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Blackberry spurns Indian spy call
The Canadian manufacturer of Blackberry mobile phones has rejected demands by the Indian government that it help decrypt suspicious text messages.
Research in Motion says its technology does not allow any third party - even the company itself - to read information sent over its network.
The Indian authorities have been reluctant to allow the widespread use of Blackberries in the country.
They fear militants and criminals may take advantage of the secure system.
A number of other countries around the world have expressed similar fears.
Master key
"The Blackberry security architecture for enterprise customers is purposefully designed to exclude the capability for Research in Motion (RIM) or any third party to read encrypted information under any circumstances," the company was quoted by Times of India newspaper as saying.
The Indian government's department of telecommunication and the security agencies have asked the Canadian firm to provide the master key so that they can access the contents transferred between the handheld devices.
In India, Blackberry services are provided by Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Vodafone and BPL Mobile.
The country has only about 115,000 Blackberry customers at the moment, but it is a rapidly growing market. The Canadian manufacturer of Blackberry mobile phones has rejected demands by the Indian government that it help decrypt suspicious te... more -
Bye bye blackberry?
As quoted from the article:
"STEVE JOBS, Apple’s chief executive and field general, has Napoleonic dreams of global conquest for his 10-month-old wonder gadget, the iPhone. So it may be fitting that he’s encountering his most serious resistance in a city called Waterloo.
That is where, 70 miles west of Toronto in Ontario, 19 nondescript, low-rise office buildings comprise the headquarters of Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry.
R.I.M. is the North American leader in building smartphones, those versatile handsets that operate more like computers than phones. But R.I.M. may have trouble dominating the market’s next phase. Once the exclusive domain of e-mail-obsessed professionals, smartphones are now prized by consumers who want easy access to the Web, digital music and video even more than an omnipresent connection to their in-boxes.
Since the iPhone went on sale last summer, amid long lines of shoppers and media adulation, the contours of the smartphone market have begun to shift rapidly toward consumers. An industry once characterized by brain-numbing acronyms and droning discussions about enterprise security is now defined by buzz around handset design, video games and mobile social networks." As quoted from the article: ... more -
Mexican attaché attempts to make off with White House BlackBerrys - Engadget
We're a bit frightened by the fact that high-ranking political officials are told to leave their BlackBerrys outside in an unguarded basket during high-level meetings (really, it's "common practice"), but nevertheless, one chap who tried to take advantage of the situation didn't quite make it out undiscovered. During a recent political meetup in New Orleans, a Mexican press attaché managed to slip a half dozen or so BlackBerrys into his pocket before darting to the airport with visions of black market markups in his head. Before he could exit the country, however, Secret Service had tracked him down after catching him via surveillance footage. As it stands, the responsible individual has been fired from his post, but there's been no word on whether the US will take any further actions. Reevaluating the whole "leaving them out in the open" practice may be a good start -- just sayin'. We're a bit frightened by the fact that high-ranking political officials are told to leave their BlackBerrys outside in an unguarded b... more
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Give Me My Blackberry Or Give Me Death!
Is it normal to have daily conversations with your Blackberry?
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Grown Man Cries Over Not Having His Blackberry
Ok - this is funny/scary - life without a blackberry
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BlackBerry Blackout across the U.S.
Update: Apparently Blackberry service was down intermittently for three hours across North America.
An outage has disconnected BlackBerry smart phones across North America.
AT&T Inc. says the disruption Monday is affecting all wireless carriers. AT&T first learned about the problem at about 3:30 p.m. ET.
There's no word on the cause or when the problem might be fixed.
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion did not immediately return a phone call.
Update link: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080211/blackberry_outage.html?.... Update: Apparently Blackberry service was down intermittently for three hours across North America. ... more -
Naomi or Nay'o'money?
Naomi Campbell will no doubt be everyone's least favourite friend today after her handbag got stolen at Led Zeppelin' reunion gig at London's O2 Arena.
The bag is said to have contained her contact-crammed Blackberry mobile which
amongst others, contained numbers for Nelson Mandela, Beyonce and F1 star Lewis Hamilton...
Anyone checked Ebay for a recently listed Blackberry with no box, charger or SIM??
Naomi Campbell will no doubt be everyone's least favourite friend today after her handbag got stolen at Led Zeppelin' reunion gig at L... more -
preferential treatment
media moguls prefer blackberries and facebook
definition: http://www.adversity.net/Terms_Definitions/TERMS/Prefer... media moguls prefer blackberries and facebook ... more -
CrackBerries Unite!
A free piece of software, BlackBerry Unite!, will be available in Britain next month. It will provide groups of up to five users with access to shared calendars, pictures, music, documents and other content. Now parents can buy BlackBerrys for themselves and their children so they can all co-ordinate their busy lives in a social network - a small and secure version of Facebook. A free piece of software, BlackBerry Unite!, will be available in Britain next month. It will provide groups of up to five users with ... more
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Is that your Phone or your Imagination?
I tend to get phantom phone calls when my phone is actually on me. Then I reach into my pocket and find no one called. Then I get sad.
"If your hipbone is connected to your BlackBerry or your thighbone is connected to your cell phone, those vibrations you're feeling in the car, in your pajamas, in the shower, may be coming from your headbone.
Many mobile phone addicts and BlackBerry junkies report feeling vibrations when there are none, or feeling as if they're wearing a cell phone when they're not." I tend to get phantom phone calls when my phone is actually on me. Then I reach into my pocket and find no one called. Then I get sa... more -
M$FT buying blackberry?
Well, it was good while it lasted...
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iPhone and Blackberry
The differences between an iPhone and a Blackberry. (This is your daily cute video BTW)
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