> "We'll obviously learn details soon enough, but for now, we are left to wonder whether it'll be Apple or Google that ends up owning the automotive market." Or BlackBerry who currently is the dominant player?

Ford switches to QNX.

You see it time and again.. that dickbag uncle who wants to get in touch now that the final curtain is drawing near.. ruthless, monopolistic Gates now discovering that being #1 doesn't really mean much at the end of the day and often makes for a shitty person. I don't have much sympathy in either case. He had a lifetime to think about what kind of person he wanted to be. Sure, it's nice that he's parting with some of his ill-gotten gains but he probably did more damage to technical innovation than any other person alive.

Seriously.. I always used to think of Kingston as being a solid brand. In one stupid move they are now classified as ripoff scam artist criminal evil scum.

The real question is where the fuck are the indictments? This is *criminal* behavior and yet the taxpayer is going to shoulder "justice." Until cops and elected officials get put in cuffs when they break the law this sort of BS will continue to happen.

Wow.. so adding IL to FL on my "do not visit" list due to their infantile and corrupt police.

Ah yes, great relativistic argument. That's what union defenders always resort to "but-but-but the mega corps are even worse!" Pathetic. And when cities finally roll over into bankruptcy the police and fire unions fight like wounded bears to keep their bloated, egregious pensions -- even when it means cutting the existing police force.

At the end of the day accountability is almost totally absent in the upper echelons of government. Sure, sure, somebody might resign months later after a complete cluster-fuck of a healthcare.gov web site but actual crimes like perjuring oneself while under oath? meh.. "I didn't understand the question" or "it was as truthy as I felt comfortable"

Fuck these guys.

> "The United States of America has become a war zone," he said. "There's violence in the workplace, there's violence in schools and there's violence in the streets. You are seeing police departments going to a semi-military format because of the threats we have to counteract.

You are no longer an officer of the peace.

You are a new armed wing, a great example of the militarization of the American police force. As part part of the Deep State you see yourself as being on one side with the quarrelsome public and their whining on the other.

Violent crime in the US is at a multi-decade low.. and yet you seek tanks to patrol the streets of US cities.

It is any wonder that people freak when the DHS tries to buy 3 billion bullets?

Um, no.. the little American flag on their Gestapo storm trooper outfit tells them they're the good guys. Why else would it be there??

Amen. I've been to Sea World (regrettably) and it made me want to puke. These majestic animals trapped in small pools being forced to flap about while thumping techno music plays and a sleazy DJ whoops the simpletons in the crowd into a frenzy because "omg, I'm getting wet!"

Thanks for regurgitating everything that has gone wrong. It's easy and popular these days to prognosticate that BlackBerry is doomed because stock price, market share, bad press, blah blah. Unfortunately for your ilk BlackBerry is under new management and is executing a number of moves that are different from anything in the past.

Partnering with Foxconn, introducing the Z3, the device management moves described here, BBM on all platforms, etc, are just a few.

BlackBerry remains unrivalled in device security (for sure the facebook crowd won't care), has awesome battery life, and has the smoothest mobile operating system I've ever used. Yes, full disclosure, I own a Z10. Literally the only drawback is that it doesn't have a few apps that might be handy (my banking app most notably). That written the support for Android apps grows and you can now install 'droid apps right out of the play store.

Certainly it's true that BB could still be doomed but commentary like yours is essentially the chatter of the Monday morning quarterback.

A phone that puts security first. No ifs, and, or, buts about it. Not to mention 2-day battery life and a seamless OS experience.

It really is stunning how the asses in Congress will name a surveillance law "Freedom Act"

It's not. But he's a politician and part of a Government that excels at saying one thing and doing another. All this bullshit talk about "transparency" is laughable. The only reason we are having this "talk" is because of Edward Snowden.

Nevermind, of course, that any reasonable reading of the Constitution makes much of the NSA's activities illegal. But no, that's not important. What's important is that we're talking, having "conversations," in a "transparent" manner. Meanwhile the NSA's vacuums are running full tilt and the FISA rubber-stamp machine is printing "Approved" on anything that comes near it.

Although everyone seems to rejoice at Blackberry's troubles their new Z/Q phones are not only the most secure on the market they are also a pleasure to use. I've had an android and used iPhone's before and they do not compare. The ease of multi-tasking, the Hub, and the generally reliable performance are a pleasure. With the latest BB OS they also run Android apps with ease. It's not 100% compatibility but I've gotten Google Navigate and others installed with one click.