Mobile Butler, Wireless, Web Bugs & SMS Spam
A consortium of the world's top consumer electronics firms, mobile networks and broadcasters are funding the development of mobile phones that will spend money on your behalf. The consortium, called Mobile VCE, includes Nokia, Sony, Vodafone and the BBC.
IEEE has officially ratified the much-anticipated 802.11g high-speed wireless standard.
Privacy advocates say a shift by Microsoft could effectively marginalise a particularly intrusive use of Web bugs, the tracking and profiling devices used by online marketers and spammers. Last month Microsoft retooled its Hotmail service, adding a feature that allows users to block Web bugs placed inside e-mail messages.
Phone companies which allow SMS spam messages to be sent across their networks face fines of up to $10 million under a new industry code, which requires carriers and service providers to only send bulk SMS messages to users who have 'opted in', and to allow them to 'opt out' of receiving the messages. Don't get too excited, the ADMA have already challenged the proposal.
IEEE has officially ratified the much-anticipated 802.11g high-speed wireless standard.
Privacy advocates say a shift by Microsoft could effectively marginalise a particularly intrusive use of Web bugs, the tracking and profiling devices used by online marketers and spammers. Last month Microsoft retooled its Hotmail service, adding a feature that allows users to block Web bugs placed inside e-mail messages.
Phone companies which allow SMS spam messages to be sent across their networks face fines of up to $10 million under a new industry code, which requires carriers and service providers to only send bulk SMS messages to users who have 'opted in', and to allow them to 'opt out' of receiving the messages. Don't get too excited, the ADMA have already challenged the proposal.