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BlackBerry Gradually Getting More Spy-Friendly in India

in News on October 1, 2010 at 11:03 am PT

Indian officials are reporting a bit of progress today toward their requirement that Research in Motion and the nation’s telecoms make BlackBerry communications accessible to security agencies. Home Minister G.K. Pillai told Reuters that authorities can now get printouts of BlackBerry Messenger conversations within four or five hours of making the request to RIM. They are hoping to have real-time access by the end of the year, he said. The means to monitor BlackBerry’s encrypted corporate email system remains elusive, however.

Don’t Blame Apple for Its Music Monopoly. Blame the Big Labels.

in Media on May 26, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Federal regulators are looking at Apple yet again, this time at the company’s dominance of digital music. But the big music companies are the ones that gave Apple that power, and they’re the ones that could take it away. Don’t hold your breath.

Google Makes Employee Information "Universally Accessible," "Useful" to Data Thieves

in News on July 3, 2008 at 4:54 pm PT

How ironic. The personal data of some Google employees may be as “universally accessible” as the world of information Google claims it is its mission to organize.

Google Makes Employee Information “Universally Accessible,” “Useful” to Data Thieves

in News on July 3, 2008 at 4:54 pm PT

How ironic. The personal data of some Google employees may be as “universally accessible” as the world of information Google claims it is its mission to organize.

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Is the Best Browser for Web — For Now

in Personal Technology on June 5, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 is the best Web browser out there right now, and it tops the current versions of both IE and Safari in features, speed and security, writes Walt Mossberg. It is easy to install and easy to use, even for a mainstream, non-technical user.
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