BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa have been hit by a data outage that cut off access to e-mail, the Internet, and instant messaging, among other services. The outage began today around 10:20 a.m. BST and is still continuing, according to posts to Twitter by BlackBerry owners and service providers. Carriers in …
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A Google Street View car cruises by a protest near the company’s campus in Mountain View, Calif., in August. James Martin/CNET Google has been given the go-ahead by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office to delete the data it collected from unsecured Wi-Fi networks as part of its Street View operation. Over the past year, the search and advertising giant has …
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The Khumbu valley, which leads up to Mount Everest, now has 3G coverage, according to Nordic telecommunications company TeliaSonera. Ncell, a TeliaSonera subsidiary, launched 3G services covering the Khumbu region yesterday. 3G coverage on top of Mount Everest is a technical possibility, but the main aim is to provide coverage of the tourist walking route up to Everest, a TeliaSonera …
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To deal with the flow of information over the next 10 years, the capacity of the Internet will need to increase by a factor of a thousand, according to VeriSign. The U.S. security company, which administers one of the root servers of the Internet, has started a project to deal with the expected increase in bandwidth demand. Project Apollo was …
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India has blocked service to all mobile phones without a valid identity code, as part of antiterrorist measures being implemented by the Indian government. On Monday, any handset without a valid International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) code had its connection cut off, according to the Indian Cellular Association (ICA), which represents mobile operators in the country. The mobile industry is …
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