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Communication: A Growing Concern for Bandwidth [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Time magazine has an interesting article worth reading about the expected shortages in bandwidth. The article is called

"Bandwidth Is The new Black Gold"

"In time, the mere slowdowns we see today may be eclipsed by full-scale information traffic jams. But beyond that, the deeper problems will be with high prices and possible profiteering. As demand for bandwidth goes up, suppliers will logically be able to charge more, as happens in energy markets."

Under the Obama Administration, the FCC regards bandwidth supply as an issue meriting national attention, and it has been formulating a plan to encourage home bandwidth. But there's reason to think that the most serious problems — the real bandwidth shortages — will be in wireless, where demand is growing and supply is weak. The industry cannot keep up with wireless demand, and we're already seeing more dropped calls and slow connections as well as those enormous bills for data plans. In a nightmare scenario, jams become the norm instead of the exception, just as they are for our cars. Wireless carriers could use the scarcity to profit, setting aside net neutrality and charging obscene rates for priority calls and guaranteed bandwidth.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1971133_1971110_1971125,00.html#ixzz0lUr7XkV0

The article goes on to speak about a conflict of interests in expecting market forces to build the new infrastructure when they have so much money invested in copper cable and older technology.

http://www.newamerica.net/node/29005

 

 

AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010

 

U.S. telecommunications giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the Internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010.

Speaking at a Westminster eForum on Web 2.0 this week in London, Jim Cicconi, vice president of legislative affairs for AT&T, warned that the current systems that constitute the Internet will not be able to cope with the increasing amounts of video and user-generated content being uploaded.

"The surge in online content is at the center of the most dramatic changes affecting the Internet today," he said. "In three years' time, 20 typical households will generate more traffic than the entire Internet today."

http://news.cnet.com/2100-1034_3-6237715.html

 

 

Other Interesting Related Articles

HowStuffWorks Videos "Video Streaming Without Bandwidth Problems"

http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/bwpanel/docs/bp-growingp-201003-en.pdf  Growing Pains: Bandwidth on the Internet, Briefing Paper

 

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FW: PHONE HACKING IS A SECURITY THREAT TO INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS AND COUNTRY'S [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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PHONE HACKING IS A SECURITY THREAT TO INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS AND COUNTRY’S

 

In this edition we examine the threat that phone hacking poses to individuals, corporations and national security. The example of the UK newspaper, “News of the World” demonstrates the dangers. Here a prominent UK newspaper employed convicted criminals to hack into peoples emails and voicemails. The difference is that now we know that it affected 4,332 people and that the Police evidence including The Royal family and senior politicians:

 

“contained 4,332 names or partial names of people in whom the two men had an interest, 2,978 numbers or partial numbers for mobile phones and 30 audio tapes which appear to contain an unspecified number of recordings of voicemail messages.” The Guardian 9-15 April 2010-04-15

 

 

Police 'ignored News of the World phone hacking evidence'

Police who investigated the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World obtained previously undisclosed telephone records which showed a vast number of public figures had had their voicemail accessed – and then decided not to pursue the evidence, according to official papers seen by the Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/apr/04/police-ignored-news-world-evidence

 

See timeline  http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/nov/09/news-of-the-world-timeline

 

The point is that if criminals and journalists can find it so easy to hack into phones and emails what does it mean for national security and personal security.

 

What Can Be Done To Safeguard Your Phone?

1. Download Anti-Virus and security software, install it and make sure you keep it up to date
2. Don’t open emails that are unexpected or from people you don’t know
3. Have Bluetooth turned off
4. When you need to use Bluetooth have your device hidden
5. Don’t call your device by your name
6. Don’t use illegal software
7. Don’t store personal details on your phone such as PINs and account numbers
8. Use encryption software to encrypt any potentially sensitive material

 

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HSC Communications: Communications and Security Issues with Smart Phones

 Communications and Security Issues with Smart Phones 

How secure is your personal information? Would you drop a piece of paper on the ground with your name address and all of your banking details? Would you leave all of your personal details on a hard drive for others to use? How about a smart phone? Does your smart phone have all of these personal details, and even more perhaps? A UK government agency (DTAAC) has reported that 80% of UK users carry enough information in their phones that, "they could be used to commit fraud". The report goes on to say that 16% of users have all of their banking details stored on phones? How secure is your information?

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The pocket spy: Will your smartphone rat you out? - tech - 14 October 2009 - New Scientist
The pocket spy: Will your smartphone rat you out? 14 October 2009 by Linda Geddes Magazine issue 2730THERE are certain things you do not want to share with strangers. In my case it was a stream of highly personal text messages from my husband, sent during the early days of our relationship. Etched on my phone's SIM card - but invisible on my current handset and thus forgotten - here they now are, displayed in all their brazen glory on a stranger's computer screen. I've just walked into a windowless room on an industrial estate in Tamworth, UK, where three cellphone analysts in blue shirts sit at their terminals, scrutinising the contents of my phone and smirking. "If it's any consolation, we would have found them even if you had deleted them," says one. Worse, it seems embarrassing text messages aren't the only thing I have to worry about: "Is this a photo of your office?" another asks (the answer is yes). "And did you enjoy your ...

 

Find the full article here http://lornakismet.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/the-pocket-spy-will-your-smartphone-rat-you-out/

 

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Ten dangerous claims about smart phone security
Ten dangerous claims about smart phone securityOur columnist sees Barack Obama with that BlackBerry and shuddersBy Jon EspenschiedMarch 23, 2007 12:00 PM ET Comments(14)Recommended(266)DiggTwitterShare/EmailComputerworld - My heart sank when I first saw Al Gore pull out his BlackBerry. It was in the waning weeks of the 2000 presidential campaign, and there he was on the TV, tapping away on his then-novel converged device. Though I had no evidence, I was positive that whatever he was reading had already been perused by some conservative skunk works, with his responses scrutinized not long after. Given recent revelations about the opposition's ethics and panting obsession with domestic spying, I still suspect that any eavesdropping technically possible at the time was probably being done.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9014118/Ten_dangerous_claims_about_smart_phone_security

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It’s Time to Get Smart About Smart Phone Security
Taking a deep dive into smart phone security. In this article, we will look at what is new in mobile device security threats and solutions, including our “wish list” for Windows Mobile 7 from a security point of view

http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Time-Get-Smart-About-Smart-Phone-Security.html

 

Have a read of these articles. They give a great insight into threats and solutions for those of us, and it should be all of us, who are concerned about security of information stored on mobile phones.

Regards Graham Betts

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also http://bettscomputers.com/communications.htm

 

Multimedia: Quantum Dots

Quantum Dots and a Brave New World
Phones are changing yet again. I wonder what this will mean to artistic photographers like Dan Buchanan whom I referred to in our previous blog. What does this mean in general? If camera phones will take high resolution images how does that affect privacy as more people try becoming paparazzi and youtubers taking photos and videos of high quality any where they go. This new technology can make camera phones as good or better than any cameras we have now.
Quantum Dots Promise Pro Photos from Cell Phones

The days of swapping grainy cell phone photos that look like they came off a 7-11 security camera may soon be over – if you believe the hype. Silicon Valley startup InVisage Technologies claims that its new “quantum dot” image sensors, which use a totally revamped technique, will snap photos four times better than existing mobile camera sensors, and fit in the same area.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/devices/quantum-dots-promise-pro-photos-from-cell-phones/

The inventor of the technology has a page explaining the significance and how it works

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/devices/quantum-dots-promise-pro-photos-from-cell-phones/

Regards Graham Betts

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IPT Multimedia http://bettscomputers.com/moodle/course/view.php?id=68&topic=all

also http://bettscomputers.com/multimedia.htm

IPT Communications http://bettscomputers.com/moodle/course/view.php?id=14&topic=all

also http://bettscomputers.com/communications.htm

Communications: Internet is biggest threat to endangered species, say conservationists

The Guardian Newspaper 26.03.10
Internet is biggest threat to endangered species, say conservationists
"The internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fuelling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live lion cubs to wine made from tiger bones, conservationists said today."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/21/endangered-species-internet-threat

Wildlife Trade on the Web

The Internet’s very anonymity makes it impossible to quantify the scale of the illegal online trade in protected and endangered species.  However, the recent IFAW investigations listed below reveal how vast quantities of wildlife products and live animals are being traded illegally on the Internet - a growing and lucrative trade that is driving the world's most endangered species to the brink of extinction and causing untold suffering.

http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_kingdom/join_campaigns/fight_illegal_wildlife_trade/making_a_killing_wildlife_trade_on_the_internet/reports_wildlife_trade_on_the_web/index.php

I know I am not one of the people doing this and maybe your not either but it is good to be aware of what can happen when greed gets in the way of common sense. Looking after our environment is good common sense. Nobody wants to live in a sewer. Lets look after our environment now before it becomes one.

Regards Graham Betts

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also http://bettscomputers.com/multimedia.htm

IPT Communications http://bettscomputers.com/moodle/course/view.php?id=14&topic=all

also http://bettscomputers.com/communications.htm

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IPT HSC Multimedia: iPhone as a Serious Camera

iPhone as a Serious Camera
This is a brilliant example of convergence. I remember as a boy how a phone lived in the lounge room. many people didn't even have phones. They had a bell inside that used to ring. Now not only do we carry phones in our pockets but they are becoming serious tools by which people organise themselves, write emails, write letters, play games and now make serious art. The mobile phone and in particular the iPhone is a serious multimedia tool.
The March/April 2010 edition of Phototechnique Magazine has an interesting article on the iPhone as a serious camera that can produce impressive results. Artist photographer Dan Burkholder has produced some beautiful and inspiring works using the iPhone and its apps. No photoshopping. No fancy computer apps just a photographer and what Dan Burkholder calls "The Polaroid-Holga" of the 21st century. He has taught digital imaging workshops for fifteen years and written books that have reputedly, " become a standard resource in the fine art photography community." The author of the article, Dan Burkholder, describes his use of the iPhone as ,"a personal journey" of discovery as he becomes "seduced".
About the article Phototechnique Magazine says the following

If you’ve never taken a camera-phone seriously, now’s the time. Dan Burkholder, delighted with his own unexpected results with iPhone photography, begins his exploration of the medium and shows high quality images shot with the camera he carries in his pocket.  

http://www.phototechmag.com/index.php/marchapril-2010/dan-burkholder

and Then go to Dan's blog and if you have any artistic spirit you will want to go away and try it out for yourself:

"The images on this page were captured and processed on an Apple iPhone through an assortment of inexpensive imaging apps. The iPhone is more than just a tiny camera on a cell phone. For the first time we have both camera and darkroom in the palm of our hands. Dan’s iPhone workshops will cover the steps used to capture and process images like these and then print them on fine art digital paper and canvas."

http://www.iphoneartistry.com/iphoneimages.html

Regards Graham Betts

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IPT Multimedia http://bettscomputers.com/moodle/course/view.php?id=68&topic=all

also http://bettscomputers.com/multimedia.htm

IPT Communications http://bettscomputers.com/moodle/course/view.php?id=14&topic=all

also http://bettscomputers.com/communications.htm