Archive for May 18th, 2008

Cell phone, VoIP technologies lack security, experts say

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

PASADENA, Calif. — Be careful what you say over that mobile phone or VoIP system.

The most widely used mobile phone standard, GSM, is so insecure that it is easy to track peoples’ whereabouts and with some effort even listen in on calls, a security expert said late on Saturday …

Lockheed gets greenlight for GPS III satellites

Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Lockheed Martin GPS satellite

With many years of experience in GPS and in satellite technology generally, Lockheed Martin is now charged with leading the development and deployment of the next-generation GPS III system.

(Credit: Lockheed Martin)

If you haven’t already joined the rush to buy a handheld GPS device, you probably will soon. …

Facebook exec: We’re the Net’s cable company

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Chamath Palihapitiya, vice president of marketing and operations at Facebook, pitches entrepreneurs at the TieCon conference.

(Credit: Stefanie Olsen/CNET News.com)

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–As you might expect from a vice president of product marketing, Facebook’s Chamath Palihapitiya can deliver a convincing sales pitch.

His sell: Facebook is …

Preview: Upcoming graphics chips from ATI, Nvidia

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

AMD-ATI and Nvidia are preparing for the next graphics chip showdown. And there is already a good deal of information (and rumor) on the two chips due in June.

The names of the two upcoming product families have been widely reported:
The ATI line is branded as the Radeon HD …

Motorola’s strategy and technology chief quits

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

The latest executive to leave Motorola: Rich Nottenburg, chief strategy and technology officer.

The doors of the cell phone maker’s executive offices seem to have been revolving nonstop since activist investor Carl Icahn, who took a leading role in the Microsoft-Yahoo merger fracas late this week, began his successful …

$5.5m celebrity boat sunk

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

UNDERWATER footage will be examined today as detectives continue to investigate the sinking of a multi-million-dollar yacht owned by one of Sydney’s richest men

Mokbel to be billed for return

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

THE Victorian Government hopes to strip hundreds of thousands of dollars from Tony Mokbel to cover the $450,000 spent by taxpayers on his weekend extradition from Greece.

Mokbel betrayer set for record $1m reward

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

ONE of Tony Mokbel’s former “trusted associates” is set to collect a seven-figure reward for helping police catch him.

Cops call for more brawn on the beat

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

POLICE are calling for height and weight restrictions to be re-introduced to lower the number of assaults of officers on the beat.

Households reject Budget

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

PRIME Minster Kevin Rudd’s “working families” Budget has failed to impress many of its targets, an opinion survey has found.