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Your Questions, Steve’s Answers 29
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte
Our regular mailbag episode with a dozen questions and comments from our listeners.
get your here.
iron wil
In the Washington Post today, is an article that informs us Verizon is opening its mobile (cellular) network by the end of 2008, this will create the first Open Wireless Network. The article also informs us the FCC will require the highest bidder of the 700mhz band to open it to any devices and applications. This is a huge move by both Verizon and the FCC.
Earlier this year Verizon turned away from the open 700mhz bandwidth, they put up a big stink when Google offered to put in the minimum bid so that another company could sweep the auction. They required that part of the 700mhz bandwidth be open to all devices and applications.
I believe all carriers will do this eventually. Back in my Curse of the Mobile Providers post I covered this in greater detail. The point of the pen is that mobile service should be like computers and the internet, all computers [Linux, Mac, and Windows] can access the entire internet. The only restrictions come from websites that use exclusive technologies. In the same way phones and mobile networks will be the same!
I am excited to see a mobile provider make this move. I expect the industry to follow. Hopefully, this means that within 3 to 5 years all phones will work on all networks. A side benefit should be better mobile service for all phones and mobile carriers.
iron wil
Notes: Verizon To Open Its Wireless Network, Washington Post.
In the process of hitting my usual morning haunts, I found this article on InformationWeek about securing your laptop while traveling and skulking about.
The article covers a few ways to secure your laptop from external attacks, such as hard drive encryption, USB key encryption, using a software firewall, and using secure Wi-Fi when possible. Plus reminders like turning off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth when they are not needed.
read it here.
iron wil
Note:
“10 Tips To Secure Your Laptop”, David Strom, Information Week.
Shake Your Wii-Mote
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Don Reisinger, Wil Harris, Robert Scoble, Cali Lewis, and John C. Dvorak
Kindle hands on, Facebook Beacon, and this year’s best games…
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iron wil
Rekindled
Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte
Topics:
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I missed posting about #40, get it here.
iron wil
Third Party Cookies
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte
Why does Paypal secretly send you through Doubleclick to get to some of its web pages? Steve explains how third-party cookies can violate your privacy and what to do about it.
get yours here.
iron wil
The Iberian Hams
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Tom Merritt, and John C. Dvorak
The no news is good news edition.
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iron wil
