| Reuters: |
Romney gains toehold in Silicon Valley fundraising
— (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Barack Obama, his Blackberry always close at hand, was the darling of the technology world and it rewarded him with generous donations to his 2008 campaign. — Although he is still raising far more money …
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French President receiving a new encrypted phone after a BlackBerry ban
— We know Barak Obama had to give up his precious BlackBerry when he started his term as President - fortunately he was later given a special handset from RIM. We can't say the same for French President Nicolas Sarkozy along …
| Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket: |
Obama White House loves BlackBerry but bars Twitter
— Barack Obama's White House, home of the famously BlackBerrying president and first lady, has blocked online access to Twitter. — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs made the admission today (see C-SPAN video below) …
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| Reuters: |
BlackBerry maker warns on security vulnerability
— BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd has issued a security patch for the popular device, whose users include U.S. President Barack Obama, warning that it is vulnerable to attacks by hackers.
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| Dana Milbank / Washington Post: |
A Tale of 140 Characters, Plus the Ones in Congress
— It's a case of Twittering while Rome burns. — President Obama spoke of economic calamity and war last night in that solemn rite of democracy, the address to the joint session of Congress. And lawmakers watched him with the dignity Americans …
| Mhtaylor Mhtaylor / Digits: |
Government Hack Attacks Prompt Scrutiny
— By Marisa Taylor — In the wake of the Obama administration's announcement of a 60-day federal review of the government's initiatives on cyber security, an e-mail obtained by the Project on Government Oversight reveals another embarrassing security breach …
| Chris Soghoian / CNET News: |
Obama's BlackBerry brings personal safety risks
— When the mainstream media first announced Barack Obama's ‘victory’ in keeping his BlackBerry, the focus was on the security of the device, and keeping the U.S. president's e-mail communications private from spies and hackers.
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.