords and chat protocols from unprotected Wi-Fi networks with Google Street View cars, Hamburg's Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of ...
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Google will pay $7 million to settle complaints from dozens of U.S. states about its unauthorized collection of personal data transmitted over Wi-Fi networks. The money will be paid to 37 states and the District of Columbia, which had ...
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Google will pay US$7 million to settle complaints from dozens of U.S. states about its unauthorised collection of personal data transmitted over Wi-Fi networks. The money will be paid to 37 states and the District of Columbia, which had ...
Tags: Google, U.S.states, Wi-Fi networks
Until late January, Apple's App Store servers did not encrypt all communications with iOS clients, which exposed users to several potential attacks, according to a Google security researcher. "The Apple App Store and associated ...
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