http://www.forbes.com/security/feed Forbes - Security http://blogs.forbes.com/marcwebertobias/2011/05/11/the-rim-playbook-an-evolving-concept/ Earlier I described what I believe is a flawed strategy by Research in Motion for their Playbook tablet, at least in their initial release version of the device. The concept of requiring the pairing with a Blackberry phone in order to attain (mobile broadband) connectivity made little sense, and would [...] Wed, 11 May 2011 21:59:27 GMT http://blogs.forbes.com/marcwebertobias/2011/05/11/the-rim-playbook-an-evolving-concept/ 2011-05-11T21:59:27Z http://blogs.forbes.com/elizabethwoyke/2011/05/11/tomtom-ceo-very-limited-impact-from-speed-trap-controversy/ Several weeks after navigation services provider TomTom attracted ire for providing traffic data that Dutch police used to place speed cameras, the company’s chief executive is cautiously optimistic the public is moving on. Wed, 11 May 2011 19:18:48 GMT http://blogs.forbes.com/elizabethwoyke/2011/05/11/tomtom-ceo-very-limited-impact-from-speed-trap-controversy/ 2011-05-11T19:18:48Z http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/05/10/hacker-group-raids-fox-com-targets-fbi/% http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/05/11/morning-tech-wrap-skype-google-sony/% http://blogs.forbes.com/afontevecchia/2011/05/09/heres-what-the-gps-devices-used-by-the-fbi-to-track-your-car-look-like/ 4% 0% 6 Wed, 11 May 2011 19:00:29 GMT http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/05/10/hacker-group-raids-fox-com-targets-fbi/% http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/05/11/morning-tech-wrap-skype-google-sony/% http://blogs.forbes.com/afontevecchia/2011/05/09/heres-what-the-gps-devices-used-by-the-fbi-to-track-your-car-look-like/ 2011-05-11T19:00:29Z http://blogs.forbes.com/tomgillis/2011/05/11/going-mobile-security-in-the-age-of-ubiquity/ This isn’t an official rant, but there’s one thing that drives me completely insane.  It’s a link in a message in my email. Wed, 11 May 2011 16:41:34 GMT http://blogs.forbes.com/tomgillis/2011/05/11/going-mobile-security-in-the-age-of-ubiquity/ 2011-05-11T16:41:34Z http://blogs.forbes.com/ericsavitz/2011/05/11/intel-boosts-dividend-again/ Intel this morning raised its quarterly dividend rate by 16.7%, to 21 cents a share, from 18 cents. That boosts the annual rate to 84 cents, for an annual yield of 3.6%. That's the second dividend hike in six months; the company upped the rate by 15% in November. Wed, 11 May 2011 13:53:22 GMT http://blogs.forbes.com/ericsavitz/2011/05/11/intel-boosts-dividend-again/ 2011-05-11T13:53:22Z http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/05/11/morning-tech-wrap-skype-google-sony/ Microsoft is paying almost 40% more for Skype than the Internet calling service has said the business was worth itself, according to Bloomberg. The $8.5 billion deal for Luxembourg-based Skype is 32 times larger than Skype’s adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, Bloomberg adds, and 39% more than the multiple Skype used to value its own equity in an April regulatory filing. Wed, 11 May 2011 12:33:59 GMT http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/05/11/morning-tech-wrap-skype-google-sony/ 2011-05-11T12:33:59Z http://blogs.forbes.com/billsinger/2011/05/10/fbi-operation-smokingdragon-chen/ From Bill Singer: I pride myself on staying on top of current events.  Everyday I scour the headlines and numerous websites for stories to report on.  If you've been following Street Sweeper, you know that I cast a very wide net -- from serious to zany.  At times, my commentary is biting and intense.  I have never been one to suffer fools; particularly when they are in government, regulation, or law enforcement. Tue, 10 May 2011 13:24:32 GMT http://blogs.forbes.com/billsinger/2011/05/10/fbi-operation-smokingdragon-chen/ 2011-05-10T13:24:32Z http://blogs.forbes.com/afontevecchia/2011/05/09/heres-what-the-gps-devices-used-by-the-fbi-to-track-your-car-look-like/ With GPS tracking all over the news after it was reported that iPhones, smartphones, and other mobile devices were tracking user’s movements, fix-it-yourself website ifixit added their grain of salt by performing one of their now-famous teardowns on an FBI tracking device mounted on animal rights and environmental activist’s car by federal agents calling her a "left-wing anarchist." Mon, 09 May 2011 22:28:52 GMT http://blogs.forbes.com/afontevecchia/2011/05/09/heres-what-the-gps-devices-used-by-the-fbi-to-track-your-car-look-like/ 2011-05-09T22:28:52Z http://blogs.forbes.com/ericsavitz/2011/05/09/commvault-wont-be-acquired-any-time-soon-analyst-contends/ CommVault is not going to be acquired. Mon, 09 May 2011 14:31:22 GMT http://blogs.forbes.com/ericsavitz/2011/05/09/commvault-wont-be-acquired-any-time-soon-analyst-contends/ 2011-05-09T14:31:22Z http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/05/09/morning-tech-wrap-sony-apple-steve-jobs/ Sony is delaying the restoration of its PlayStation Network after last month's massive data breach. In a blog post on the PlayStation website, Sony said the delays were due to security tests, saying, “Verifying the system security is vital for the process of restoration.” In a press conference in Japan last week, the company announced that it expected its gaming services to resume within a week, but the blog post explains the extended timeframe by saying Sony was “unaware of the extent of the attack” on its servers. Mon, 09 May 2011 13:34:59 GMT http://blogs.forbes.com/parmyolson/2011/05/09/morning-tech-wrap-sony-apple-steve-jobs/ 2011-05-09T13:34:59Z