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Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam.

By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 14:56

Tags: Telecommunication, smartphones, security, mobile security, Mobile OSes, mobile, iPhone, iOS, Hack In The Box, Exploits / vulnerabilities, consumer electronics, applications, Apple

Unthethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday.

By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 13:53

Tags: Hack In The Box, iOS, Mobile OSes, mobile, applications, Telecommunication, iPhone, smartphones, consumer electronics, mobile security, Exploits / vulnerabilities, security, Apple

Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 23:37

Tags: Eric Holder, John Barrow, Frank Pallone Jr., WLANs / Wi-Fi, wireless, networking, Criminal, legal, privacy, security, Regulation, government, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Google, U.S. Department of Justice

Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 20:53

Tags: Eric Holder, John Barrow, Frank Pallone Jr., WLANs / Wi-Fi, wireless, networking, Criminal, legal, privacy, security, Regulation, government, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Google, U.S. Department of Justice

Smartphones with quad-core chips and 4G LTE coming soon

Quad-core processors have not yet been combined with 4G LTE in smartphones, but that could change soon.

By Agam Shah | 24 May, 2012 19:23

Tags: smartphones, processors, nvidia, Fujitsu, consumer electronics, Components

Qualcomm to sell Indian broadband operation to Bharti Airtel by 2014

Bharti Airtel has invested about US$165 million to acquire a 49 percent stake in Qualcomm's Indian entities that hold broadband wireless licenses, with the Indian mobile operator eventually taking full ownership, the companies said Thursday.

By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2012 18:18

Tags: mergers and acquisitions, 4g, restructuring, business issues, Carriers, Telecommunication, qualcomm, Bharti Airtel

Yahoo leaks private key, allows anyone to build Yahoo-signed Chrome extensions

Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone to digitally sign extensions in Yahoo's name.

By Lucian Constantin | 24 May, 2012 16:41

Tags: encryption, security, browsers, applications, software, search engines, internet, Yahoo

Motorola Mobility has infringed Microsoft patent, says Munich court

Google-owned Motorola Mobility has infringed a Microsoft patent related to SMS messaging, according to a ruling in the Munich regional court, which also dismissed a second case related to a localization patent.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 May, 2012 15:24

Tags: Android OS, Android, smartphones, consumer electronics, patent, intellectual property, legal, Microsoft, Google, Motorola Mobility, Motorola

iPhone, Android account for 82% of smartphones shipped

Android and iPhone smartphones together made up 82% of all such devices shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC said Thursday.

By Matt Hamblen | 24 May, 2012 14:16

Tags: symbian, smartphones, mobile phones, Mobile and Wireless, IT industry, IDC, Gartner, consumer electronics, Apple

ZTE's latest LTE test shows how operators can increase bandwidth

ZTE has successfully completed a hand-over test between two different versions of LTE, allowing operators to more effectively use their spectrum in a way that is seamless to the end user, the company said on Thursday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 May, 2012 12:47

Tags: 4g, Carriers, Telecommunication, ZTE

Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices.

By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 20:06

Tags: Kevin Kelly, Todd Park, Steven VanRoekel, Barack Obama, 4g, mobile, e-government, government, 3g, Telecommunication, LGS Innovations

Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices.

By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 17:58

Tags: Todd Park, Steven VanRoekel, Barack Obama, 4g, mobile, e-government, government, 3g, Telecommunication

Alcatel-Lucent offers managed service to improve mobile network performance

Mobile operators that want help keeping their subscribers happy can get it through a new managed service from Alcatel-Lucent, the company said on Monday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 22 May, 2012 02:35

Tags: Telecommunication, Carriers, broadband, alcatel-lucent, 4g, 3g

New coalition opposes Verizon and cable spectrum deals

A proposed sale of mobile spectrum from a group of cable providers to Verizon Wireless, along with accompanying marketing and research agreements, will lead to higher prices for broadband and mobile customers, a coalition of groups opposing the deal said Monday.

By Grant Gross | 15 May, 2012 06:25

Tags: Verizon Wireless, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, T-Mobile USA, Time Warner Cable, Telecommunication, sprint nextel, Sena Fitzmaurice, Rural Telecommunications Group, Regulation, RCA, Public Knowledge, mobile, legal, Kathleen Ham, Harold Feld, government, Glen Echo Group, comcast, Bright House Networks, antitrust, Alliance for Broadband Competition, 4g, 3g

Small cells could raise big problems

Amid growing interest in small cells, widely seen as an inevitable tool for carriers to deal with booming mobile data demand, there are now signs that it may be hard to derive the expected benefits from them in some cases.

By Stephen Lawson | 11 May, 2012 00:52

Tags: Telecommunication, sprint nextel, Regulation, mobile, government, Ericsson, ctia, Carriers, 4g

For LTE network slow but thorough will win the day, Sprint says

Sprint Nextel's methodical rollout of new cell sites with LTE may not win the deployment race, but each market that gets the upgrade will see competitive speeds and more complete coverage than other carriers may offer, executives said Wednesday.

By Stephen Lawson | 10 May, 2012 04:19

Tags: Telecommunication, sprint nextel, mobile, ctia, Clearwire, Carriers, 4g, 3g

Ericsson lets operators speed up mobile, fixed networks using caching

Using caching technology from Akamai Technologies, Ericsson's Smart Cloud Accelerator, announced Wednesday, is designed to allow operators to improve performance in both fixed and mobile networks.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 May, 2012 00:42

Tags: Telecommunication, routers, networking hardware, networking, Ericsson, ctia, Carriers, broadband, Akamai Technologies, 4g, 3g

AT&T sees an end to Wi-Fi-only tablets

Tablet makers are moving toward selling only models equipped with cellular radios and away from having separate Wi-Fi-only units, as the added cost of 3G hardware falls below US$30, an AT&T executive said Tuesday.

By Stephen Lawson | 09 May, 2012 10:50

Tags: Telecommunication, tablets, mobile, hardware systems, ctia, consumer electronics, Carriers, at&t, 4g

FCC launches new mobile broadband subsidy

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has begun the process to get competitive bids for new mobile broadband subsidies designed to bring 3G or 4G service to areas in the country that do not have it.

By Grant Gross | 03 May, 2012 06:23

Tags: 3g, 4g, government, Julius Genachowski, mobile, Telecommunication, U.S. Federal Communications Commission

BART defends mobile service shutdown to the FCC

Disrupting mobile phone service is a legitimate tool for law enforcement authorities working against terrorism or other dangerous situations, a mass transit agency has said in defending its own mobile shutdown last August.

By Grant Gross | 02 May, 2012 06:51

Tags: 3g, 4g, Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Center for Democracy and Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation, free press, government, Government use of IT, Grace Crunican, mobile, Public Knowledge, Regulation, Telecommunication, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Verizon Wireless

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