How NOT to build buzz for your new BlackBerry, RIM
There was frightening news from Indonesia ten days ago, when a BlackBerry launch event turned into first a riot, and then a dangerous stampede. The incident hospitalized three and caused 90 others to lose consciousness. Now the...
Carrier IQ is BYOD kiss of death -- urgent action required
Does your enterprise operate a Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) policy? Are your employees running around with their own iPhones, rather than the company-supplied BlackBerry?The scare over the Carrier IQ spyware/rootkit should make you...
Stupid idea: Ban email at huge IT company (Atos)
By Richi Jennings (@richi ) - November 30, 2011.
Atos (formerly Atos Origin) has announced that it's abandoning its use of email. Seriously? A $13 billion company that operates in 42 countries is going to stop using email? That's...
Verizon Galaxy Nexus LTE pre-order no-show
What's the deal with the LTE Galaxy Nexus on Verizon Wireless? When's the release date, and when can we pre-order it? After all the foggy rumor shenanigans over Black Friday, we now have enough triangulation to be confident. ...
Verizon Galaxy Nexus LTE release date rumor: Nov 29
Let's look at the latest rumors 'round the Verizon Wireless Galaxy Nexus LTE release date. While JR is no doubt recovering from severe turkey-excess, we'll see if we can shed some light on this thing...Artem Russakovskii noticed this...
PhoneDog hits back re. @NoahKravitz Twitter lawsuit
Remember the earlier articles about the employer that asked its departing employee to give it back "his" Twitter account? You've heard the employee's side of the story, now we finally have a statement from the employer. In many ways,...
Sued Twitter-user @NoahKravitz speaks up
Remember yesterday's article about the employer that asked its departing employee to give it back "his" Twitter account? Here's the ex-employee's side of the story... As you may recall, this employer -- PhoneDog Media (PDM) --...
Socially engineered attacks on business bank accounts
By Richi Jennings (@richi ) - November 8, 2011.
Your business banking account is under threat from scammers posing as your bank. Yes, we've all heard of phishing, but this is different. Modern protections against bogus online...
Has Carbonite had a privacy breach? I'm getting spam.
Oh ****, where's all this spam coming from? It looks like Carbonite, Inc. has been giving out customers' personal information. The company's admitted giving my email address to a third party, despite promising that it wouldn't....
Galaxy Nexus release date confirmed; ICS Android flagship sails soon
Samsung Electronics, the self-styled "top smartphone maker", has now confirmed the Galaxy Nexus release date in Europe, but is being slightly fuzzier about the U.S. date. However, we should see the long-anticipated reference Android...
Microsoft unveils new anti-Android stratagem
By Richi Jennings (@richi ) - October 24, 2011.
It's no surprise that Microsoft is attacking Android with its intellectual property portfolio. However, the big news in the mobile platform world this weekend was Microsoft's latest...
iPhone app spyware: Shocking enterprise risks
By Richi Jennings (@richi ) - October 20, 2011.
Many iPhone apps are stuffed with spyware. That's the worrying conclusion from Troy Hunt's recent analysis of network traffic generated by popular iOS apps. Enterprises using...
Yes! Jailbreak iOS 5 for iPhone 4, 3GS, and iPad
The jailbreak for iOS 5, on your iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, or original iPad seems to be ready for prime-time. The usual bleeding-edge suspects have discovered the bugs, and the Dev Team's fixed them; so now you should be ready to escape...
Sloppy advice about drowning in email
Have you heard about the Email Charter? It's a series of rules to help people use email more efficiently, and not allow it to become our master. However, while it's a laudable goal, there are several things wrong with it. I've...
"Facebook charging $9.99 tomorrow" -- anatomy of a chain hoax
What's this I head about Facebook charging? Yes, we're told Facebook charges for access, as of tomorrow. Can that be right? Oh, it has to be: it's right there on my Facebook feed. Sheesh. Let's dissect this unbelievable craziness, in...
OK, fire HP CEO Leo, but don't hire Meg Whitman!
Richi's Rant: The rumor runes say Leo Apotheker is to be replaced by Meg Whitman. That's the stupidest idea I've heard in months. Find out why, in The Long View... So, the HP board of directors are minded, we're told, to fire Leo...
Offline Gmail: a Google FAIL
Google has re-introduced its offline functionality for Gmail and Google Apps. And, oh boy, it's a mess. I seem to be saying this a lot recently, but it's as if Google has stopped caring about what its users actually need....
Preventing security threats from cleaning staff
Do you know who's in your building at night? Can you positively vouch for all those here-today, gone-tomorrow contract staff who clean and maintain your offices? Physical access is a worryingly simple vector for data-stealing...
iPhone 5 release date, other rumors
It's time to round up the iPhone 5 release date rumors and all the other Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) chatter about this ridiculously-anticipated pomaceous device. Well, Jonny's away, and someone's gotta do it; so I might as well step into...
iPad 2 & 3 tablet rivals: Another one bites the dust, as HP kills TouchPad
Yesterday's shock news of HP's restructuring included the death of its webOS tablet and smartphone lines. Good news for Apple's iPad 2 -- and the forthcoming iPad 3 -- but lousy news for long-time Palm fans. Let's review where HP...
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