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Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:13:19 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: The $15,000,000,000,000,000 phone bill
Message-ID: <p06240850cca014367367@[10.0.1.3]>
The $15,000,000,000,000,000 phone bill
By David Lazarus
October 12, 2012
It's not exactly a news flash that phone companies frequently screw
up people's bills. Sky-high charges in the thousands of dollars have
become routine.
But imagine how Solenne San Jose felt when she received a bill
recently for nearly $15 quadrillion.
Yep. Quadrillion.
As in about $15,000,000,000,000,000.
...
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-hefty-phone-bill-20121012,0,778429.story
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:23:56 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Hands-on: Four Mac apps to transfer voicemail, other files from your iPhone
Message-ID: <p06240866cca0cf965e51@[10.0.1.3]>
Hands-on: Four Mac apps to transfer voicemail, other files from your iPhone
Need those files that iTunes won't give you? Desktop apps to the rescue.
by Jacqui Cheng
Oct 11 2012
Ars Technica
"How can I transfer voicemail files from my iPhone to my computer?"
It's a question I'm asked fairly often by Ars readers through e-mail,
Facebook, or Twitter-at least two or three times every month. It's
also a question I was forced to ask myself recently. I had a number
of voicemails on my iPhone that needed to be transferred off and
forwarded to the appropriate legal entities. And, equally
frustrating, I had older, less-tech-savvy family members facing this
problem. It's not as if I could tell them to jailbreak their devices
and dig through filesystems.
But as many of my Twitter followers pointed out, there are plenty of
software packages that allow users to easily transfer their voicemail
files-as well as text messages, photos, music, and other data-from an
iOS device to a computer. No jailbreak hanky panky required.
I took a look at the four most popular applications that were
recommended to me. One is Mac-only, and three are available for both
OS X and Windows (though I did all of my tinkering on a Mac). All
four offer free demos for download from their respective websites,
though all these demos limit functionality to an extent until you pay
full price. These apps work with all iOS devices ever created,
including iPod touches, iPads, and iPhones. So which are the best for
people who want to retrieve those files from their iOS devices?
Here's what I found:
...
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/10/hands-on-four-mac-apps-to-transfer-voicemail-other-files-from-your-iphone/
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:26:00 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Personal info for 300K exposed in FLA college hack; already 50 identity theft cases
Message-ID: <p0624086dcca1247c444c@[10.0.1.3]>
Personal info for 300K exposed in FLA college hack; already 50
identity theft cases
SSNs and more lifted from a server. Students, alumni, and employees affected.
by Sean Gallagher
Oct 11 2012
Ars Technica
Personal information for as many as 300,000 people at Northwest
Florida State College has been exposed by a data breach that lasted
for at least four months. Victims run the gamut of people on campus,
including students, prospective students, and current and retired
employees. The breach has already lead to at least 50 cases of
identity theft, resulting in loans and credit cards being issued in
the names of school employees.
...
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/personal-info-for-300k-exposed-in-fla-college-hack-already-50-identity-theft-cases/
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