Dont plan on making a cellphone call on a plane any time soon. Though the Federal Communications Commission is in the process of allowing expanded use of phones while up in the air, the Department of Transportation plans to stop fliers from fully taking advantage of that, according to The Wall Street Journal. The DOT reportedly […]
Handset unlocking in the U.S. is not exactly legal when done by device owners looking to move to a different mobile operator, but this will soon change, Reuters reports, as the cellphone unlocking bill has cleared the House. President Barack Obama said he’s looking forward to signing it into law. “This is something that Americans […]
Could a cellphone camera give a quantum boost to cryptography programs? The paper studied the visual noise patterns from the camera on a Nokia N9 smartphone, digging deep enough to track quantum fluctuations. For encryption to work, it needs a steady supply of random numbers to throw attackers off the scent. The solution focuses on […]
Latest Comments