Posts Tagged Wi Fi

Google cleared of wi-fi snooping

No “significant” personal data was grabbed by Google when it snooped on wi-fi networks, says the UK data protection office.

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Published on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:48:34 +0000

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Ecotality unveils consumer EV charging stations

The Blink line of charging stations for commercial services and home use will have cellular-network capability, as well as LAN, Wi-Fi, and ZigBee.

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Published on Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:34:10 PDT

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Google Street View gets back on the road

After being sidelined over unauthorized collection of people’s Wi-Fi data, Street View cars hit the road again in some countries, but will no longer collect any such data.

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Published on Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:53:55 PDT

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Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)

Here are a few of CNET Reviews’ favorite items from the past week, including the
Barnes & Noble Nook with Wi-Fi, the high-end Das Keyboard, and Samsung Wave smartphone.

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Published on Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:00:00 PDT

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Google skips German deadline for Wi-Fi data

Data protection laws–of all things–could be used by Google to avoid having to turn over data collected as part of its Wi-Fi Street View incident to German authorities.

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Published on Thu, 27 May 2010 09:54:07 PDT

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Google downplays privacy concerns

The search firm seeks to allay privacy fears after it revealed that it had been harvesting data from private wi-fi networks.

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Published on Tue, 18 May 2010 21:39:32 GMT

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Google to offer encrypted search next week

In response to its disclosure that it spied on public Wi-Fi networks through Street View, the company announced plans to encrypt Google search starting next week.

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Published on Fri, 14 May 2010 15:32:39 PDT

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Google: Oops, we spied on your Wi-Fi

Google has mistakenly been collecting snippets of e-mails and Web-surfing activity as part of its Street View mapping program.

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Published on Fri, 14 May 2010 14:49:35 PDT

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Apple promises software fix for iPad Wi-Fi problems

Though the iPad maker previously published some temporary workarounds, it now says a future software update will address the problem.

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Published on Tue, 11 May 2010 08:50:56 PDT

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On iPhone, beware of that AT&T Wi-Fi hot spot

Researcher finds that iPhones will hop on dubious Wi-Fi networks if they are named AT&T hot spots.

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Published on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:33:40 PDT

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