Monthly Archives: January 2008

AT&T’s Broadband Customers Get Unlimited Wi-Fi

Free Wi-Fi will be offered at more than 10,000 locations, such as airports, McDonald’s restaurants, Barnes & Noble bookstores, coffee shops, and sporting venues. AT&T … Continue reading

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Toshiba Portege Goes Up Against Macbook Air

Toshiba’s new ultra-slim and lightweight Portégé R500 notebook has built-in 3G mobile broadband. Toshiba plans to put a polite boot into Apple’s hyped Macbook Air … Continue reading

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Comcast gets US FCC notice on Web traffic blocking

Comcast Corp said it received two notices of inquiry on Monday from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, which is investigating claims the cable operator blocks … Continue reading

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Open Source Security Bugs Uncovered

A US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) bug-fixing scheme has uncovered an average of one security glitch per 1,000 lines of code in 180 widely … Continue reading

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FAA, Boeing studying safety of airplane computer systems

It’s a scenario befitting a Hollywood thriller. A sophisticated hacker in Seat 11A uses an on-board Internet system to infiltrate a plane’s computer, seizing control … Continue reading

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