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Monday 02 May 2011

Sony Issues Apology Over Hack [ 02-05-2011 20:17 ]

Author: Oleg Kononosov Source: Unwired View Translation by: Paul Smith

A fortnight after their PlayStation Network was targeted by hackers unknown Sony have issued an apology to their customers. The apology was delivered by Sony's President, CEO and Senior VPs. Using the traditional Japanese custom of bowing in shame they promised software updates and a 'welcome back' offer to compensate users for the attack.

Sony claims it doesn't know who carried out the attack and has asked America's FBI for help in determining who is behind it. Indeed Sony doesn't seem to know what, if anything, was stolen or whether the 77 million registered users of the Play Station Network service were targeted specifically. The lack of information was criticised by some who felt that Sony were deliberately not releasing as much information as they could so as not to negatively impact the unveiling of two new Android tablet devices recently announced.

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BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 Official At Last [ 02-05-2011 20:07 ]

Author: Oleg Kononosov Source: via Engadget Translation by: Paul Smith

It's a big day for RIM as BlackBerry World gets underway and they have been showing off the latest version of their OS, BlackBerry 7 OS. They have also taken the lid off the Bold 9930 and 9900. I say 'new', but of course rumours and sightings have been rampant so some may not feel totally surprised here. Indeed it's no shock to discover that the device is powered by a 1.2 GHz Snapdragon and that there is a 2.8 inch VGA touchscreen. That last specification just doesn't sit well in the modern world of large screened smartphones does it? Anyway there is a 5 MP camera on the back and 8 GB of internal storage. There's also NFC support thrown in for good measure.

The 9900 supports HSPA+ and the 9930 world version of the handset adds in CDMA support for anyone still using that. Other connectivity options are as you would expect e.g. WiFi b/g/n/ and of course Bluetooth.

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RIM Unveils BlackBerry 7 OS ... But Not For Older Phones [ 02-05-2011 20:00 ]

Author: Oleg Kononosov Source: via Engadget Translation by: Paul Smith

Well the cat is out of the bag and so is BlackBerry 7, the latest iteration of RIM's smartphone OS. So what's the deal with the new version? For starters RIM are saying it will be both easier to use and faster than previous incarnations of BlackBerry OS. There is also inbuilt support for voice-activated searches and RIm are also saying that the browser has been enhanced.

The browser was one of the big draws to BlackBerry for many people back in the day, but in recent years it has felt perhaps a little behind the times compared with browsers appearing on other platforms. With BlackBerry 7 we will see the addition of a JIT Java compiler as well as HTML 5 video support.

Now for the bad news ... because these things are never perfect right? There is no legacy support. Yes you read that correctly. RIM have confirmed that older RIM devices, even those running the latest versions of BlackBerry OS 6 will not be receiving an update to this new improved version 7. Maybe some enterprising hacker will find a way, but it won't be comiing from RIM.

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