Tuesday, May 3, 2011

RIM Touches Up Bold With NFC, OS Update

RIM Touches Up Bold With NFC, OS Update

RIM Touches Up Bold With NFC, OS Update

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:44 AM PDT

Research In Motion announced two new BlackBerry Bold smartphones as well as version 7 of its BlackBerry operating system Monday at the BlackBerry World conference, being held in Orlando, Fla., through Wednesday. The new devices, the BlackBerry 9900 and 9930, are the thinnest and most powerful devices in the BlackBerry line, RIM said. Both models offer a capacitive touchscreen, have a 1.2GHz processor, and support HSPA+ 4G. They also sport near field communications. The new smartphones are scheduled to be available worldwide this summer.

Scareware Gives Mac Users the Heebie-Jeebies

Posted: 02 May 2011 02:47 PM PDT

Scareware has apparently made its way to the Apple Mac platform. Intego, which specializes in creating antivirus software for the Apple Mac platform, warned Monday that a fake antivirus program called "MACDefender" is attacking Apple Macs. Scareware in general is a common tactic used by online scammers, and it's been seen many times in the past to fool users of Windows PCs. Like many other scareware variants, MACDefender takes victims to a website, tells them their computers are infected, then tricks them into buying a non-existent antivirus program.

It's Cold Out There: Protecting Data Outside the Enterprise Firewall

Posted: 02 May 2011 06:00 AM PDT

Today's business has come to rely on mobility. Employees take their laptops home, work on tablets and collaborate anywhere via the Web. Unfortunately, these productivity advancements have paved the way for new cyber-vulnerabilities against an organization's private data and intellectual property. Can mobility continue to be a business benefit when attackers take advantage of security loopholes? Absolutely -- so long as the correct measures are in place to secure IP and keep business flowing.

Will the Tablet Follow the PC Path or the iPod Way?

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT

There is this debate going on in the analyst community with most arguing that the tablet market is like the PC market was, and Apple will once again be overwhelmed -- in this case largely by Google and Android. But a few of us, mostly me, are arguing that it is behaving much more like the iPod market, and Apple will emerge preeminent unless something big changes. Let's see who is right. I'll close with my product of the week: a tool created by PC vendor Lenovo, which could be used to integrate any browser-based device -- like, say, an iPad -- into any company as a full-fledged and secure client.

PC, or Not PC, That Is the Question for Linux Users

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT

It may be true that "the clothes make the man," as the old saying goes, but can anything similar be said of a user's computing preference? Indeed it can, at least if a recent Hunch survey is anything to go by. Mac users are generally a much more interesting bunch, according to Hunch's "Profile of a self-described Mac person vs. PC person," which was published recently as an infographic. In fact, Mac users are younger, more liberal, more urban, more educated and more likely to eat Shawarma than PC users are, according to the report. Oddly, they're also more likely to consider themselves "computer-savvy gearheads."

Crackle: A Useful Piece of the Mobile Streaming Patchwork Quilt

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT

For iPhone and iPad owners who are willing to be hunters and gathers of free, high-quality movies and TV shows, there's a newly updated app available: Crackle. All you've got to do is keep your expectations low and keep looking. Let me explain. First, Hollywood movies and big-budget television shows are available all over for digital consumption in various ways. To get those onto your iPhone or iPad, you've got to be willing to look. ABC Player, for instance, lets you watch full-length TV shows from the ABC broadcast network.
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