Archive for April 23rd, 2007
With the BlackBerry outage still impressed on the minds of many users, Research In Motion on Monday announced a new software application suite that will let its wireless applications and services run on competing handsets.Later this year, RIM plans to begin offering the new software to extend its support for devices that run Windows Mobile. The result will be what RIM is calling a “virtual” BlackBerry application experience that includes support for BlackBerry e-mail, phone, calendar, address book, tasks, memos, browser, and instant messaging.
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April 23rd, 2007
In the latest data-security 
breach, the United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA, has admitted it posted the Social Security numbers of 63,000 people who received grants from the department on a government Web site.The identifying information has been online since 1996, but was finally removed last week. The Agriculture Department is offering free credit monitoring to the affected people — at taxpayers’ expense.
“It was simply wrong for the Department of Agriculture to post Social Security numbers on a Web-accessible database . The Department of Agriculture needs to get its act together and adhere to the restrictions that are in place,” said Marc Rotenberg, the executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).
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April 23rd, 2007
Using the term “global” to describe Google’s growth these days might be an understatement. Google posted its second consecutive $1 billion earnings quarter on Thursday, blowing away the yearly projections of several more-mature media companies.Indeed, the search king even upset Wall Street’s highest expectations when it announced its first quarter results on Thursday. Google’s $1 billion income during the first three months of the year marks a 69 percent increase that surpassed analyst expectations by 38 cents per share. Google wound up with net income of $592.3 million, or $1.95 per share, in the year-ago period.
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April 23rd, 2007
As rumors swirl that Sony is planning price cuts for its PlayStation 3, Nintendo continued to lead the market for next-generation console sales in March with its low-cost Wii.According to the NPD Group, consumers in the U.S. bought 259,000 Wii consoles in March, increasing the first-quarter total for its new model to 1.03 million. The sales helped to double first-quarter console shipments in the industry.
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April 23rd, 2007
