6:06 PM
The Japanese Ministry of Defense revealed that they are developing a "seek and destroy" virus to combat hackers by tracking and disabling the source of cyber-attacks. Japan has been funding this work since 2008 and it has already been shown to work in trials. However, Japanese law forbids "offensive" retaliation to cyberattacks and also forbids the production of viruses, so the laws will have to be changed if Japan is going to use their cyberweapon for their cyberdefenses:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/srinfrastructure20120109-japan-develops-antihacker-weapon
NPR released the first Internet-enabled app by a major news organization for cars with their app for Ford Sync. Users can create playlists of stories and programs with their Android or iOS app, controlling their smartphone App by just verbally responding to the Ford Sync verbal prompts:
http://www.androidcentral.com/ford-announces-voice-controlled-npr-android-app-using-sync-applink-technology
Interesting column about how LightSquared's trouble in getting their network approved may result in Leap dumping its deal with LightSquared and use Clearwire instead for roaming coverage. Leap is one of LightSquared's highest profile customer wins, so this would be a HUGE loss for LightSquared and would be game-changing for Clearwire:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/will-lightsquareds-troubles-push-leap-arms-clearwire/2012-01-08
Article that points out that Sprint's initial markets seem to be an attack on AT&T--instead of choosing their home turf of Kansas city or other top Sprint markets like New Jersey, Sprint picked the key AT&T markets of Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Atlanta for Sprint's first LTE markets:
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/sprints-initial-lte-focus-att/2012-01-0
Motorola Mobility announced that they will report results below expectation in the 4th quarter. It appears that Motorola and HTC have been losing out to Samsung and Apple, with a survey finding that consumer's' interest in Motorola and HTC smartphones peaked in June 2011 and have declined since then. In December 2011, just 7% of consumers planned to buy a Motorola smartphone and just 3% planned to buy an HTC smartphone:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/motorola-falls-samsung-apple-q4/2012-01-08
Young woman went bungee jumping near the famous Victoria Falls (in Zambia), falling 360 feet from a bridge when her bungee cord snapped. The strong current almost swept her into the rapids, but the rope that tied her feet together caught on some rocks. So, she had her feet tied together, was in a strong current with her body bruised all over, in waters filled with crocodiles...and somehow she survived to give an interview that went along with this amazing (and scary) video:
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/09/video-cord-breaks-woman-survives-bungee-jump/
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/srinfrastructure20120109-japan-develops-antihacker-weapon
NPR released the first Internet-enabled app by a major news organization for cars with their app for Ford Sync. Users can create playlists of stories and programs with their Android or iOS app, controlling their smartphone App by just verbally responding to the Ford Sync verbal prompts:
http://www.androidcentral.com/ford-announces-voice-controlled-npr-android-app-using-sync-applink-technology
Interesting column about how LightSquared's trouble in getting their network approved may result in Leap dumping its deal with LightSquared and use Clearwire instead for roaming coverage. Leap is one of LightSquared's highest profile customer wins, so this would be a HUGE loss for LightSquared and would be game-changing for Clearwire:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/will-lightsquareds-troubles-push-leap-arms-clearwire/2012-01-08
Article that points out that Sprint's initial markets seem to be an attack on AT&T--instead of choosing their home turf of Kansas city or other top Sprint markets like New Jersey, Sprint picked the key AT&T markets of Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Atlanta for Sprint's first LTE markets:
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/sprints-initial-lte-focus-att/2012-01-0
Motorola Mobility announced that they will report results below expectation in the 4th quarter. It appears that Motorola and HTC have been losing out to Samsung and Apple, with a survey finding that consumer's' interest in Motorola and HTC smartphones peaked in June 2011 and have declined since then. In December 2011, just 7% of consumers planned to buy a Motorola smartphone and just 3% planned to buy an HTC smartphone:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/motorola-falls-samsung-apple-q4/2012-01-08
Young woman went bungee jumping near the famous Victoria Falls (in Zambia), falling 360 feet from a bridge when her bungee cord snapped. The strong current almost swept her into the rapids, but the rope that tied her feet together caught on some rocks. So, she had her feet tied together, was in a strong current with her body bruised all over, in waters filled with crocodiles...and somehow she survived to give an interview that went along with this amazing (and scary) video:
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/09/video-cord-breaks-woman-survives-bungee-jump/