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Articles tagged with: California and Privacy
Using Mobile Phones to Monitor Road Traffic Congestion
Drivers in the San Francisco Bay Area with GPS-enabled mobile phones can soon tap into new technology that promises to transform traffic monitoring. Researchers from the University of california, Berkeley, and the Nokia Research Center are to release pilot software that turns cellular devices into mobile traffic probes providing real-time information on traffic flow and travel times. more
Related Tags: cisco, encryption, rural, university-of-california, gps, dell, mobile-internet, berkeley, nokia-research-center, san-francisco, congestion, era,
Sprint Nextel Loses Patent Lawsuit
Legal firm, Dovel & Luner has announced that a Los Angeles jury has found Sprint Nextel liable for infringing two patents owned by california company Enovsys. The jury returned its verdict and awarded Enovsys past damages of $2.78 million. more
Related Tags: sprint-nextel, gps, patents, sprint, nextel, los-angeles,
Using GPS Handsets to Monitor Road Traffic Problems
Nokia and the University of california (UC) Berkeley researchers have tested technology that could soon transform the way drivers navigate through congested highways and obtain information about road conditions. One hundred cars equipped with the GPS-enabled Nokia N95, and driven by students from the University of california, traveled a 10-mile stretch of highway near San Francisco to show how real-time traffic information can be collected from the GPS feed, while preserving the privacy of the devices' owners. more
Related Tags: cisco, encryption, university-of-california, gps, berkeley, san-francisco, towers, maps, navigation, students,
US Intelligence Official: Privacy No Longer Means Anonymity
WASHINGTON (AP)--A top intelligence official says it is time people in the U.S. changed their definition of privacy. more
Related Tags: cisco, rcom, lawsuit,
Scientists Seek to Turn Cars Into a Mobile Communications Network
It's no secret Americans love their cars, and modern computer systems have enhanced vehicle performance and safety. For computer science professor Mario Gerla and researcher Giovanni Pau at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, the next step is to take that digital processing power and push it outward even further - by using cars as computer nodes in a mobile network on wheels. more
Related Tags: radiation, university-of-california, gps, ucla, police, henry-samueli, navigation, tower, school, wireless-lan, emergency, terrorist
Cellphone Details Reseller Sued
california's Attorney General Bill Lockyer, in the first enforcement action resulting from his ongoing investigation into the sale of cell phone records, has filed a US$10 million-plus lawsuit against Data Trace USA that alleges the firm unlawfully obtained and sold wireless customers' confidential monthly call records. The complaint alleges Data Trace and its director of operations, Ilia S. Nicholas, posed as cell phone customers, or agents of customers, to fraudulently obtain consumers' monthly call records from wireless carriers. They then sold access to those records, and advertised their services on their web site. Nicholas has several aliases, and addresses in New York and Florida. more
Related Tags: san-diego, lawsuit
Verizon Wireless Wins Lawsuit Against Telemarketers
TRENTON, N.J. (AP)--Verizon Wireless has won two legal skirmishes against telemarketers who made unwanted sales calls to its customers, and said it has launched a new offensive against unsolicited text messages. more
Related Tags: verizon-communications, new-jersey, san-diego, jersey
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