Posts Tagged ‘carrier’

Georgetown vs. Syracuse: Hoyas fall in overtime, moving Jim Boeheim into third place in NCAA career wins

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Jim Boeheim got his milestone victory. But the Georgetown men’s basketball team made Syracuse ’s longtime coach and his players work overtime to get it. Orange senior Kris Joseph sank a three-pointer with 29 seconds remaining in overtime, and Jason Clark committed a turnover with 4.9 seconds showing on the clock Wednesday at the Carrier Dome, where second-ranked Syracuse held on for an exhilarating 64-61 victory and the crowd of 27,820 serenaded Boeheim after he moved into sole possession of third place on the all-time Division I wins list. Read full article > >

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What is Carrier IQ?

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Ever since a researcher named Trevor Eckhart posted evidence that a program known as Carrier IQ is tracking mobile users’ keystrokes and activities, the Web has been abuzz trying to find out how much the program actually collects and how widespread it is. Carrier IQ is an analytics program for mobile devices that advertises to carriers that it can “measure performance and user experience with no visible impact to your customers.” Eckhart, using his own HTC device, found that the program not only records information about app activity and battery life but also notes when users press any key on the phone and records text messages. He said the data is transmitted back to Carrier IQ’s servers. Read full article > >

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Soldiers’ $2,800 bag fee sparks outrage

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Delta Air Lines says it’s sorry “for any miscommunication” after U.S. Army soldiers returning from Afghanistan complained that they were charged almost $3,000 in bag fees by the carrier.

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Southwest May Cancel 600 Flights

Sunday, April 3rd, 2011

Check your flight status: Southwest Airlines may cancel 300 additional flights on Sunday, having already canceled the same number of departures Saturday. The move, while necessary based on safety fears, will cost the carrier millions. The airline…

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Navy Officer Produced Anti-gay Videos

Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

The end of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell might face some bumps along the road to implementation depending on how many officers are like Capt. Owen Honors. Honors, who commands the carrier Enterprise, was caught on film in footage from 2006 and 2007 obtained by…

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U.S. carrier dispatched to Yellow Sea

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

In dispatching the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday, the Obama administration said it was putting on a show of U.S. support for South Korea.

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