Dutch police crack encrypted communications network
Dutch police and prosecutors took down an encrypted communications network Tuesday believed to have been used by criminals in the Netherlands and possibly overseas.
Security
Apr 19, 2016
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News tagged with mobile phone network
Peak friendship—data reveals when you'll be most popular
Making friends can seem easy when you're young. You encounter more new people and have more free time when you're first venturing out into the world than when you're more likely to be settled down with a steady job, a long-term ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2016
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Motorola brought us the mobile phone, but ended up merged out of existence
If you own a mobile phone, chances are that it isn't made by Motorola. But it was not always this way: Motorola was once the brand most associated with the mobile phone, and the firm whose products first popularised them. ...
Business
Jan 13, 2016
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Why 'no signal' appears in towns as well as the countryside – and what could help
According to a RAC survey more than 4,500 miles of roads in Britain are out of range of any mobile phone network, while 14,500 miles lack any high-speed 3G coverage. In a rich developed country like the UK mobile phone coverage ...
Telecom
Dec 7, 2015
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What police can learn from a terrorist's discarded mobile phone
The dramatic raid on an apartment in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis that left two dead and eight arrested followed the discovery of a mobile phone by police that was discarded by the terrorists who days earlier had launched ...
Other
Nov 20, 2015
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Pinpointing poverty with cellphone data
Mobile phone calls are analyzed to thwart crime and track diseases. Now, University at Buffalo researchers are studying if such data can help combat extreme poverty.
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2015
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Forget fixed broadband—large phones and 4G drive UK over mobile tipping point
UK communications regulator Ofcom has released a report that gives a fascinating snapshot of digital society in the UK. It highlights the dominance of mobile, and the centrality of social media in social interactions and ...
Telecom
Aug 7, 2015
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What 15 years of mobile data can say about us
Large-scale anonymised datasets from mobile phones can give a better picture of society than ever before available. Mobile phone use helps us understand social networks, mobility and human behaviour. A review article recently ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 5, 2015
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German automakers buying Nokia's HERE map business
A consortium of German automakers Audi, BMW and Daimler announced Monday it is buying Nokia Corp.'s HERE map business in a deal that values the unit at 2.8 billion euros ($3.1 billion) and secures their access to technology ...
Business
Aug 3, 2015
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Do auto manufacturers realise dangers of networked motors?
While computers bring great benefits they come with drawbacks too – not least, as news stories reveal every day, the insecurity of often very private data connected to the public internet. Only now that computers are appearing ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 24, 2015
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