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3G cellular used by nearly half of enterprises, survey says

2008-05-23 00:00:00 by Brad Reed in Network World on Security
 
A new survey released by market research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey reports that nearly half of all enterprises currently use 3G cellular services, and that more than one-third plan on using the 4G technology WiMAX within the next year
 
Tags: half, technology wimax, cellular services, survey, enterprises, one-third plan
 
 
 
 
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Seven Years of Wi-Fi Networking News

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2008-04-04 15:10:45 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...cellular and WiMax technology Enterprise coverage was once a central part of Wi-Fi Networking News, but it became clear a few years ago that as equipment was redesigned to be integral to the enterprise, that my ability cover and test gear was too limited, and the need for true enterprise experience was necessary to write about it. This...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi hotspot giant, municipal wi-fi, wi-fi signal finder, wi-fi world, world, 11b-later-wi-fi site, 11b, news
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Mesh in Devices, Florida-Fi, Minneapolis-Fi, LA No-Fi, Harbor-Fi, Parade-Fi

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2008-04-28 13:09:58 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...cellular. Or the reporter misheard. Say satellite and cellular each ten times fast. Now drink a glass of water Scarborough (Yorkshire Coast, UK) offers free Wi-Fi: 5.5m visitors pass through this coastal town each year, and a local business association has decided to unleash free Wi-Fi. The service will be pointed outwards for boats in the...
 
Tags: free wi-fi, offers free wi-fi, free wi-fi float, parade, reporter steve alexander, unleash free wi-fi, alexander, mesh network, operator
 
 
 
 
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Adobe web portal exposes educational software users

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2008-05-07 16:31:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...cellular phone number, email address, date of birth, school name, partial or full credit card number, credit card expiration data, credit card security code, partial or full bank account number, partial or full Social Security number, school identification card, driver's license number, government identification, military identification...
 
Tags: adobe, information, personal information, information security crew, adobe website portal, adobe systems, upload information, security, adobe iswas
 
 
 
 
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Hacking cellular phone conversations

2008-02-21 10:42:26 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
Researchers have known for several years that wireless telephone converstations over GSM networks are theoretically subject to eavesdropping. This is due to a weakness in GSM networks (used by companies like AT&T and T-Mobile) that allows cracking GSM encryption. However, actually cracking GSM-based communications for fun and profit was not...
 
Tags: gsm networks, wireless telephone converstations, gsm encryption, practical, t-mobile, due, weakness, att, subject
 
 
 
 
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Researchers figure out how to crack GSM phone security

2008-02-21 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Two researchers claim they have figured out how to listen to calls sent over GSM cellular networks, cracking security that was previously thought to be unassailable
 
Tags: gsm cellular networks, security, researchers claim, calls, unassailable, previously
 
 
 
 
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Whistleblower: cellular carrier giving FBI unfettered access

2008-03-07 06:40:07 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A security analyst has revealed that a major mobile telecommunications carrier has a secret backdoor which provides an undisclosed third party with unfettered access to the network, including the content of calls. Evidence suggests that the recipient of that data is the FBI
 
Tags: major mobile, access, security analyst, carrier, secret backdoor, fbi, evidence suggests, calls, network
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Topless Meetings; Projects-Fi; Boston Launch; Rural-Fi; Chrysler-Fi; Wi-Fi Chip-Fi

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2008-03-31 15:53:51 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...cellular Internet links in cars. The Chrysler chief for this effort misuses the term Wi-Fi, though, as it's cell data with car drivers required to obtain a cell subscription. The service will move to factory-installed after 2008. There's not much detail on what drivers and passengers will be able to use the service for in this brief article...
 
Tags: wi-fi, chrysler, 440m wi-fi chipsets, service, ground service, pilot project, project, term wi-fi, push service
 
 
 
 
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Ricochet, at Long Last, Dead

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2008-03-31 13:05:58 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...cellular data service that can be had for a pittance through embedded devices and cards. I tried to reach the company, and while its phones still work, the Civitas voice tree hangs up when you try to reach a real person, and Ricochet's tells you the network is shut down, and directs you to their Web site When I wrote about the sale in August...
 
Tags: ricochet, ricochet division, ricochet network, network, company, march, death march, large-scale wireless deployments, cellular data service
 
 
 
 
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Beaks for Artificial Limbs?

2008-04-04 16:38:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security