This week, California governor Jerry Brown signed a bill establishing safety and performance guidelines for autonomous vehicles operating on California’s roads. For now the ones to benefit most from this is Google and their self-driving Prius which has already logged over 300,000 successful autonomous driven miles. In an All Things D interview, Google co-founder Sergey Brin says, “These… Read More »
Distracted Driving: Social Problem Calls for Hardware Solution
There’s a reason why this blog post contains “distracted driving” in the headline. Just Google this or any variation on the term and you will find dozens of new stories popping up daily. Smartphones are the new “hotcakes” in terms of sales so naturally, they have become as ubiquitous as the drivers they distract. Cell… Read More »
Smart Phone Scamming on the Rise
With literally billions of mobile phones being used each and everyday around the globe, thieves can rob you from their arm chair or even from their cozy cell in prison. Some of the latest scams to surface involve thieves using their smart phones and target the innocent. One of the more popular scams is where… Read More »
How Safe is Your Train Ride???
Today is the four year anniversary of the deadly Metrolink commuter train crash that left 25 people dead. The $200 Million settlement was awarded to the victims and their families and is actually capped as the maximum amount under United States law. After a 16 month investigation, The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded the… Read More »
Apple’s 4G SteamRoller
Apple has finally delivered on one of the longest running rumor in smartphone history – LTE. They dipped their toe into the 4G waters with the new iPad announcement last year but that was only with Verizon and AT&T and that didn’t include the hundreds of millions of devices in our pockets everyday. Given the… Read More »
Amazon’s 4G Portable Shopping Portal
Amidst a slew of new hardware announcements this past Thursday, Amazon managed to slip in an interesting clue as to the ultimate destination for 4G broadband. As part of their new $499 Kindle Fire HD’s data plan, Amazon partnered with AT&T to offer an annual 4G plan for budget-minded consumers. Only $50 for a full… Read More »
A Few Rotten Apples Spoil the Bunch
Accusations are flying around regarding the supposed compromise of 12 million Apple iOS Unique Device ID’s (UDID’s) along with personal information stored on an FBI agent’s computer. Some say it was a hacked Dell notebook while other insiders speculate that cyber criminals actually gained access to a hacked iPhone. The Bureau has denied the breach… Read More »
ISS World Europe Security Conference
I presented on June 7th to a packed room at ISS World Europe in Prague CZ. The timely topic of Handheld Tools for Cell Phone Direction Finding and Location’ was well received by over 1000 security professionals in attendance and was followed up after the presentation with Q & A for thirty minutes. The ISS… Read More »
