Communications and Networking

ITC Judge Finds that SiRF Infringes Six Broadcom GPS Patents (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

8 Aug 2008

Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, announced that a U.S. International Trade Commission judge today ruled that products of SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. infringe six patents related to improving global positioning system processing and sensitivity.

Facebook's (futile) malware exorcism - can social networks fight back? (ZDNet)

8 Aug 2008

Until the masses are educated perhaps through a Social Networking Security Consortium, the social networks will continue to fight an uphill battle to protect themselves and their users. by Jennifer Leggio

The kids are alright! (CIOL)

8 Aug 2008

SLOUGH, UK: Research commissioned by international IT solutions provider Logicalis , has revealed that today's 13-17 year olds are becoming far savvier about managing their digital fingerprint, preferring instead to mix and match their use of mobile gadgets and social networking sites with traditional methods such as face-to-face communications, according to formal or informal correspondence.