Web sites vulnerable to phishing attacks
A new report from security firm Dasient concludes that the majority of websites are running third-party JavaScript somewhere on their sites, which could be putting them at risk. See the…
The Apple Antenna Story
What happens when real antenna engineers measure the performance of the iPhone 4’s antenna under different grip conditions? They find that it really needs a bumper: We can make several…
FCC’s Deeply Flawed Broadband Report
In my day job, I’m a policy researcher at ITIF working on Internet issues, so the FCC Broadband Deployment Report naturally caught my eye. See the analysis: The bottom line…
Internet Congestion 201
This is the second part of an examination of the nature of congestion on packet switched networks such as the Internet. In the first part, Internet Congestion 101, we looked…
Mobile Data Traffic Management Options
Dean Bubley is one of the most interesting contrarian thinkers in the mobile space, and all of his work is worthy of consideration whether you agree with his conclusions or…
Internet Congestion 101
One of the questions that comes up most persistently in discussions of the Internet is congestion. Traffic management by ISPs is a response to congestion, and naive critics of the…
Wireless Charging Plans
Wireless operators have recently been plagued by the same type of problem Wireline operators have long experienced with P2P video downloads: 5% of users using 80% of the wireless bandwidth. However, in wireless, the problem is due to smart phone users who run high bandwidth applications like video, mapping, and the like. In addition, developers of attractive apps often use often using multiple flows to increase download speeds. These high capacity users push “normal” users into high loss, low throughput, bad response time service which tends to make them want to switch providers.
Welcome to High Tech Forum
I’m glad you’ve found this needle in the Internet’s haystack, and hope you’ll come back on a regular basis, add us to your RSS reader, comment on our posts, and…
The Role of Technical Experts in Policy Debates
This is my first posting on this new blog. So, I thought I would take the occasion to introduce myself and describe the kind of postings that I hope to generate.