Why The Feds Want To Wiretap The Internet, And Why They Can't
The feds are seeking sweeping authority over “all services that enable communications”. That means email, IM, any social network. Your pokes, tweets and pings would all be subject to eavesdropping. More...
The History Of iOS
Given the billions of articles written about the iPhone (at least half of which appeared here on Gizmodo), it’s kind of shocking to realise that the phone itself has only been available for just over three years. More...
Feds seeking back doors to encrypted communications
Some in the technology industry may have rolled their eyes when countries like Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, India, and others began to crack down on BlackBerry communications services because their law enforcement agencies can’t peer into encrypted message trafficâ"but now the Obama administration may be seeking much the same thing, but not limited to BlackBerry service. More...
Internet Wiretapping: Snoop or Safety Tool?
The world is a scary place. It doesn't look all that bad on the surface. It's the stuff that you can't see and hear that gets you. At least this is the U. More...
Telinta CEO to Exhibit at ITEXPO West 2010
Telinta, a supplier of turnkey VoIP switch partition and hosted billing solutions for start-up telecoms, will be attending ITEXPO West 2010 in LA in just a few days. More...
Government wiretapping: Coming soon to a computer near you?
In case you missed the headlines in the New York Times this morning, or all the me-too stories in the blogosphere cranked to varying degrees of hysteria, Uncle Sam is angling to wiretap the Internet -- or, at least, expand its ability to get at things like VoIP calls and encrypted emails. More...
Metaswitch Networks Reports Boom in Multicore Applications
Metaswitch Networks has said that it’s seeing a boom in multicore applications communications equipment customers are exploiting the benefits of its N-BASE network architecture to efficiently build multicore systems. More...
Hacker Gets 10 Years for Infiltrating VoIP Networks and Reselling Services for Profit
A 27-year-old Venezuelan man convicted of stealing and reselling more than 10 million VoIP minutes has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to a report on Maximum PC. More...
Verizon Business Helps San Jacinto College Upgrade Its Call Infrastructure to Handle Growing
HOUSTON, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- With a growing student enrollment, San Jacinto College needed a way to respond more quickly and effectively to the more than 364,000 calls a year the school receives from students and other people seeking information. More...
VOIP Hacker Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison
A man US federal authorities said is the first person to be charged with hacking voice-over-IP providers and reselling hacked VOIP services was handed a 10-year prison sentence on 24 September. More...