Archive for December, 2010

Hackers crack open mobile network

December 31, 10 by David Goldstein

Mobile calls and texts made on any GSM network can be eavesdropped upon using four cheap phones and open source software, say security researchers.

Karsten Nohl and Sylvain Munaut demonstrated their eavesdropping toolkit at the Chaos Computer Club Congress (CCC) in Berlin.

The wo...

Is Snooping In Your Spouse’s Email a Crime?

December 31, 10 by David Goldstein

Breaking a promise is not illegal; neither is violating the trust of a loved one — at least in the normal, everyday ways that we lie and cheat one another in our private lives. And this is certainly a good thing: the law is not intended to enforce morality but to provide for the public g...

Report delivered on NewsCorp’s BSkyB takeover bid

December 31, 10 by telecommunications - Yahoo! News Search Results
Britain's Telecommunications regulator delivered to the government Friday its report into News Corporation's takeover bid for pay television giant BSkyB.

Conn. opens Verizon landline service study

December 31, 10 by telecommunications - Yahoo! News Search Results
NEW BRITAIN — State utility regulators have opened a review of Verizon Communication’s record of providing landline telecommunications service in Greenwich.

INFO-TECH

December 31, 10 by telecommunications - Yahoo! News Search Results
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Accessing social networking sites via mobiles on the rise Facebook tops viewership; little impact of Twitter.