FCC Plans Busy Third Quarter on Spectrum Issues
The FCC’s Julius Knapp outlined the agency’s ambitious plans to open the airways to broadband, with key decisions due on or before Oct. 1.
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Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic (AP)
AP – Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they’re using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites.
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FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears (AP)
AP – Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.
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False alarm: Google search still working in China (AP)
AP – Google Inc. triggered a false alarm Thursday by posting a notice that its search engine and several other services had been cut off from mainland China – a key market where the company has been locked in a high-profile battle over online censorship.
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What’s private on Facebook anyway? (Christopher Null)
Christopher Null – Todayrsquo;s revelation about the existence of a document that details the names, URLs, and unique Facebook IDs of 100 million of the sitersquo;s users has raised new questions about what is and what is not private on the immensely popular website.
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RIM snaps up ‘BlackPad.com,’ sparks more tablet chatter (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson – Looks like Apple may have started a trend with this whole iPad thing, both in terms of the tablet and mdash; unfortunately for those who squirm at the word pad mdash; the name itself.
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Cell phone shipments continue to recover (AP)
AP – The number of cell phones shipped worldwide rose 14.5 percent in the second quarter compared with a year earlier, with much of the growth coming from smaller challengers like the iPhone and BlackBerry, according to research firm IDC.
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US suing Oracle alleging software contracts fraud (AP)
AP – The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it is joining a fraud lawsuit against Oracle Corp. related to software contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Redbox Kiosks Add Blu-ray Discs (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine – Coinstar this week is set to begin offer Blu-ray discs for rental in its popular Redbox DVD rental kiosks. The discs, which will will run $1.50 per night (plus tax), will be available in roughly 13,300 kiosks across the U.S.
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IDC: BlackBerry, Samsung Cell Phone Sales Booming (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine – Apple and Android may have all the buzz in the smartphone market, but sales of Research in Motion’s BlackBerrys are booming, according to a new report from research firm IDC.
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