BlackBerry irritates spy masters

Release Date 6 Aug, 2010 in Financial Times

 
   
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Saudi Arabia ends Blackberry ban

BBC News - 6 Aug, 2010
Blackberry services have been restored in Saudi Arabia after a four hour blackout, reports say. A ban on the use of the device for sending and receiving ...

BlackBerry irritates spy masters

Financial Times - Paul Taylor, Daniel Dombey - 6 Aug, 2010
When Mike Lazaridis, Research in Motion's founder and co-chief executive, launched the first BlackBerry smartphone in 2002, ...

ANALYSIS - RIM seeks security solution not a fight

Reuters India - Shannon Stapleton, Susan Taylor - 6 Aug, 2010
The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone is introduced at a news conference in New York August 3, 2010. By Susan Taylor OTTAWA (Reuters) - For Research In ...

Government Vs. Telecoms: Where Does The Consumer Fit In?

NPR (blog) - Eyder Peralta - 6 Aug, 2010
Enlarge AP A man enters a mobile shop at a market in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital. Some Saudis are trying to sell their BlackBerrys ahead ...

RIM is a fine messenger so don't shoot it

Montreal Gazette - Alastair Sweeny - 6 Aug, 2010
These days, it seems Research in Motion just can't win. RIM's launch this week of its BlackBerry ...

BlackBerry is but a skirmish in the battle for the web

Financial Times - Misha Glenny - 6 Aug, 2010
Research in Motion should perhaps be both worried and proud to learn that its BlackBerry smartphone is the industry standard for drug ...

BlackBerry Service Restored in Saudi Arabia (NASDAQ:RIMM)

SmarTrend News - 6 Aug, 2010
"Service for Research In Motion Ltd's (NASDAQ:RIMM) BlackBerry devices has been restored in Saudi Arabia Friday, following a temporary service outage that ...

Digits Live Show: BlackBerry's Squeeze

Wall Street Journal (blog) - 6 Aug, 2010
Saudi Arabia announced this week that it will ban BlackBerry services in the country, claiming that RIM failed to meet regulatory requirements regarding ...

RIM, Saudi Carriers in Talks to Avoid BlackBerry Ban

BusinessWeek - Anthony DiPaola, Hugo Miller - 6 Aug, 2010
Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd. and three Saudi Arabian phone companies are in talks to avert a ...

Saudi halts BlackBerry messaging

Times of India - 6 Aug, 2010
SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia suspended BlackBerry messaging services on Friday, users said, as concerns spread across the Middle East and parts of Asia over ...

BlackBerry maker, Saudis working on fix-source

Reuters - Souhail Karam, Jason Neely - 6 Aug, 2010
RIYADH, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The makers of the BlackBerry were looking into the possibility of using servers in Saudi Arabia on Friday to ...

Obama administration steps in to help referee foreign BlackBerry bans

Los Angeles Times (blog) - 6 Aug, 2010
As the White House learned in January, don't try to take away President Obama's BlackBerry. Government officials from those countries are unhappy with not ...

RIM Helps Russia, China Monitor BlackBerry Users' E-mails

Forbes (blog) - Jeffrey Carr - 6 Aug, 2010
Research In Motion executives are fond of saying that their platform is more secure than other mobile providers. For example, Scott Tzoke, ...

BlackBerry service back in Saudi Arabia

The Guardian - 6 Aug, 2010
Normal service has been resumed for BlackBerry users in Saudia Arabia after a temporary service outage prompted fears government authorities had followed ...

Saudi BlackBerry ban inconclusive

News24 - 6 Aug, 2010
Riyadh - The status of Saudi Arabia's ban on key BlackBerry services remained inconclusive on Friday, as negotiations were underway with the smartphone's ...

MHA in talks with RIM to resolve BlackBerry issue: Raja

Hindustan Times - 6 Aug, 2010
PTI A view of the outside of Research in Motion Facility in Waterloo, Ontario, is seen in this July 5,... The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is holding ...

BlackBerry ban prompts Saudi sell-off

CBC.ca - 6 Aug, 2010
Some Saudi BlackBerry users were trying to sell their Canadian-made BlackBerrys Friday ahead of a ban on the smartphone's messenger service in the country. ...

More countries may join possible BlackBerry ban

Montreal Gazette - Matt Hartley - 6 Aug, 2010
Just 24 hours after Research In Motion Ltd. took the wraps off its most advanced smartphone, the Waterloo, ...

Confusion over Saudi Blackberry ban

Aljazeera.net - 6 Aug, 2010
Blackberry users in Saudi Arabia are reportedly still able to use messaging and email services despite a government threat to block it in a row over data ...

Saudi Blackberry service resumes

BBC News - 6 Aug, 2010
A ban on the use of the device for sending and receiving messages was due to have come into force. And locals said the handsets had stopped working for four ...

BlackBerries in Saudi Arabia work despite ban, WSJ reports

SmarTrend News - 6 Aug, 2010
Saudi telecommunications firms have yet to implement a ban imposed by the country's regulator on BlackBerry messenger services for failing to conform with ...

Why a UAE ban is a golden opportunity for BlackBerry

Fortune - Jp Mangalindan - 6 Aug, 2010
More than one million users could find their cell services halted, but the ban could be just the PR boost RIM needs for its suffering reputation. ...

A list of countries considering BlackBerry bans

The Associated Press - 6 Aug, 2010
A list of countries considering BlackBerry bans over security concerns with data routed abroad: _ Saudi Arabia â€" The kingdom's telecom regulator has ordered ...

Get World Alerts

Huffington Post (blog) - 6 Aug, 2010
I am of course referring to the recent 'Blackberry' crises that swept the world, which all started when two Middle Eastern countries: Saudi Arabia and the ...

Lebanon investigates use of BlackBerry services

ZDNet UK - Ben Woods - 6 Aug, 2010
Lebanon has revealed that it is looking into the use of BlackBerry handsets in the country amid concerns that ...

Hillary Clinton Addresses UAE BlackBerry Ban

PC Magazine - Brian Heater - 6 Aug, 2010
The United Arab Emirates's ban on BlackBerry devices is the focus of the latest investigation by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. ...

700000 Saudi BlackBerrys go silent noisy

Register - Bill Ray - 6 Aug, 2010
Updated Saudi Arabia has carried out its threat to cut off BlackBerry users in the country, with 700000 addicts ...

With bans pending, BlackBerry maker fights back

msnbc.com - Suzanne Choney - 6 Aug, 2010
Michael Lazaridis, co-chief executive of Research In Motion, told The Wall Street Journal, "This is not a BlackBerry-only issue. If they can't deal with the ...

Middle East BlackBerry bans send message that personal information is never ...

The Australian - Mitchell Bingemann - 6 Aug, 2010
BLACKBERRY users could be forced to go cold-turkey in the Middle East, as security-conscious countries prepare to ban some core services. ...

BlackBerry now in Lebanon's sights

Sydney Morning Herald - 6 Aug, 2010
Saudi Arabia was due to suspend BlackBerry services yesterday, after Canadian manufacturers failed to meet its demands to share encryption codes. ...

 

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