Tuesday, April 10, 2012

RIM Fishes PlayBook Out of Google's 'Chaotic Cesspool'

RIM Fishes PlayBook Out of Google's 'Chaotic Cesspool'

RIM Fishes PlayBook Out of Google's 'Chaotic Cesspool'

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 02:48 PM PDT

Research In Motion is planning to restrict consumers and app developers from sideloading Android apps onto its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, according to Alec Saunders, company vice president of developer relations. "We're removing sideloading for consumers. Pretty sure we've got a solution for devs," reads a message posted on Saunders' Twitter feed. Saunders later referred to Google's Android Market, which was recently made part of the Google Play store, as a "chaotic cesspool."

Flashback's Mac Malware Mess

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 06:00 AM PDT

In what could be the largest mass infection of Mac computers to date, the Flashback Trojan was estimated to have reached some 700,000 Macs by the end of last week. The Trojan is being planted on the Macs by owners who've been lured to infected Web pages that send a malware downloader to their computers as soon as they land on the page. "It's not about the operating system anymore; it's about the browser," Trend Micro Threat Research Manager Jamz Yaneza told TechNewsWorld. "Browsing exploits don't care what operating system you're on."

Sony Busts Out the Ax

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 09:02 AM PDT

Sony will cut some 10,000 jobs, or 6 percent of its international work force, according to a Monday report in The Wall Street Journal, which cited anonymous sources familiar with the situation. The job cuts are part of new Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai's restructuring plan, according to the report. From the article: "The cuts could run through the two fiscal years until March 2014, although the final timing hasn't been settled, the people said."

How Amazon and Nokia Are Channeling Jobs to Unseat Apple

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:00 AM PDT

The top technology company of the 80s was IBM, 90s was Microsoft, last decade Apple. No company made it across more than one decade as the top company and the trend was away from IT -- IBM -- and toward the consumer/buyer, suggesting that RIM's refocus on IT is clearly pushing upstream. What is also interesting is that the 80s' IBM and last decade's Apple were vertically integrated companies, while Microsoft's world was like what founded the industrial revolution -- one of specialization and, in this case, outsourced software.

'Bike Baron' Is Massively Addictive Daredevil Dynamite

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:00 AM PDT

I'm far from a huge gamer on iOS, but occasionally a great game will catch my attention in a cosmic crash of serendipity. In this case, I stumbled upon actor Nathan Fillion's Twitter feed. He wrote: "My latest game addiction? Download 'Bike Baron.' Thank me later." I'm guessing the guy has some downtime on the set of the show. In any event, I had briefly considered downloading "Bike Baron" a few days before, then saw this tweet, then tapped in my App Store password, and boom, here we are.

Microsoft's Linux Labors: A Signal of Defeat?

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Such has been the joy in the Linux blogosphere over Red Hat's ascendance to the billion-dollar sphere that it's been difficult to imagine anything that could possibly top that excitement. But guess what? A new report from the Linux Foundation recently offered news that many consider equally momentous -- and potentially just as encouraging for FOSS. "For the first time, Microsoft appears on [the] list of companies that are contributing to the Linux kernel," noted the foundation in a press release last week announcing the latest edition of its report on the state of the Linux kernel.
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