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BlackBerry Making Middle East Security Concessions?
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 9) -- Perhaps privacy is relative. Faced with the prospect of a sweeping ban of the communication features that make a BlackBerry a BlackBerry, Research in Motion (RIM), the device's maker, appears poised to renege on its iron-clad promise that it would never compromise secured user data sealed within its encrypted network. On Friday, DailyFinance reported on the Saudi Arabian government's announcement that it had struck an agreement with RIM to troll user data. This would be accomplished by having RIM put in a local server within the country. Previously, RIM routed and encrypted all ...
Obama to Quit 'Crackberry'?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyBarack Obama's newly named Secretary of Commerce, Bill Richardson, once famously answered the question "If you could bring one thing with you to a deserted island, what would it be?" with the retort, "My Crackberry." Those familiar with the wickedly addicting technological marvel that is the Blackberry knew exactly where Richardson was coming from. Indeed, for many multi-tasking politicians, the Blackberry is not just a handy way to communicate, it's a thumb-gnarling way of life. And you can add tech-savvy President-elect Obama to that list, at least for now.The problem with a Blackberry in ...
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