Big Four U.S. Carriers Now Accepting 911 Emergency Text Messages

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FCC moves forward on net neutrality plan: What now? 'Elderwood' hackers continue to set pace for zero-day exploits Network World Daily News AM May 16, 2014 Share this email Big Four U.S. Carriers Now Accepting 911 Emergency Text Messages Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, and their associated 911 call centers, now accept emergency SMS text messages, but the new functionality is currently available only in limited areas in 16 states. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. FCC moves forward on net neutrality plan: What now? 2. 'Elderwood' hackers continue to set pace for zero-day exploits 3. Mozilla embraces DRM. Wait, What?! 4. Server reboot puts scare into parents 5. Samsung, Rockstar patent dispute to continue in Texas court 6. DogeVault says attackers gained access to virtual machines 7. Kickstarter Tech Pick: OutRunner, a running robot 8. World Tech Update, May 15, 2014 9. DARPA shows off clearinghouse site for open-source code and information 10. 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