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Web app lets enterprise set security, sharing for Google Apps users

A new security tool lets enterprise IT groups set access and share policies for employees, including mobile users, who are working with the online Google Apps suite.
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Feds look beyond LightSquared to set GPS interference standards

A high-ranking federal official and aviation industry leaders called on Wednesday for rules to prevent future interference with GPS, looking beyond a proposal by would-be hybrid mobile operator LightSquared that may be doomed by broad opposition.

LightSquared asks FCC to regulate GPS receivers

Mobile device management: Apple's extra little tricky requirement

Anyone wanting to buy mobile-device management (MDM) software to manage Apple iOS devices will find they need a special digital certificate from Apple to activate it, a requirement that doesn't apply to the same MDM software that would be used to manage Google Android devices, for instance.

How to protect online transactions

The trusty telephone is emerging as one of the key elements in new multifactor authentication schemes designed to protect online banking and other web-based financial transactions from rapidly evolving security threats.

Tiff over LightSquared reveals odd partnership

LightSquared founder Philip Falcone's response to ethics allegations by a U.S. senator sheds some light on a strange chapter in the carrier's ongoing bid to build a controversial cellular data network.

Sprint gives LightSquared six more weeks for FCC approval

Sprint Nextel has given LightSquared about six more weeks to win regulatory approval for its proposed cellular data network, extending a $9 billion deal under which LightSquared would operate on Sprint infrastructure.

Senator questions ethics of alleged LightSquared lobbying

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said Monday that the owner of LightSquared and a possible representative of the company may have broken ethics rules when they contacted his office about winning approval for LightSquared's planned mobile broadband network.

USB 3.0 to Reach Smartphones, Tablets This Year

USB 3.0 ports will be found widely on smartphones and tablets within the next year or so, according to the USB standards-setting organization.

RSA says 2012 will focus on mobile, cloud security

Beyond addressing details about its big breach of 2011, RSA Security executives this week outlined its 2012 product strategy that is centered on three areas, mobility, anti-threat and cloud security.

Goodbye e-books, hello apps

E-book sales are, surprisingly, flattening and Gibbs knows why: E-books don't really work very well.

Apple forcing IT shops to "adapt or die"

Many IT departments are struggling with Apple's "take it or leave it" attitude, based on discussions last week at MacIT, which is Macworld|iWorld's companion conference for IT professionals.

Twine, jump-started by Kickstarter

Gibbs follows up on last week's column on the Lantronix xPrintServer and looks at Twine, a wireless sensor device that got funded on Kickstarter.

In Search of the Tech-Savvy Airport

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What the Next-Gen GPS Satellite Upgrade Means for You

Testing is about to begin on the next-generation of Global Positioning System satellites, with the arrival of a prototype unit at a Lockheed Martin complex in Colorado.

How stupid can cell carriers be? Really Stupid.

The recent revelation that most of us are carrying around smartphones with embedded rootkits is both surprising and not so surprising. It's surprising because it makes you wonder, "How stupid can the carriers be?" It's not surprising in that we know the answer to that.

Review: $19-a-month unlimited wireless service works like a charm

If you rarely stray from Wi-Fi network areas and you're sick of high cell phone bills, you may find this new $19-a-month wireless service a very attractive proposition.

iPad printing to an unsupported printer

A reader who wishes to remain unnamed shouldn't be so shy, as this is a perfectly lovely question. He or she writes:

Wi-Fi tethering: Smartphones with mobile hotspot capabilities

Does your smartphone support Wi-Fi tethering? Which ones offered by which carriers do? Find out in our comprehensive table.

Wi-Fi tethering 101: Use a smartphone as a mobile hotspot

Which smartphones can be used as mobile hotspots? How do you get started and what should you expect? Here's everything you need to know.