Archive for July, 2010

Opelika leaders field questions on smart grid, telecommunications proposal

July 31, 10 by Yahoo! News Search Results for telecommunications
During the Opelika City Council meeting Tuesday, Opelika residents will get to ask questions and voice their opinion about the citys plans to form its own telecommunications company. The decision on whether to proceed with those plans will go to the voters in a referendum Aug. 10.Opelika Mayor Ga...

Call to check on mobile network security

July 31, 10 by David Goldstein

Mobile phone users are being encouraged to find out if operators are doing enough to keep their calls secret.

Security researchers have released tools that, they say, make it easy to see what security systems operators use to stop eavesdropping.

The researchers want to expose tho...

Google Android apps ‘collecting personal data’

July 31, 10 by David Goldstein

Around 80 wallpaper apps designed for use on Google Android devices have been collecting personal information and transmitting it back to third parties, an investigation has found

According to Lookout, a US-based security firm, more than 80 Google Android wallpaper apps were collecting ...

Software released for attacking Android phones

July 31, 10 by David Goldstein

Two security experts said on Friday they released a tool for attacking smartphones that use Google Inc’s Android operating system to persuade manufacturers to fix a bug that lets hackers read a victim’s email and text messages.

“It wasn’t difficult to build,̶...

Ofcom research reveals increase in UK’s average actual broadband speed – But consumers still not achieving advertised speeds

July 31, 10 by David Goldstein

[news release] The UK’s most comprehensive broadband speeds research reveals that the UK’s average actual fixed-line residential broadband speed has increased by over 25 per cent over the past year from 4.1Mbit/s to 5.2Mbit/s as internet service providers (“ISPs”) increasingly move t...