For example, a second seller of event tickets, called StubHub, uses it to identify and block devices that have a history of selling fraudulent tickets.
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It may also seek to use this ruling to block other devices powered by Google's Android software that it believes replicate elements of its user-interface, including current models by Samsung as well as other firms.
Its devices block websites in the U.A.E.
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DirecTV sends out such signals about twice a month, but according to The Carmel Group's Sean Badding, intrepid pirates can effectively block ECMs using devices called emulators, or if that fails, reactivate a "burned" card using a "card strip box" that connects to a personal computer.
The impact would be 6.3 percent if Apple manages to broaden a ban to newer devices and block 80 percent of all Samsung phones, he said.
And larger devices can block signals reaching an entire building.
Google, which successfully petitioned the FCC to decree to open the "C block" of spectrum to outside devices and applications, said it had an early lock on the C block, but was eventually outbid by Verizon and took home no licenses.
Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ), which successfully petitioned the FCC to decree to open the "C block" of spectrum to outside devices and applications, said it had an early lock on the C block, but was eventually outbid by Verizon and took home no licenses.
First was Apple, denied an injunction request to block all sales of Samsung devices.
Businesses might be surprised at how well-served they would be on any number of fronts by offering up the opportunity for their people to let loose with their thinking, gain exposure to new and different environments and influences, and literally unplug from all those distractions and devices that can block creative thinking and learning.
The Journal in February reported that Google was using special computer code to install tiny tracking files, or "cookies, " on some people's computers, iPhones and iPads, even if the devices were set to block this kind of tracking.
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Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is tapping Wu for advice on legislation that would make it illegal for phone companies to block access to the Internet on mobile devices.
Jamming devices in the Sistine Chapel should block all electronic communication and anyone tweeting would in any case risk being excommunicated.
Another difference is that with the Clearwire flavor of LTE, the cell sites and devices will operate in a single block of spectrum.
Half of the parents surveyed say they use parental controls on electronic devices or software to monitor, block, and filter what their kids see.
Wireless networks are a key building block for smart homes, since they enable devices to talk to each other, and to the internet, without the need to run cables all over the place.
Specifically, licensees offering service on C Block spectrum "shall not deny, limit, or restrict the ability of their customers to use the devices and applications of their choice on the licensee's C Block network, " subject to narrow exceptions.
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The group says it has periodically probed the Syrian telecom infrastructure and until recently it didn't see the devices, which allow companies or governments to block websites or record when people visit them.
Sprint provides businesses with the ability to purchase a contiguous, sequential range or block of IP addresses, which can ease the deployment of devices and simplicity of firewall configuration.
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In an essay on his personal site that's been circulating the interwebs, Marc Deslauriers outlines the pangs he and the Linux community have felt over the years trying to use iPods on the open source platform, surmising that Apple is intentionally and repeatedly seeking ways to block non-iTunes programs from syncing in any way with its devices.
It is unlikely to be a coincidence that the new advice comes on the day that a combined BBC Newsnight and British Medical Journal investigation reports that problems with such devices have been long known, but no action taken to block their use.
Also on the chopping block is PowerMeter, a free energy monitoring tool that pairs with smart power meters and other energy monitoring devices to help users better understand consumption habits and ultimately reduce costs.
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