Saudi Arabia BlackBerry Messenger Service is Back up

If you recall my earlier post I talked about the Frazier vs Forman fight in 1973.  If I recall the fight correctly Frazier did get up several time, much like BBM service in Saudi Arabia being restored.  Either this is the calm before the storm or the government just...

He who Sacrifices Freedom for Security Deserves Neither

Over the years I have ‘jailbroken’ my iPhone 2G, 3G, and 3GS.  Additionally, I have installed a variety of leaked BlackBerry OS’s on my Storm 9530, and a LOT of those leaked ROMs were run through Shrink-a-OS to remove stuff I don’t need or use....

Saudi Arabia Pulls the Plug on BlackBerry Messenger Service

Remember 1973 Kingston Jamaica Joe Fraizer vs George Foreman the words of that fight echo in the minds of so many boxing fans.  Down Goes Frazier! Down Goes Frazier! Down Goes Frazier! Well here we go Down Goes BBM! Down Goes BBM! Down Goes BBM! Ok not as exciting as...

Ban RIM: Round-up of Who is Playing this Game

This story is not going away anytime soon.  Lebanon just joined in on the party of banning BlackBerry Services.  Most of this is focused on BBM and Email but 5 countries is nothing to take lightly. India United Arab Emirates (UAE) Saudi Arabia Indonesia Lebanon I...

This Week in Google Reinvented BlackBerry App Security

I was listening to This Week in Google Episode 54 and they talked about new concerns over application security. To give a little background, Android had a recent issue where a wallpaper app was sending user data to some server in China.  After the app was pulled from...