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Submission + - BlackBerry CEO on What Went Wrong (cio.com)

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on Tuesday July 10, 2012 @09:41AM

AZA43 writes: "After releasing some very ugly financial numbers in late June, BlackBerry-maker RIM went on a media blitz to downplay the significance of its latest earnings and counter increasingly negative media attention. Its CEO even published a bit of desperate corporate cheerleading in the Globe and Mail. But a new Q&A with BlackBerry chief Thorsten Heins offers a unique take on what exactly went wrong at RIM—Heins blames the company's downfall on LTE in the US—and he actually seems genuine in his answers."

Submission + - Android Malware Scam Nets $265K, Lands IT Execs in Jail (cio.com)

Submitted by AZA43 on Monday June 18, 2012 @09:54AM

AZA43 writes: Tokyo police have arrested six men, including two IT executives and one former tech exec, in connection with an Android malware campaign that netted $265,000. The men created a piece of Android malware that they disguised as a video player and distributed through an adult website. The app stole personal information and attempted to extort money for data "protection services." The malware doesn't appear to be particularly sophisticated, but it convinced more than 200 horny Japanese dudes to shell out $1200 each. And the arrests are one of, if not the, first time a major police force brought down criminals who used Android malware to extort a significant chunk of cash.

Submission + - DoD Networks Completely Compromised by Spies, Experts Say (cio.com) 2

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on Thursday March 22, 2012 @03:33PM

AZA43 writes: "A group of U.S. federal cybersecurity experts recently said the Defense Department's network is totally compromised by foreign spies. The experts suggest the agency simply accept that its networks are compromised and will probably remain that way, then come up with a way to protect data on infected machines and networks. Yeeeeaaahhh."

Submission + - RIM Trying to Woo Customers With Porn, Gambling Apps? (cio.com)

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on Friday February 24, 2012 @01:27PM

AZA43 writes: "Everybody knows that BlackBerry-maker RIM is hurting these days. But is it hurting enough to try to attract new customers with the promise of porn and/or gambling apps? A new rating system added to RIM's BlackBerry App World store suggests that it just may be that desperate. The new "Adult" rating covers, "graphic sexual content, graphic nudity," " graphic violence," and gambling apps "as permitted by law." And that suggests RIM will allow this kind of content into App World, in stark contrast to Apple's no-porn-on-the-iPhone stand."

Submission + - Amazon Blocks Video Streaming on BlackBerry Tablet, Blames Apple (cio.com)

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on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @10:51AM

AZA43 writes: "Amazon.com has blocked its Instant Video streaming service on BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, in an apparent effort to make its Kindle Fire device more attractive to tablet buyers. And it says Apple is the reason why it blocked the service. But the company hasn't blocked comparable Android tablets from streaming Instant Video, and Android tablets hold a much larger portion of the overall tablet market than PlayBooks. Amazon will likely succeed only in alienating customer with PlayBooks who have already purchased lots of streaming video content."

Submission + - Trademark Trouble for RIM Over New "BBX" Name (cio.com)

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on Thursday October 20, 2011 @10:22AM

AZA43 writes: "As if its latest BlackBerry service outage--the worst in company history--and the mass exodus of BlackBerry users to iOS and Android weren't bad enough, RIM is now facing a potential trademark lawsuit over the name of its next generation BlackBerry OS: BBX. The BBX announcement was the most significant news to come from RIM's BlackBerry Developer Conference this week, and now it looks like RIM may have change the upcoming platform's name to something else. RIM just can't seem to do anything right these days....."

Submission + - Russian Software Company Says It Can Crack Secure (cio.com)

Submitted by AZA43 on Friday September 30, 2011 @11:55AM

AZA43 writes: Russian security software vendor Elcomsoft has released an app that it claims can determine BlackBerry handheld passwords. The software supposedly hacks the BlackBerry password via an advanced handheld security setting that's meant to encrypt data stored on a user's memory card. And a hacker doesn't even need to have the BlackBerry to determine a password, just the media card.

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