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With mobility the way it is today, what do you see as the biggest actual security threat?
I think the biggest threat … both to the carrier and to the end users is really the fraudulent services charges. We're moving into a mobile... Aug 17, 2006
There was no crying in the streets. No looting. No blank-faced executives thumbing useless devices in a desperate attempt to send or receive just one last e-mail. After months of speculation and preparation, it appears BlackBerrys... Feb 27, 2006
Just a week after shelling out more than half a billion dollars to make a vexing patent infringement suit disappear, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) didn't waste any time getting back to business. The mobile e-mail... Mar 16, 2006
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) has coughed up more than a half-billion dollars to NTP Inc. to protect itself and its partners from any future patent infringement claims. The settlement, announced late Friday, comes... Mar 6, 2006
The market for mobile devices in 2005 was centered on one thing: connectivity. Wireless e-mail and messaging, access to mission-critical applications and the need to retrieve data quickly drove PDAs and smartphones to the... Jan 4, 2006
First they were BlackBerry "pancakes," now they're "bricks."
In the past month, a number of businesses have gone public about squishing BlackBerry and picking devices enabled with GoodLink, the mobile email platform from Good... By the time you read this, there could very well be 200 mobile viruses in the wild waiting to latch onto your company's devices and wreak some major havoc. As of yesterday, the number of mobile-specific viruses teetered at 199 -- and that... Apr 26, 2006
With the recent announcement offering BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) in a hosted environment, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) planted its feet in the often neglected SMB space, an area that has been reluctant to...
Jul 20, 2006
Maybe the kids are on to something. Day in, day out, pre-teens and teens bombard friends with text messages, flooding in-boxes and inching up cell phone bills at 10 cents a pop. But it appears the kiddies may be early adopters of a... Jun 22, 2006
It's become impossible to ignore the grasp mobile devices have on today's enterprise. They've become mission-critical for all types of organizations that rely on untethered access to keep in touch. But devices have evolved far... May 9, 2006
When Houston law firm Allen Boone Humphries Robinson (ABHR) was deciding which devices to deploy to its team of lawyers and other staff, the mission was clear: They didn't want to talk on a "pancake." Debbie Cole, the firm's IT liaison and... Apr 18, 2006
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) made its name with mobile e-mail, but now the vendor is capitalizing on a surge in mobile applications by pushing a new server that delivers Mobile Data Systems (MDS) applications to...
May 18, 2006
Mobile security isn't easy. It isn't particularly fun, either.
But with mobility taking an increasingly strong hold in the enterprise, it's becoming more and more necessary. According to IDC, the global mobile workforce is poised to... Aug 17, 2006
Mobile managers face a tough choice when weighing which mobile platform or operating system to deploy to mobilize the workforce. There's BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Symbian, Linux and J2ME. How do they choose? Which...
Aug 17, 2006
Like a championship prize fight, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile are in their corners ready to battle for mobile supremacy. The bout, which will span several rounds, ultimately coming to an end in 2010, could determine which holds...
Oct 26, 2006
Pen and paper still have their merits, but unless you're writing a daily journal entry or an off-the-cuff poem, it's a pretty outdated system.
So distributing work orders and service requests to a staff of on-the-road technicians wasn't... Oct 26, 2006
It was only a matter of time before short message service (SMS) became a target.
Recently, researchers at the McAfee Avert Labs uncovered a new form of attack, which hits through SMS and can milk a mobile user's wallet dry. On the surface... Sep 14, 2006
Small, shiny, slick, sleek and stylish.
The new BlackBerry Pearl, which hit stores Tuesday, Sept. 12, is all of those things, coupled with similar functionality to the clunky BlackBerrys of yore. There's no doubt among some mobile... Sep 28, 2006
A recent survey of roughly 600 IT professionals found wireless e-mail is the biggest security concern when a company deploys mobile computing capabilities. According to the survey, conducted for Santa Clara, Calif.-based... Nov 15, 2005
Nokia has made a number of recent moves to gain traction as a business-class provider, including teaming with Symantec Corp. for wireless security and introducing a new line of handsets for mobile workers. Last week, the Helsinki... Nov 22, 2005
Protecting a wireless network from attack may have just gotten a little easier. Network Chemistry Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based wireless security vendor today will launch Wireless Vulnerabilities & Exploits (WVe), a public Web... If BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. was forced to shut down service in the United States, the ramifications for users could be catastrophic, some experts said. Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM teetered on the brink of a service... Dec 2, 2005
Gartner Inc. warned Research In Motion customers to avoid deploying or investing in BlackBerrys until the smoke clears in a back-and-forth patent infringement suit against the Canadian company. The stern warning comes a week... Dec 9, 2005
Even though it's scary to think that BlackBerrys across the country could eventually be nothing more than expensive paperweights, a hasty switch to another provider could be just as chilling, and downright costly. In a recent... Feb 9, 2006
With three days left before BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) is back in court for another fray with NTP Inc., users are continuing to look into options in case a last-minute evacuation plan is needed to survive a... Feb 22, 2006
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