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  • Hackers Target Cell Phone Information Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:47PMJACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Hackers targeting people's cell phones have become increasingly dangerous for users who have voicemails, text messages and other personal information on the devices.
  • Hacking into voicemail is easy, experts say Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:25AMThree major U.S. wireless service providers do not require consumers to use voice mailbox PINs, making their customers vulnerable to the kind of hacks that are fueling the British tabloids scandal, security and privacy experts say.
  • Cell Phone Spoofing and the UK Scandal - What it Means to You Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:21AMSo the news this week is filled with ever-changing horror about how various reporters in the Murdoch's News Corp. "hacked" into the cell phone voice mail accounts of prominent Britons. How did News of The World reporters actually hack cell phones and should you be concerned that it could happen to you? Questions abound about News Corp. and journalistic ethics. The media punditry on the Web is ...
  • WNYC shows how easy it is to hack into voicemail Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:54AMWNYC did a good bit of simple reporting that made the News of the World scandal particularly relevant to U.S. audiences, showing how easy it is to hack into voicemail systems — including those in the U.S. The station found it could easily access voice mail messages in AT&T account and Sprint accounts, but wasn’t able [...]
  • How I (Easily) Hacked Into Voice Mail Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:39PMFirst, I hacked my own voice mail. Then, when colleagues came around to see, several volunteered their phones, too. With a few clicks of a mouse, we accessed our mobile phone voice mails from a desktop computer. No password needed. No cellphone needed. It was surprisingly easy. The alleged phone hacking at the heart of the scandal at the now-defunct News of the World tabloid can be performed ...
  • Walla Walla man says smartphone app is invading his privacy Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:49PMKENNEWICK, Wash. -- Scott Dockham, of Walla Walla is very concerned about an Android App that he says has been ringing up trouble for him, called "Voice Changer."
  • Investigation Finds Egregious Examples of Unwanted Phone Charges Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:34PMAmericans ticked off by mysterious charges appearing on their phone bill have company.
  • FCC Targets Illegal 'Cramming' of Phone Bills- Senate: Billions in 'Mystery' Fees on Phone Bills Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:07PMThe Federal Communications Commission is targeting the illegal practice of “cramming,” and no, it’s not the type that involves late-night study sessions in your favorite college dorm.
  • Big telecom firms make millions from cramming Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:02AMCongressional investigation shows telecommunications companies reap millions from cramming mysterious fees and services onto consumers' phone bills. With the companies falling flat on promises to address the problem, one senator vows to do something about it.
  • Gordon Brown, former UK Prime Minister, hacked by News International journalists Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:43AMThere is a growing scandal occurring in the UK at the moment involving Rupert Murdoch’s British media company News International and a number of phone and account hacks carried out by journalists. The phone hacking is thought to have been done illegally, with the help of known criminals in a bid to gain access to [...]
  • Top Stories: Tuesday July 5, 2011 [Total Recap] Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 7:32PM# totalrecap All You Can Eat | Unlimited data plans are living on borrowed time at Verizon. More »
  • Counterfeit bill investigation leads to discovery of handgun, arrest of parolee Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 6:17PMThe following are excerpts from reports for Cleveland Police Department:
  • FCC Targets 'Cramming' of Phone Bill Fees Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 10:49AMNEW YORK (MainStreet) -- The Federal Communications Commission is working on a set of rules to protect consumers from "cramming" -- when companies illegally place an unauthorized fee onto monthly phone bill. "Americans shouldn't be nickel and dimed by companies on their phone bills," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a speech at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., on ...
  • PAETEC Selects Ditech Networks’ PhoneTag Platform for Voicemail-to-Text Service Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 8:23AMMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & FAIRPORT, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paetec Selects PhoneTag
  • FCC gives tips for avoiding phone bill 'cramming' charges Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 6:49AMThe Federal Communications Commission today released a tip sheet to help consumers and businesses avoid paying unauthorized charges on their monthly phone bills.
  • FCC Gives Tips for Avoiding Phone Bill 'Cramming' Charges Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 6:05PMThe Federal Communications Commission today released a tip sheet to help consumers and businesses avoid paying unauthorized charges on their monthly phone bills.
  • Cut the cord to trim phone costs Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 7:09AMFor the tech savvy, a home phone line seems almost quaint because so many of them use mobile phones for calling. But you don’t have to be a techie—or even a cell phone owner—to benefit from cutting the cord to your traditional phone line.
  • Apple begins selling unlocked iPhone 4 to U.S. customers Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 10:37AMApple on Tuesday began selling an unlocked version of the GSM iPhone 4 to U.S. customers. Until now, Apple's only sold carrier-locked iPhones here, with separate AT&T and Verizon editions of the handset.
  • Profile: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play smartphone Saturday, June 4, 2011 @ 7:33AMGaming with your phone has just gotten 10 times better thanks to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play.
  • Mango To Sweeten Microsoft's Smartphone Chances: 10 Reasons Why Sunday, May 29, 2011 @ 11:31AMMicrosoft's Windows Phone 7 still faces a long catch-up game against the Android OS and Apple's iOS, but a future update code-named Mango with 500 new features now gives Microsoft a real chance of eventually capturing the most customers. Here are ten reasons why.
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Review: Smartphone Represents a Step Forward in Mobile Gaming Monday, May 23, 2011 @ 3:43PMGaming with your phone has just gotten 10 times better thanks to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play.
  • Xperia Play Review: A Step Forward in Mobile Gaming Monday, May 23, 2011 @ 12:58PMGaming with your phone has just gotten 10 times better thanks to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play.
  • New Avaya IP Office 7.0 completes Nortel Enterprise Solutions integration Saturday, May 21, 2011 @ 6:42AMAvaya has unveiled the latest version of the company's communications solution targeting the small medium business (SMB) market with the release of Avaya IP Office 7.0. Avaya also announced that service provider partners including Bell Canada and Verizon will offer Avaya IP Office 7.0 to their SMB customers.
  • No! Microsoft Didn’t Overpay for Skype – They Need to Bulk Up To Compete With Google: Where Does This Leave Apple, RIM ... Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 8:08AMSeveral BoomBustBloggers inquired as to my opinion of what apparently was an overpriced acquisition of Skype by Microsoft. At first blush, it appears as if the management of Microsoft has lost their mind. A second look reveals a more interesting perspective. To make a long story short, Microsoft is trying to replicate Google’s cloud services. If you reference pages 29 to 36 in our the Google ...
  • Panasonic, Yahoo, more admit defeat, sign deal with Klausner Friday, April 29, 2011 @ 12:23PMIt's easy to mock the little guy when he takes a handful of giant corporations to court. Such litigious overzealousness usually gets tangled up or tossed out altogether -- Klausner Technologies , however, is laughing all the way to the bank, with a stellar track record taking on some of tech's biggest names over the past few years. To date, the company has scored wins in visual voicemail patent ...
  • IceWarp 10.3 Server Delivers the Five Essential Pillars of True Unified Communications to Empower the Mobile, Agile ... Monday, April 25, 2011 @ 7:00AMIceWarp, the leader in Unified Communications and Collaborations solutions, announced today the release of IceWarp Unified Communications Server Version 10.3 that provides the five essential pillars of UC including Communications, Security, Collaboration, Mobility and Data Access.
  • Inventor of the Cell Phone Says No to AT&T-Mobile, Yes to Apps, and More Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 11:53AMMarty Cooper loves phones and competition, and thinks spectrum auctioning is wrong.
  • Project Pride cleanup effort set Thursday, April 7, 2011 @ 7:47AMIt is spring cleaning time for the roadways in Bath Township and nearby communities. On April 30, residents are invited to come together from 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine, to clean up roadside litter as part of Community Project Pride.
  • Take AT&T iPhone 4 Dropped Call Report with a Grain of Salt Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 5:51PMChangeWave reports that AT&T has 2.5 times more iPhone 4 dropped calls than Verizon, but there is reason to view the survey with an ounce of skepticism.
  • Yap Delivers Free Voicemail-to-Text for Android Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 12:13PMYap today announced a new application available to Android handsets on the AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless networks that transcribes voicemails into text. The text can be delivered via SMS or email. The Yap Voicemail application integrates with the native Android SMS and email programs, and users can respond to voicemails via text message or email. It's a free download from the Android ...
  • US carrier first to support Google Voice on its devices Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 10:12AMNot content to let US carrier AT&T steal all the news headlines with its acquisition of T-Mobile, rival carrier Sprint announced it will soon become the first carrier to offer its customers the Google Voice experience on their cell phones.
  • Verizon Sony Ericsson Xperia Play hands-on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 9:00AMCTIA 2011: We play spot the differences up close
  • Group Voicemail a First among Group Texting Services Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 2:28PMBETHESDA, MD March 17, 2011 Group texting service GroupFlier www.groupflier.com today announced a group voicemail feature that is unique among the band of group texting services like GroupMe, GroupedIn, and TextPlus. Showing it off this week at the South by Southwest event SXSW, GroupFlier users can now send or listen to voicemails. Another new service that users can ...
  • Group Voicemail a "First" Among Group Texting Services Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 10:33AMVoice Mail & Conference Calling Rolled Out by SMS Texting Service GroupFlier
  • Group Voicemail a "First" Among Group Texting Services Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 10:10AMBETHESDA, MD--(Marketwire - 03/17/11) - Group texting service GroupFlier ( www.groupflier.com ) today announced a group voicemail feature that is unique among the band of group texting services like GroupMe, GroupedIn, and TextPlus. Showing it off this week at the South by Southwest event (SXSW), GroupFlier users can now send or listen to voicemails. Another new ...
  • O’Quinn expected to testify today Wednesday, March 16, 2011 @ 10:18PMRIDGELAND — Shortly before shooting Rusty Spencer in 2009, former law enforcement officer Joel O’Quinn left messages on his estranged wife’s phone saying he was going “to kill that son a b----,” but she testified Wednesday that she never believed he meant it.
  • Verizon wins, T-Mobile loses in U.S. call quality survey Monday, March 7, 2011 @ 12:40PMIn its annual survey of wireless carriers' call quality, J.D. Power and Associates awarded most top honors to Verizon Wireless, while T-Mobile consistently rated below average.
  • Aspect Leverages Acme Packet Enterprise SBCs with Verizon IP Trunking and Microsoft® Lync™ Monday, March 7, 2011 @ 8:03AMBEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chelmsford, Mass.-based Aspect®, global provider of unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) services and software, deployed Acme Packet’s Net-Net® Session Director (SD) enterprise SBC (E-SBC)
  • Aspect Leverages Acme Packet Enterprise SBCs with Verizon IP Trunking and Microsoft® Lync™ Monday, March 7, 2011 @ 7:30AMAcme Packet® , the leader in session border control solutions, today announced that Chelmsford, Mass.-based Aspect®, a global provider of unified communications and collaboration services and software, has deployed Acme Packet’s Net-Net® Session Director enterprise session border controller to enable the SIP trunking connection between Aspect’s Microsoft Lync 2010 UC&C environment and Verizon’s ...
  • An Open Letter Addressing Barriers in the U.S. Market Thursday, March 3, 2011 @ 11:24PMVerizon Wireless won the highest rating in wireless call quality performance according to a newly released J.D. Power and Associates U.S. 2011 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study.
  • Call Quality Improvements Cease Due to Shifts in Wireless Call and Data Usage Patterns Thursday, March 3, 2011 @ 8:11AMThe semiannual study measures wireless call quality based on seven problem areas that impact overall carrier performance: dropped calls; static/interference; failed call connection on the first try; voice distortion; echoes; no immediate voicemail notification; and no immediate text message notification.
  • Cell Phone Customers Losing Money To 'Cramming' Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 4:32PMThe Better Business Bureau is sending a warning about unauthorized charges that may show up on your cell phone bill. A third party is making those charges in a practice known as cramming.
  • Enterprise Connect: Verizon Announces Cloud Unified Collaboration Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 1:57PMThe telco's Unified Communications & Collaboration-as-a-Service will be able to switch calls between mobile phones and IP desk phones.
  • Sprint's Total Equipment Protection app searches out lost Androids and BlackBerrys Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 8:22AMJoining AT&T and Verizon in offering some software-based data security for owners of its handsets, Sprint is today introducing its Total Equipment Protection app. Funnily enough, it uses the same Asurion software as the aforementioned other carriers, which would be why its functionality mirrors them so closely. With the TEP app, you'll be able to track your phone via a web interface, force it to ...
  • Hallelujah! Motorola Xoom Is Free From Verizon Bloatware Thursday, February 24, 2011 @ 4:43PMIt's a mobile miracle: The Motorola Xoom is untainted by Verizon's typically unavoidable bloatware.
  • Hallelujah! Motorola Xoom Is Free From Verizon Bloatware Thursday, February 24, 2011 @ 4:18PMFor prospective Xoom buyers, the news just keeps getting better.
  • Arlington, Fairfax experiencing 911 problems Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:51AMUPDATE: Arlington County has also issued an alert saying they are currently experiencing intermittent problems with its 911 system. Earlier Friday, Fairfax County had issued an alert saying they were having problem with their 911 system. Janice Frer, a supervisor with the Arlington Emergency Comm...
  • Arlington official says 911 system is back up Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:51AMUPDATE, 1:40 p.m. Officials with Arlington County's Office of Emergency Management says that the 911 system is back in operation.
  • Are you smarter than your smartphone? Thursday, February 10, 2011 @ 12:26AMTechnology is evolving so rapidly that we’ll probably be able to play “Words with Friends” with Jesus from our smartphones soon enough. (Or should I say, “Words with the Lamb of God.”)
  • Element Mobile customers in 8 counties claim poor service, high fees Wednesday, February 9, 2011 @ 11:03PMA central Wisconsin wireless phone company has drawn hundreds of complaints to state consumer protection officials for issues including dropped calls, roaming charges, and problems with text messages and voicemail.