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Update: The Blogger Is Back
I’m now back on a reliable Internet connection so expect loose wire blog updates shortly. My apologies for the gap.
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News: Broadband Isn’t About Speed
British users are finding broadband isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, if it means confronting spam and other detritus of the Internet. According to a report by the iSociety project at The Work...
View ArticleWhat Will Keep The Wi-Fi Customer Satisfied?
Wi-Fi Networking News talks about hotspots, and how providers are having to fight to keep their customers in a competitive market. Hotspot operators who charge, they say, are going to have to offer...
View ArticleThis week’s column – Snarf
This week’s Loose Wire column is about Bluetooth security: Next time you’re carrying your whiz-bang Bluetooth phone watch out: Serious flaws mean your contact numbers and other info stored in the...
View ArticleBT Brings Broadband To ‘Remote’ Milton Keynes
I couldn’t help passing this one on, though I don’t mean to mock either Milton Keynes, a charming artificial town in England, or Online Journalism, a very worthy project of the USC Annenberg Online...
View ArticleVoIP and 911
An interesting case in Texas that highlights the weak spot in the whole VoIP thing: Net Phone Firm Vonage Sued Over 911 Access, reports the LA Times: As two gunmen forced their way into her Houston...
View ArticleSpanish Mules
Four Spanish ‘mules’ have apparently been arrested in Valladolid, according to an AFP report: Four face charges over phishing fraud : Four people face charges in Spain after police uncovered an...
View ArticleIVR Cheat Sheets, And Dirty Tricks?
The IVR debate rumbles on. Could automated voice phone systems be better than just having a human answering the phone? Is it better to cheat the system? Paul English’s cheat sheet has appeared more...
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The Real, Sad Lesson of Burma 2007
Reuters I fear another myth is in the offing: that Burma’s brief uprising last month was a tipping point in citizen journalism. Take this from Seth Mydans’ (an excellent journalist, by the way; I’m...
View ArticleThe End of Boorish Intrusion
(This is a copy of my Loose Wire Sevice column, produced for newspapers and other print publications.) By Jeremy Wagstaff One of the ironies about this new era of communications is that we’re a lot...
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