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While broadband penetration is much higher in metropolitan areas, over the last two years broadband has experienced the most significant gains in rural areas, according to a new study by comScore. Rural markets (defined as having a population less than 10,000) in the United States experienced a 16-percentage point increase in broadband penetration from Q2 […]

Wireless devices that monitor patients’ condition and report the data to health care providers are expected to show a 77 percent compound annual growth rate resulting in global revenue of almost $950 million by 2014, according to a new study from ABI Research. The report notes that the variety of sensors for measuring a growing […]

NASA has successfully flight tested an inflatable heat shield to slow and protect a spacecraft as it enters the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds. The IRVE (Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment) launched from Wallops, Island, Va., Aug. 17, marking the first time anyone has successfully flown an inflatable re-entry capsule, according to engineers at NASA’s Langley Research […]

Cricket Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless, is applying for $8.6 million in federal broadband stimulus funds to extend wireless broadband to low-income residents in five cities. The grant proposal is in partnership with One Economy, a global nonprofit organization that delivers technology and information to low-income people.The proposal to the Department of […]

Qwest began notifying wireless customers Aug. 18 that they have 60 days to switch their Qwest Wireless service to another wireless provider. Last year, Qwest warned customers it would be exiting its wireless business — which runs on Sprint’s network — by the end of 2009 and began offering Verizon Wireless service. For those customers […]

Both good news and bad news followed the June publication of NetChoice’s 10 worst Internet laws. The good news: Three of the proposed laws disappeared. The bad news: New laws emerged to replace the ones that went away.To mark the change in the lineup of bad Internet laws, NetChoice Aug. 18 issued a new iAWFUL […]

Motorola said Aug. 18 it was introducing a new method of securing wireless networks with “active wireless security testing capable of evaluating every deployed wireless access point.” The company said in a news release that the AirDefense Wireless Vulnerability Assessment solution “enables IT administrators to remotely find and secure vulnerabilities in their wireless network.” The […]

The Federal Communications Commission launched a blog Aug. 18 focusing on the development of the national broadband plan. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Congress ordered the FCC to develop a national plan by February 2010. The first posts on Blogband were by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and Blair Levin, the agency’s […]

Albert Gonzalez, a 28-year-old resident of Miami, was indicted Aug. 17 for his alleged participation in the largest credit and debit card data breach ever charged in the United States. Federal prosecutors say Gonzalez’ corporate victims included Heartland Payment Systems, a New Jersey-based card payment processor; 7-Eleven, a Texas-based nationwide convenience store chain; and Hannaford […]

The Air Force launched Aug. 17 the 48th successful and final Air Force Delta II GPS satellite, ending what officials called one of the most successful space launch programs in American history. While the launch concludes the Air Force’s use of Delta II as it transitions its systems to Atlas V and Delta IV rockets, […]

Good Technology announced Aug. 17 it will deploy mobile e-mail to the 2 million registered users of the Army Knowledge Online portal. Designed specifically to meet the security requirements of the U.S. Department of Defense, Good Mobile Messaging Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions will provide AKO users with secure messaging for mobile devices with common […]

In 2005, Congress mandated NASA by 2020 to locate 90 percent of the potentially deadly asteroids 500 feet or wider that might threaten Earth with globally catastrophic results. NASA estimates there are at least 20,000 of the huge rocks hurtling through the solar system. Scientists have located about 6,000 of them.There’s only one small problem […]