HELSINKI - Telecom equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks said on Thursday it has made the world's first call using next generation LTE mobile technology.
The call was made at the company's research and development site in Ulm, Germany, using a commercial base station and fully standard-compliant software, Nokia Siemens said.
"It's a proofpoint of the direction we are going to. Our strategy is focused on deployments and being first to the mass market," Marc Rouanne, the head of radio networks unit at Nokia Siemens, told Reuters in an interview.
All telecom equipment vendors are rushing to sell LTE networks to operators as the overall equipment market is shrinking amid fierce price battles and due to operators' slowing investments.
First LTE services will be opened later this year, with mass deployments in 2010, Nokia Siemens said.
The world's telecom carriers are lining up infrastructure vendors as they prepare to launch LTE technology, which will enable faster uploads and downloads of movies, music and other data to mobile devices.
Nokia Siemens has missed out from some first high-profile deals, but Rouanne said the firm has built up a good position, selling LTE-ready base stations -- which can be upgraded with just new software -- to some 80 operators around the world.
"Wherever we have deployed LTE-capable base stations it gives us an edge to quickly multiply and deploy LTE networks," he said.
taken http://asia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20090918/ttc-tech-us-nokiasiemens-fe50bdd.html
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Bing ads to warn of online scams
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - – Microsoft on Tuesday began serving up scam warnings with Bing search results for topics such as fixing credit scores or rescue from home foreclosure that are prime material for online cons.
Microsoft worked with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Postal Inspection Service, and Western Union to provide public service announcements (PSAs) in the form of advertising posted on relevant Bing results pages.
"We believe this program can help fight back against scams by reminding consumers to exercise their street smarts online right at the time they need it most," said Microsoft deputy general counsel Nancy Anderson.
"Unfortunately, many scammers who would exploit a homeowner in danger of foreclosure or a person struggling with credit card debt will try to misuse the Internet to connect with their victims."
Targeted in the campaign are key words related to searches for information about foreclosure rescue offers; promises to fix credit problems, and "lottery scams" in which people are told they've won prizes but must pay to collect.
Links displayed along with search results will connect to trade commission or Microsoft Web pages with advice about avoiding scams and how to report cyber cons.
"Search-based public service announcements are powerful because they reach consumers at the teachable moment," said David Vladeck, director of the FTC bureau of consumer protection.
"Well encourage other search engines to follow Microsofts lead and use PSAs to help their users avoid scams."
For example, a Bing search regarding a supposed Microsoft lottery generated results that included a prominent link stating any such claim is a hoax.
"Obviously, these particular issues are not the only scams or fraud consumers might come across online, but they certainly are some of the more prevalent scams out there," Microsoft said in a release.
Last year, the trade commission received nearly 250,000 complaints of fraud in which intended victims were approached using the Internet, according to figures from Consumer Sentinel Network.
Bogus email claiming to be a notice of underreported income from the US Internal Revenue Service is being used to spread a computer virus on the Internet, officials at the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned Monday.
A file attached to the email plants malicious software in computers if it is opened, according to CERT.
People should not click on links or open files in unsolicited emails, even if they claims to be from tax collectors, CERT said.
Advice for spying online scams includes being suspicious of generic email introductions such as "Dear Customer" or urgent messages that demand immediate responses.
Clues of likely fraud include misspellings in messages and requests for personal or financial information, and links to online addresses that aren't consistent with whom emails claim to be from, according to Microsoft.
taken from http://asia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090930/ttc-us-it-internet-advertise-software-cr-0de2eff.html
Microsoft worked with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Postal Inspection Service, and Western Union to provide public service announcements (PSAs) in the form of advertising posted on relevant Bing results pages.
"We believe this program can help fight back against scams by reminding consumers to exercise their street smarts online right at the time they need it most," said Microsoft deputy general counsel Nancy Anderson.
"Unfortunately, many scammers who would exploit a homeowner in danger of foreclosure or a person struggling with credit card debt will try to misuse the Internet to connect with their victims."
Targeted in the campaign are key words related to searches for information about foreclosure rescue offers; promises to fix credit problems, and "lottery scams" in which people are told they've won prizes but must pay to collect.
Links displayed along with search results will connect to trade commission or Microsoft Web pages with advice about avoiding scams and how to report cyber cons.
"Search-based public service announcements are powerful because they reach consumers at the teachable moment," said David Vladeck, director of the FTC bureau of consumer protection.
"Well encourage other search engines to follow Microsofts lead and use PSAs to help their users avoid scams."
For example, a Bing search regarding a supposed Microsoft lottery generated results that included a prominent link stating any such claim is a hoax.
"Obviously, these particular issues are not the only scams or fraud consumers might come across online, but they certainly are some of the more prevalent scams out there," Microsoft said in a release.
Last year, the trade commission received nearly 250,000 complaints of fraud in which intended victims were approached using the Internet, according to figures from Consumer Sentinel Network.
Bogus email claiming to be a notice of underreported income from the US Internal Revenue Service is being used to spread a computer virus on the Internet, officials at the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned Monday.
A file attached to the email plants malicious software in computers if it is opened, according to CERT.
People should not click on links or open files in unsolicited emails, even if they claims to be from tax collectors, CERT said.
Advice for spying online scams includes being suspicious of generic email introductions such as "Dear Customer" or urgent messages that demand immediate responses.
Clues of likely fraud include misspellings in messages and requests for personal or financial information, and links to online addresses that aren't consistent with whom emails claim to be from, according to Microsoft.
taken from http://asia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090930/ttc-us-it-internet-advertise-software-cr-0de2eff.html
Nanoparticles could pose threat to humans: scientists
VIENNA (AFP) - – They can make fabric resistant to stains, improve the taste of food and help drug research, but nanoparticles could also pose a danger to human health, experts warned Wednesday.
Susanne Stark, of the Consumer Information Association, told a seminar in the Austrian city of Salzburg that companies should be forced to indicate on labels whether a product contains the tiny particles.
"There are more questions than answers on the effects of nanoparticles" on human health, the chemist said.
Cosmetic and food products should indicate whether their products contain nanoparticles by 2012, she said.
Nanoparticles, measuring no more than 100 nanometres (0.00001 centimetre), have helped to revolutionise how everyday products are made.
The particles are used to make stain-resistant paint or creamy cosmetic and food products. They can also change colour to indicate whether a product has expired.
But their risk to humans remains largely unknown.
Nanoparticles can enter the body through the mouth and nose, the digestive system or the skin, and spread inside the body through blood vessels, said Hans Peter Hutter, a doctor specialised in environmental hygiene in Vienna.
"These tiny particles could without a doubt go all the way to the placenta," he said. But he warned that little was known about their behaviour inside human tissue.
taken from http://asia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090917/tts-health-science-austria-c1b2fc3.html
Susanne Stark, of the Consumer Information Association, told a seminar in the Austrian city of Salzburg that companies should be forced to indicate on labels whether a product contains the tiny particles.
"There are more questions than answers on the effects of nanoparticles" on human health, the chemist said.
Cosmetic and food products should indicate whether their products contain nanoparticles by 2012, she said.
Nanoparticles, measuring no more than 100 nanometres (0.00001 centimetre), have helped to revolutionise how everyday products are made.
The particles are used to make stain-resistant paint or creamy cosmetic and food products. They can also change colour to indicate whether a product has expired.
But their risk to humans remains largely unknown.
Nanoparticles can enter the body through the mouth and nose, the digestive system or the skin, and spread inside the body through blood vessels, said Hans Peter Hutter, a doctor specialised in environmental hygiene in Vienna.
"These tiny particles could without a doubt go all the way to the placenta," he said. But he warned that little was known about their behaviour inside human tissue.
taken from http://asia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090917/tts-health-science-austria-c1b2fc3.html
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