Monday, September 27, 2010

BlackBerry maker offers tablet aimed at businesses (AP)

BlackBerry maker offers tablet aimed at businesses (AP)

BlackBerry maker offers tablet aimed at businesses (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 06:50 PM PDT

This product image provided by Research In Motion, shows the new Playbook. (AP Photo/Research In Motion) NO SALESAP - The company that gave us the BlackBerry - still the dominant phone in corporate circles - thinks its business customers will have room in their briefcases for at least one more device: the PlayBook.

Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 03:17 PM PDT

This undated handout photo issued by Hesco Bastion on Sept. 27, 2010 shows Jimi Heselden, 62, a British businessman who last year bought the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway personal transporter, who has died in an accident on one of the vehicles. Police in West Yorkshire said Monday that James Heselden and a Segway were found in the River Wharfe near Boston Spa, in northern England. Police said a member of the public had reported seeing a man fall over a 30-foot (9-meter) drop into the river on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andy Paraskos/Hesco/PA Wire) ** MANDATORY CREDIT, UNITED KINGDOM OUT )AP - All police found at the bottom of a cliff was a man's body in a frigid river and a Segway, the two-wheeled electric device that was supposed to revolutionize personal transport.

BlackBerry CEO suggests route to eavesdropping (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 02:45 PM PDT

In this Sept. 24, 2010 photo, Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of Research in Motion Ltd., speaks during an interview at The Associated Press, Friday, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. says it has no way of providing government officials with the text of encrypted corporate e-mails its devices serve up. But if the companies that employ BlackBerry phones want to hand over the encryption keys to their e-mail, it won't object.

RIM unveils a tablet: the BlackBerry PlayBook (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 02:31 PM PDT

RIM President and Co-Chief Executive Officer Mike Lazaridis announces the new BlackBerry PlayBook as he delivers a keynote address at the BlackberryDevCon 2010 in San Francisco, California. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion unveiled a touchscreen tablet computer on Monday called Ben Patterson - Looks like all those rumors about BlackBerry maker Research in Motion coming out with its own tablet were true — well, everything except for the name.

The one-cent Samsung Fascinate, and other smartphone bargains (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:10 PM PDT

Ben Patterson - You can snag Samsung’s just-released, Android-powered Fascinate smartphone for just a penny, if you know where to look — and provided you’re willing to sign a new, two-year contract with Verizon. Other current smartphone bargains: Motorola’s Droid 2, and the Samsung Captivate.

BlackBerry unveils 'PlayBook' tablet computer (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 08:59 PM PDT

RIM President and Co-Chief Executive Officer Mike Lazaridis announces the new BlackBerry PlayBook as he delivers a keynote address at the BlackberryDevCon 2010 in San Francisco, California. The firm has unveiled a touchscreen tablet computer called AFP - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is taking on iPad in the table computer game with a "PlayBook" aimed to capitalize on its strength -- the trust of business users keen on secure communications.

Report: US would make Internet wiretaps easier (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:55 PM PDT

The Obama administration is drawing up legislation to make it easier for US intelligence services to eavesdrop on the Internet, including email exchanges and social networks, The New York Times said Monday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AP - The Obama administration is pushing to make it easier for the government to tap into internet and e-mail communications. But the plan has already drawn condemnation from privacy groups and communications firms may be wary of its costs and scope.

RIM's Balsillie sees PlayBook as radical leap (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 07:40 PM PDT

Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie discusses the new BlackBerry PlayBook device during an interview with Reuters in New York September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - The iPad may have defined the game, but Jim Balsillie is convinced the BlackBerry PlayBook will transform it.

France arrests 9 for mobile-phone codes fraud (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 11:56 AM PDT

Reuters - French authorities have dismantled a cybercrime network and arrested nine people suspected of being involved in the illegal sale of codes used to unlock mobile phones, police said on Monday.

Facebook IPO likely after late 2012: board member (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:23 PM PDT

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a news conference at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Facebook, the world's largest online social network, is likely to go public sometime after late 2012, a board member said, satisfying investors' appetite for a slice of one of the Internet's biggest growth stories.

Will your new film be a hit? Ask the web (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Tracking web searches for new songs, video games and movies can predict which ones will be big hits, but often not much better than traditional methods, researchers at Yahoo Inc reported on Monday.

BlackBerry PlayBook Revealed: RIM's Answer to the Tablet Boom (Mashable)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:13 AM PDT

Mashable - At the BlackbBerry DevCon in San Francisco today, RIM introduced its brand new tablet device: the BlackBerry PlayBook, which is scheduled for release in early 2011 in North America with rollouts in Q2 in the rest of the world.

Fresh iPhone Apps: Texting with Bread, Bing update, iStreamer and more... (Appolicious)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:48 AM PDT

Appolicious - In today's Fresh iPhone Apps, we bring you a video game trailer for a new ScrewAttack title, tell you a thing about the new Bing update, and much more.

5 Reasons Nokia's N8 Is Dead On Arrival (PC World)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 05:17 PM PDT

PC World - So far, Nokia's new Symbian phone, the N8, is getting lukewarm reviews, and few are willing to bet on anything except its slow demise. There are reasons, mainly its operating system, that make the phone a very hard sell to Americans consuming both Android and Apple iOS systems and applications.

NetApp (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:01 PM PDT

Investor's Business Daily - NetApp (NMS:NTAP) , a maker of enterprise data storage and management systems, slid 2% to 49.39 even after JPMorgan raised its target price for NetApp to 58 from 49. NetApp's shares have jumped more than 25% recently after Hewlett-Packard bid $2 bil to acquire rival 3Par (AMEX:PAR - News).

More Join HP, Intel and Yahoo on Open Cirrus Cloud Test Bed (PC World)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:50 AM PDT

PC World - Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Yahoo have recruited more backers for Open Cirrus, their joint, open source project for cloud computing research.

US rights group concerned by Web wiretap plans (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:21 PM PDT

A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe. A digital rights group expressed concern on Monday over reports that the Obama administration is drawing up legislation to make it easier for US intelligence services to eavesdrop on the Internet.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - A digital rights group expressed concern on Monday over reports that the Obama administration is drawing up legislation to make it easier for US intelligence services to eavesdrop on the Internet.
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