New BlackBerry is badly needed flagship for RIM (AP)

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• New BlackBerry is badly needed flagship for RIM (AP)
• In FTC deal, Intel cleaning up antitrust woes (AP)
• Saudi Arabia orders Blackberry ban starting Friday (AP)
• Apple’s cloud-based music, video plans still up in the air (Ben Patterson)
• Hands-on with the BlackBerry Torch (Ben Patterson)
• Sharp plans to launch 3D smartphone this year (Reuters)
• Tough Indian telecom rules spark foreign backlash (AP)
• Intel-TSMC Pact on Atom Chips to Remain on Hold (PC World)
• Motorola, Verizon team up to launch TV device: report (Reuters)
• Facebook Doubles the Size of Its First Data Center (PC World)
• American Idol dumps Sony label for Universal (Reuters)
• Security Exploit Can Give Hackers Control of Your iPhone or iPad [WARNING] (Mashable)
• Fresh and familiar won't be enough for new BlackBerry Torch (Appolicious)
• Hackers could enslave iPad, iPhone: security firms (Reuters)
• Intrepid Users Find Froyo for the Motorola Droid (PC World)
• New threat: Hackers look to take over power plants (AP)
• Why Linux Is More Secure Than Windows (PC World)
• Indonesian Internet use booming (AFP)

New BlackBerry is badly needed flagship for RIM (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:40 PM PDT AP - BlackBerrys still fly off the shelves. They still convey the message that their owners mean business — that they're people who are important enough to need e-mail access all the time.

In FTC deal, Intel cleaning up antitrust woes (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:06 PM PDT AP - The Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp. was the harshest yet against the world's biggest semiconductor maker, which has been battling regulators around the world over charges its tactics hurt consumers.

Saudi Arabia orders Blackberry ban starting Friday (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:41 PM PDT AP - Saudi Arabia is ordering its mobile operators to halt BlackBerry services throughout the kingdom this week, heightening tensions between device maker Research in Motion Ltd. and governments demanding greater access to data sent on the phones.

Apple’s cloud-based music, video plans still up in the air (Ben Patterson) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:54 PM PDT Ben Patterson - Remember the ruckus that ensued after Apple acquired innovative music-streaming site Lala last year? Word at the time was that Apple could be close to launching an in-the-cloud version of iTunes, complete with a digital locker for all your music. Since then, however ... nothing, and the latest chatter has it that Apple’s streaming media plans are still circling the airport.

Hands-on with the BlackBerry Torch (Ben Patterson) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:40 PM PDT Ben Patterson - After months of watching the likes of HTC, Motorola, Samsung, and Apple roll out one superphone after another this summer â€" you know, like the eye-popping HTC Evo 4G, the mammoth Droid X, or of course the headline-stealing iPhone 4 â€" Research in Motion finally has a touchscreen BlackBerry that's worth getting excited about.

Sharp plans to launch 3D smartphone this year (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:39 PM PDT Reuters - Sharp Corp plans to take on Apple's iPhone by the end of the year, with the international launch of a smartphone featuring a 3D panel that can be viewed without special glasses, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Tough Indian telecom rules spark foreign backlash (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:43 AM PDT AP - Telecom companies and trade groups are urging India to soften tough new security regulations on foreign telecommunications companies — believed to be aimed at China — which they say could set a troubling global precedent for onerous security norms.

Intel-TSMC Pact on Atom Chips to Remain on Hold (PC World) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:00 PM PDT PC World - A pact announced last year for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to go to work putting Intel Atom microprocessors into smartphones, mobile Internet devices and other gadgets looks to remain on hold for a while.

Motorola, Verizon team up to launch TV device: report (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:08 PM PDT Reuters - Mobile phone group Motorola is teaming up with Verizon Wireless to develop a digital tablet device that would rival Apple's iPad, the Financial Times said on Wednesday.

Facebook Doubles the Size of Its First Data Center (PC World) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:10 PM PDT PC World - Facebook has decided to double the size of its planned data center in Oregon before the first part of the project is even built, the latest sign of the company's rapid growth.

American Idol dumps Sony label for Universal (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - Entertainment mogul Simon Fuller's 19 Management said on Tuesday it signed up Universal Music Group as the label for artists in future seasons of its hit TV show, American Idol, unceremoniously dumping its Sony Music partner of the last nine seasons.

Security Exploit Can Give Hackers Control of Your iPhone or iPad [WARNING] (Mashable) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:58 AM PDT Mashable - The same technique used in the first web-based Jailbreak for iPhone can be utilized by hackers to seize control of your phone via a program that can be delivered via PDF to any iOS device running 3.1.2 or higher, according Gizmodo and CNET.

Fresh and familiar won't be enough for new BlackBerry Torch (Appolicious) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:00 AM PDT Appolicious - We've been down this road before with Research in Motion (RIMM) and a new touchscreen phone. But until we hold the new BlackBerry Torch and get a sense of how easy and intuitive it is to navigate, it is unclear whether it will light a fire under RIM's distraught user base or lead to tsunami of bad press, like the universally despised BlackBerry Storm.

Hackers could enslave iPad, iPhone: security firms (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:15 PM PDT Reuters - A newly discovered vulnerability in the software that runs Apple Inc's iPad and iPhone could allow hackers to enslave the popular mobile devices, three security firms said on Tuesday.

Intrepid Users Find Froyo for the Motorola Droid (PC World) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:55 PM PDT PC World - Earlier today a member of the androidforums.com message board found what appeared to be a new Android OS update for the Motorola Droid on Google's servers. Marked with a similar naming-scheme as past official updates from Google, the file name indicated it was the newest release of the Android OS, 2.2 (aka "Froyo") for the Droid.

New threat: Hackers look to take over power plants (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:00 PM PDT AP - Computer hackers have begun targeting power plants and other critical operations around the world in bold new efforts to seize control of them, setting off a scramble to shore up aging, vulnerable systems.

Why Linux Is More Secure Than Windows (PC World) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:49 AM PDT PC World - "Security through obscurity" may be a catchy phrase, but it's not the only thing that's catching among Windows users.

Indonesian Internet use booming (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:24 PM PDT AFP - So you've looked up sexy spy Anna Chapman's Facebook photos and you've cried along with Lindsay Lohan as she was sent to the slammer, but what about Peterporn, Sinta and Jovita? Ever heard of them?

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