Monday, August 2, 2010

UAE: BlackBerry crackdown will affect visitors too (AP)

UAE: BlackBerry crackdown will affect visitors too (AP)

UAE: BlackBerry crackdown will affect visitors too (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2009 file photo, a man talks on his smart phone at the Dubai Financial Market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The UAE said Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010 it will block key features on BlackBerry smart phones, citing national security concerns because the devices operate beyond the government's ability to monitor their use. Officials in neighboring Saudi Arabia indicated it planned to follow suit. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)AP - The United Arab Emirates' looming crackdown on BlackBerry services will extend to foreign visitors, putting the government's concerns over the smart phones in direct conflict with the country's ambitions to be a business and tourism haven.

HP reaches settlement with DOJ in kickbacks case (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:21 PM PDT

AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday that it has agreed in principle to settle a lawsuit by the Department of Justice, which alleged that HP and other technology companies paid kickbacks to Accenture PLC in exchange for recommendations for government work.

Questions and answers about UAE's BlackBerry ban (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:52 AM PDT

AP - Some questions and answers about the United Arab Emirates banning the use of BlackBerry's messaging and Web services:

Motorola back on top (Christopher Null)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:20 PM PDT

Christopher Null - Remember when the Motorola RAZR was all the rage? With its simple, ultra-slim flip phone, Motorola was the “It” company in the cell phone business, imitated by everyone but unstoppable in the marketplace.

That didn’t take long: New Kindle 'temporarily' sold out (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Ben Patterson - Just days after announcing a new, smaller Kindle — including a cheaper, Wi-Fi-only model — Amazon has announced that the revamped Kindle is "temporarily" sold out, with new shipments not expected until early September.

Remains of the Day: Lies, damn lies, and market share (Macworld.com)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Macworld.com - Statistics and puppets are surprisingly similar: you can make either one say anything you want. Also, Apple’s taking some unorthodox iPod accessory makers to court and The New York Times is going to help publications make iPad apps. It’s all packaged in the neat little box we call the remainders for Monday, August 2, 2010.

AP IMPACT: New ID theft targets kids' SS numbers (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:35 PM PDT

Graphic outlines a new kind of credit fraud scheme involving credit privacy numbers;AP - The latest form of identity theft doesn't depend on stealing your Social Security number. Now thieves are targeting your kid's number long before the little one even has a bank account.

BlackBerry users reassured as Gulf woes multiply (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:04 PM PDT

A man looks at a BlackBerry mobile phone in a store in Dubai on August 01, 2010. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion vowed not to compromise customer security after two Gulf governments threatened to block key services.(AFP)AFP - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion vowed not to compromise customer security after two Gulf governments threatened to block key services.

Mobile carriers plan pay system (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Investor's Business Daily - The top 2 U.S. mobile carriers plan a smart-phone-based, contactless payment system that would compete with credit and debit cards from Visa and MasterCard , Bloomberg reported, citing sources. AT&T and Verizon Wireless, a Verizon -Vodafone (NMS:VOD) venture, are reportedly teaming up with Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA, Discover Fin'l and Barclays to test a system in Atlanta and 3 other U.S. cities. MasterCard shares fell 3.7% and Visa 1.5%. AT&T and Verizon rose.

NBA tops US leagues in Twitter followers (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:55 PM PDT

The frontpage of Twitter, a leading Internet microblogging site. More than two million people follow the NBA on Twitter, a record for any US sport league on the social networking site, the league announced Monday.(AFP/Loic Venance)AFP - More than two million people follow the NBA on Twitter, a record for any US sport league on the social networking site, the league announced.

DirecTV pips rival DISH from CenturyLink web (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:25 PM PDT

Reuters - DirecTV Group has pushed arch-foe Dish Network off rural telephone company CenturyLink's network, a key victory for the top U.S. satellite TV provider fighting to grow its customer base.

Pulse + Posterous = News Sharing Bliss (Mashable)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:13 PM PDT

Mashable - Pulse, an innovative mobile news app, just got a lot more social, thanks to a new personalization feature that allows Pulse users to save and publish their own feeds.

BlackBerry ban may be good for business (Appolicious)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:13 PM PDT

Appolicious - The United Arab Emirates is banning the BlackBerry. The move could give Research in Motion a marketing boost. Also in today's App Industry news: Will Ferrell stars in Wired's new iPad app.

Microsoft patches "critical" crack in Windows (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:29 PM PDT

Microsoft released an emergency patch for a AFP - Microsoft released an emergency patch for a "critical" crack in Windows operating system software that could let hackers take control of computers over the Internet.

EU opens anti-trust probe of IBM mainframe (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:32 PM PDT

Reuters - European Union competition regulators launched two anti-trust investigations against International Business Machines Corp, suspecting it of abusing its dominant position in the mainframe computer market.

Emergency Patch Fixes Windows Shortcut Vulnerability (NewsFactor)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:06 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Microsoft has rushed out a patch to correct the way Windows parses shortcuts, a vulnerability we reported two weeks ago. Hackers have been exploiting the bug, which Microsoft had warned was most likely to be spread by removable drives when AutoPlay was not disabled.

Firefox Falls Further Behind in Browser Wars (PC World)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:37 PM PDT

PC World - Linux user, how many different Internet browsers do you have on your system? You have Konqueror if you use KDE, Iceweasel or Epiphany if you use GNOME, and optionally, you might have Firefox, Chrome or Opera. You might have all of those.

Secretive Group Seeks Recruits, Finds Skepticism (PC World)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:50 PM PDT

PC World - A secretive volunteer group that tries to track terrorists and criminals on the Internet went to the Defcon hacker conference this past week in hopes of recruiting information security experts, but it will first have to overcome some skepticism.
Posted by Harshad at 9:25 PM

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)