Alarm Bells!
“They are in a pickle. Their pickle is security,” Mr. Heins said in an interview. “When the first big security flaw even happens in one of the large enterprises, you will see this turn around. Wait for the day this happens.”
via In Europe, Some Lovers of the BlackBerry Now Seek A New Flavor – NYTimes.com.
Children’s brains could be left damaged and they could suffer temporary ‘dementia’ by playing computer games, a leading scientist has warned.
via Computer games leave children with ‘dementia’ warns top neurologist | Mail Online.
I think it would be entirely appropriate to lose the “Leading” and “Scientist” from the article.
A “Leading Scientist” would be happy to publish papers in order to be peer-reviewed. Baroness Susan Greenfield as zero science behind this stupid claim. Lets make some wild claims to get funding and recognition for my current do-gooding project.
Thanks to a mob mentality of those who are ill-informed or just plain stupid. Forcing the RBS Chief to refuse his bonus has just written £320,000,000 (the loss is growing see) off the market cap of RBS.
That means this whole debacle has cost the taxpayer at least £262,400,000. Paying the bonus in the first place would have cost the tax payer nothing, the payment was coming out of profits.
And as for the idiots who think good money is being thrown after bad at RBS. RBS is owned by the taxpayer and not funded.
Well done to the Ed Millerband and the cronies.
HP says it expects the software will be fully open-sourced by September, at which point its official name will be Open webOS 1.0.
The first rule of security, the mechanism for your security/encryption should be able to fall into enemy hands without compromising said security.
Several years after the theft of source code for several of its security products, Symantec has recommended that users of pcAnywhere, which allows users to remotely connect to another computer, disable the software until further notice.
via Symantec warns users to disable pcAnywhere in wake of source code theft | The Verge.
For a word that can so vastly change the fortunes of a company, it’s worth noting that no generally accepted definition of the word design exists. This means when your boss stands up in front of the team at that all-hands and says, “We’ll have a design-centered culture,” there’s a good chance he’s saying nothing at all.
One measure announced was greater power for shareholders to block excessive pay or redundancy packages.
via BBC News – Government plans to curb executive pay announced.
The once great Vince Cable, sprouting some tosh. Thanks to the coordinated effort of the worlds’ central banks, dolling out effectively free money to anybody who asked. Large corporations/companies i.e those big enough to have shareholders, have been steadily buying back their shares.
So lets give more power to the shareholders… I think I can foresee a problem with this.
Announcement :
Research In Motion Names Thorsten Heins President and CEO
- Board Acts on Recommendation of Co-CEOs to Implement Succession Plan
- Mike Lazaridis Named Vice Chair of the Board
- Jim Balsillie Remains a Director
- Barbara Stymiest Named Independent Board Chair
- Prem Watsa Named Independent Director
Via RIM – PR
Analysis:
Basically the players have been moved around the board, but the story is still the same. If RIM are going to be a even a slightly convincing third or fourth in the mobile arena, they need a Nokia style burning platform memo, and a talent transplant. They are fast losing ground and spending time on Tablets that have bombed. Get QNX working on a phone, and get BBM everywhere. The only thing RIM does well is BBM, and even that isn’t on the tablet(s) yet – it should be sending warning alarms off to everybody not least the management teams.
Anyone who assumes that a simple CEO swap is the answer to all of RIMs issues is woefully misinformed, or worse, just blinded by false hope.
via Editorial: RIMs new CEO isnt the shakeup it needed — Engadget.
Theres nothing like creating something for a problem that doesn’t exist.
Idea: Whenever your car is moving, we disable your phone. If you need to have a gadget to stop you doing something which is stupid in the first place, then you shouldn’t be in the car.
Scosche has a simple plug-and-play solution to help curb smartphone activities while driving.
via Plug-in gadget halts phone texting, apps while driving — Mobile Technology News.
