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AT&T, Sprint also part of NSA’s phone data collection probe
By Sean Buckley The National Security Agency’s phone and data collection effort targeting Verizon (NYSE: VZ) also included AT&T (NYSE: T) and Sprint (NYSE: S), according to various reports. While Verizon was initially the only provider named by The Guardian … Continue reading
No Warrant, No Problem: How the Government Can Get Your Digital Data
By Theodoric Meyer and Peter Maass Update June 6, 2013: This post has been revised to reflect reports of regular FBI and National Security Agency surveillance of domestic phone records under a provision of the Patriot Act. It … Continue reading
FCC to vote on new rules to protect wireless customers’ call data
By Phil Goldstein The FCC will vote later this month on new rules that clarify how carriers can use their customers call data and to ensure the the data is better protected. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 gives the FCC authority … Continue reading
Rumor Mill: Apple code limits iPhone data speeds on Verizon, AT&T and Sprint
By Phil Goldstein Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has inserted code into its iOS operating system that limits the maximum data speeds iPhone and iPad customers can achieve on the networks of Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ), AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) and Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S), according to an iOS developer. … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, Apple, AT&T, cellular, IOS, iPAD, iPhone, Smartphones, Sprint, T-Mobile, technology, Verizon, wireless
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NSA Phone Record Collection ‘Beyond Orwellian,’ ACLU Says
By Ryan J. Reilly and Matt Sledge The Obama administration’s seizure of millions of phone Verizon phone records under a secret court order is “alarming” and “beyond Orwellian,” an American Civil Liberties Union official said Wednesday. The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald … Continue reading
U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls
By Charlie Savage and Edward Wyatt The Obama administration is secretly carrying out a domestic surveillance program under which it is collecting business communications records involving Americans under a hotly debated section of the Patriot Act, according to a highly … Continue reading
How To Avoid The Virus On Facebook That Can Drain Your Bank Account
If you click on the wrong link on Facebook, a virus may find its way into your bank account and drain it of all your money. The New York Times’ Bits Blogs details how a 6-year-old virus called Zeus is … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank account, cyberspace, facebook, Kevin Smith, Linux, money, New York Times, technology, Trend Micro, virus, Windows, Zeus
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Analyst: Xbox One to cost $399, PlayStation 4 priced at $349
By Jay Greene When Microsoft’s Xbox One goes on sale before the end of year, it should cost $399, $50 more than the Sony’s PlayStation 4, likely to debut at the same time, according to estimates by Wedbush Securities analyst Michael … Continue reading
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Tagged gaming, Microsoft, PlayStation, Sony, technology, Wedbush Securities, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox 720
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The Banality of ‘Don’t Be Evil’
By Julian Assange “THE New Digital Age” is a startlingly clear and provocative blueprint for technocratic imperialism, from two of its leading witch doctors, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, who construct a new idiom for United States global power in … Continue reading →