InfoWorld |
Android security update LMY48T slow to reach devices
InfoWorld Google rolled out its second monthly Android security update earlier this month, but the fixes are only beginning to hit handsets. The bundle included updates for 15 critical remote code execution flaws related to the Stagefright vulnerability, as well … |
When T-Mobile US customers exceed their monthly data caps, they aren’t cut off from the Internet entirely. Instead, T-Mobile throttles their connections to 128Kbps or 64Kbps, depending on which plan they have, for the rest of the month.
But T-Mobile has made it difficult for those customers to figure out just how slow their connections are, with a system that exempts speed test applications from the throttling. After complaints from consumer advocates, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigated the issue and has forced T-Mobile to be more honest about its network’s throttled speeds.
Announced today, an agreement between T-Mobile and the FCC ensures that customers will be able to accurately gauge their throttled speeds.
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The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on a controversial “fast lane” proposal Thursday, and it’s inspired a bunch of people to protest by slowing down their own websites.
Last week, a Web hosting company called Neocities throttled its home page, and MaxCDN gave customers the option of doing the same—but this only slowed websites down for people connecting from an FCC IP address. Now, there’s an easy way to throttle your website for everyone who visits.
Venture capitalist Brad Feld announced the project Wednesday. There’s a Stop The Slow Lane page and a small bit of code on GitHub that inserts the “slow lane” widget on a website.
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The Guardian |
Boot up: slow Android security patch, Schmidt on piracy, Nexus 7's aims, and more
The Guardian The scary news was that Bluebox Security had worked out a way to break Android's security model. In theory, this could be exploited with almost any Androids apps. The hopeful news was that Google quickly released a patch for the security hole to phone … |