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BlackBerry remains the device of choice for the US Government
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BlackBerry remains the device of choice for the US Government

Posted by Jared DiPane on 6 Apr 2012 10:38 am
While some companies may be moving away from corporate BlackBerry devices, and RIM has released applications for Android and iOS , the US Government has decided that BlackBerry is still their top choice. RIM's focus has been, and likely always will be having a secure platform in which the users data is extremely safe. While the US Government has allowed some users to go with Android or iOS,...
Keeping your BlackBerry Smartphone safe from illegal search and seizure ... and parents
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Keeping your BlackBerry Smartphone safe from illegal search and seizure ... and parents

Posted by Joseph Holder on 12 Nov 2011 9:06 am
  In the United States, as I'm sure it is in many parts of the world, we take our right to privacy very seriously. Our Fourth Amendment to our Constitution protects us from unreasonable search and seizure, and we defend that right so vehemently that the simple act of moving a computer mouse to wake a computer from a screen saver mode has been ruled an illegal search. Strangely though, your...
Review: iLocker Pro - App Lock and Privacy Protection
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Review: iLocker Pro - App Lock and Privacy Protection

Posted by Alicia Erlich on 12 Sep 2011 2:59 pm
If you've just gotten a new BlackBerry then probably one of the most important to-do's on your list is protecting your device. Now I'm not talking about cases or screen protectors but about your personal information. Some of us just go about our business and don't always realize how much of our "stuff" is out there for everyone to see especially when we hand off our device to friends, family...
Russia looking into implementing the BlackBerry PlayBook and banning the iPad for government use
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Russia looking into implementing the BlackBerry PlayBook and banning the iPad for government use

Posted by Michelle Haag on 29 Jul 2011 1:00 pm
Last week RIM announced that the BlackBerry PlayBook was granted FIPS 140-2 certification. This makes the PlayBook the first tablet to be approved for use by US federal government employees, which is a pretty big thing. It seems this is opening up doors in other places as well, as Russia is now looking into banning Apple's iPad for government use, and looking into the PlayBook as a more secure...
WiFi Network Priority on BlackBerry PlayBook not necessarily the same as on BlackBerry Smartphone - potential security bug?
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WiFi Network Priority on BlackBerry PlayBook not necessarily the same as on BlackBerry Smartphone - potential security bug?

Posted by IsaacKendall on 28 Apr 2011 11:10 am
Last week we posted an article how the PlayBook automatically transfers your saved Wi-Fi networks from your BlackBerry the first time it Bridges.  I first noticed this when I got my PlayBook home and saw it attached to my Guest 'g' Network by itself.  My first thought was "WOW how cool is this!!"  I hit up come colleagues on BBM and had them check their saved Wi-Fi networks and we noticed that...
BlackBerry security breached at Pwn2Own 2011
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BlackBerry security breached at Pwn2Own 2011

Posted by Bla1ze on 10 Mar 2011 8:32 pm
This year's Pwn2Own event is well underway in Vancouver. The yearly event takes the best White hat hackers and challenges them to exploit computers and operating systems so that their vulnerabilities may be shared with the owners of those operating systems in an effort to make them more secure. In previous years, Research In Motion has stood its ground but this year results are now in for...
BlackBerry 101 - Application permissions
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BlackBerry 101 - Application permissions

Posted by Joseph Holder on 31 Dec 2010 11:05 am
Know thy permissions; Know thy BlackBerry.   Just about every time you install a new application on your BlackBerry, you're asked to set permissions. Long ago, Research In Motion decided that only the BlackBerry end user would be able to decide how apps would interact with the smartphone. Unlike some other device creators, there are no code signing or other workarounds to granting the...
In a world of proprietary and open source software, where does BlackBerry fit?
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In a world of proprietary and open source software, where does BlackBerry fit?

Posted by Yousif Abdullah on 20 Oct 2010 3:22 pm
As I was crawling the Web for BlackBerry news, I ended up at our sister site, Android Central. I stumbled on this interesting article called ”What does 'open' mean to us?”, which discusses the state of open source and its relation to the Android platform. Being a loyal Linux hacker, I simply could not let this slip away – someone going by the name eric6052 commented on the article at Android...
BlackBerry encryption, time to talk turkey
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BlackBerry encryption, time to talk turkey

Posted by IsaacKendall on 1 Sep 2010 10:21 am
With all the news these days of about encryption on the BlackBerry solution there is a great amount of misunderstood reporting in the media on just what is at stake between RIM and governments of the world. I'm not going to pretend that this article will be the ultimate encryption thesis it's my hope to explain things plainly and clearly. As global terrorism rages, governments are trying to...

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