The BlackBerry, made by Canada’s Research In Motion , is open to misuse that poses security risks to the United Arab Emirates, which said on Sunday it would seek to safeguard its consumers and laws.
PC makers are beginning to bear an uncanny resemblance to Apple. Media pads will erode laptop sales, according to analysts. (Credit: Hewlett-Packard) So, what does Apple look like these days? Apple is not as much about the Mac anymore (in case anyone didn’t notice). And it’s not just about a successful gadget sideshow, i.e., the [...]
Blue Coat Systems has turned to the cloud to offer an analysis system that it claimed would improve network performance. The Blue Coat Assessment Service uses some of the functionality of its own PacketShaper appliance to provide the analysis. The system has been designed to allow Blue Coat resellers to deploy a PacketShaper appliance in [...]
Because of a switch in vehicles, the mileage displayed here–511 miles–means Road Trip 2010 has hit 3,000 total miles traveled. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET) BRENTWOOD, New Hampshire–Road Trip 2010 has officially covered enough miles to make it from one coast of America to the other. Of course, that’s not what’s really happened. Instead, I’ve driven 3,000 [...]
As expected, Sprint has launched the Motorola i1 Android smart device online. The i1 features a 3.1 inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen display, Wi-Fi radio, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, M810F certified bodyshell for resistance to shock, vibration and intense rain, Microsoft Document Viewer, Android standard and Swype virtual keyboards, 5.0 megapixel camera with flash, geo-tagging [...]
After first confirming software issues in its Alcatel-Lucent provided network hardware in certain markets this month, reports have begun to surface that have confirmed the fixes and the return of normal upload speeds in the 800-1000kbps range after suddenly being artificially limited to 100kbps due to the issue.
By Andrea Ahles Finance guys at AMR Corp. always seem to fly to the top.With his promotion to president of American Airlines’ parent company last week, Chief Financial Officer Tom Horton may be the next numbers man to lead the Fort Worth-based carrier.Horton didn’t want to talk last week about succession plans, but the past [...]
“I’ve got an old G5 PowerPC tower that’s sitting in a spare room not seeing much in the way of use. I’d like to stick a Linux distribution on it and maybe breathe some life back into it. I’ve got a few vague ideas — it might be a handy file server, streaming video for [...]
If all the tutting, clucking, and yakking about the iPhone has made you reach for your lover’s purple pills, here’s a remedy for your malaise: Most people who have an iPhone are very happy with the service they get from AT&T. No, this is not my conclusion. Though my sense is that the iPhone is [...]
