News tagged with communicate privately

Zayo Group buying AboveNet for $2.2B

(AP) -- Telecommunications company Zayo Group said Monday it will acquire AboveNet Inc. for $2.2 billion. Both companies offer Internet and phone services to companies over fiber-optic networks.

Technology / Business

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Repairs on Kenya web cable to take three weeks

An undersea fibre optic Internet cable that was sliced by a ship's anchor in the Kenyan port of Mombasa will be fully repaired in about three weeks, an official said Tuesday.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

FCC plans to nix wireless network that may jam GPS

Federal officials are effectively killing a private company's plans to start a national high-speed wireless broadband network after concluding it would in some cases jam GPS devices.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

US bill seeks to improve cyber information-sharing

A bill intended to increase sharing of information about cybersecurity threats between government and the private sector was introduced in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find weakness in RSA authentication - common digital security system

The most common digital security technique used to protect both media copyright and Internet communications has a major weakness, University of Michigan computer scientists have discovered.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

eBay to sell Skype to investor group, to retain 35 pct stake (Update)

Online auction giant eBay announced Tuesday it has agreed to sell 65 percent of its stake in Skype to a group of investors in a deal that values the Web communications service at 2.75 billion dollars.

Technology / Business

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quantum communication through synergy

(PhysOrg.com) -- When most people think of quantum communication, they think in terms of private communication channels - the ability to send messages without a third-party deciphering them. Indeed, quantum cryptography represents ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 0 feature