Protecting Your Wireless Technology Connections
Wireless technology is a great way for businesses to access types of technology such as the Internet without having all these wires hanging about. Sometimes these wires can be a hazard especially in a…
Think your mobile is safe from hackers? Think again
If you are one of the millions of people who own a mobile phone, especially a smartphone or palmtop, you will probably agree that they are a fantastic invention. Used mostly for texting and tweeting t…
02.23.10Many Sites Are Very Sensitive About Sensitive Information Like Credit Score
The question of whether people should trust technology and mobile phones to check important and sensitive information (like their credit score) is certainly a legitimate one with identity theft on the…
08.30.06Used Mobiles: Secrets and Lies
Already going to dump that new RAZR for something flashier and sexier? Be careful that your used mobile doesn't tell tales on you. With customers upgrading every 18 months on average now, more and…
Nokia Tops Moto Again – In Theft
Nokia remains atop Motorola in more than one category. Not content to be the best selling mobiles on the planet, they are also the most stolen in the UK, according to new statistics.
Researchers at L…
Send Anonymous Texts in the UK
I saw this over on SMS Text News this morning. A new UK company has set up a service that allows people to send anonymous text messages via a website. The service takes advantage of the ability to set…
Mobiles Hot for Sex Search
According to an article in the New Scientist (?), Google search data as analyzed by two academics reveals that some 20% of searches conducted by mobiles were for porn. Interestingly, only 5% of search…
01.26.06O2 Leaks Consumer Information
I seem to be writing a lot about O2 recently – whether that's a good or bad thing is yet to be seen. Today's post comes after seeing a passing headline on my way to work this morning, about O2…
Cingular Goes After Cellphone Record Vendors
Cingular has announced they have taken out restraining orders against Data Find Solutions, Locatecell.com, and 1st Source Information Specialists, all of whom Cingular claim have been selling the cell…
US Cell Phone Records for Sale
The Washington Post covered the story last year, but the issue of cell phone records being for sale in the US keeps cropping up. The issue has come to light as Verizon have launched a civil suit on Fl…