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The BlackBerry PlayBook may not have exactly won over consumers en masse, but it looks like RIM can now at least put a feather in its cap when it comes to one of its key customer bases: government agencies. The company announced today that the PlayBook is the first tablet to receive the so-called FIPS 140-2 certification which, according to RIM, means that the US federal government can “buy with confidence knowing that the PlayBook meets their computing policy requirements for protecting sensitive information.” Of course, those agencies will still need to make sure to supply a BlackBerry smartphone as well so folks can access some of that information — although this may be one instance where that’s considered to be more of a feature than an omission.
BlackBerry PlayBook receives certification for US government use originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Samsung appears to be joining the likes of HTC and LG in offering a smartphone with 3D technology. Read the latest rumor here.
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You told us a lot of you had already downloaded Lion, but now Apple’s gone ahead and put any doubts about this $29.99 update’s popularity to rest. A cool one million downloads of Lion have been registered in the first day of availability. That’s faster than any other OS release in the company’s history, which lends perhaps a bit more weight to Apple’s “best OS we’ve ever made” claim. Still on the fence yourself? Maybe our Lion review will push you one way or t’other.
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Apple: One million Lion downloads in first day originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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CNET Editor Dong Ngo reviews the D-Link HD Media Router 1000 (model DIR-657) Wireless-N router.
The news wasn’t so good for Nokia this morning, but its new bedmate is in much, much better shape. Microsoft’s Q4 earnings for the 2011 fiscal year have been posted, showing revenue of $17.37 billion — up eight percent over the same period last year, and besting the $16.43 billion record Q3. That drove $5.87 billion in net income, which is a whopping 30 percent climb over the year previous. Looking back over the full year, revenue broke another record, clocking in at $69.94 billion, 12 percent higher than the year before.
Why all the good news? Well, the Entertainment & Devices Division saw a 30 percent revenue jump in the quarter, 45 percent over the year, as the Xbox 360 and Kinect continue to sell like gangbusters. Bing and Online Services also had good news, 17 percent revenue growth in the quarter thanks to the plucky search engine gaining ever more ground against the competition. But, not everything is rosy, with the Windows-related revenue staying flat — down one percent this quarter, two percent over the year. Windows 8 will surely turn things around on that front, though, right?
Microsoft Q4 FY11: revenue, earnings, and profits all up, beating expectations originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
OS X Lion renders third-party NAS servers incompatible with Apple’s Time Machine backup software.
Taking a break from heavy-as-bricks smartphones with featherlight phones is one thing, but some handset makers spoil their designs with overly small displays.
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Engineers say their egg-size bot could swim through nuclear plants, many of which are aging and threatening local groundwater.
When we send out an embarrassing text message at 2am, at least we can — in the words of Jaime Foxx — blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol. Unfortunately for New Zealand mobile carrier 2degrees, pinning it on the Henney, just ain’t gonna cut it this time. Early Wednesday morning, a few unlucky users were greeted by an influx of hundreds of unsolicited text messages. A few of those affected took to the company’s Facebook page for answers, and were provided with the following response:
Early this morning, a software implementation problem caused a small number of people to receive texts not intended for them. Our network team quickly identified the problem and resolved it by 2:30am. We apologize to our customers for any inconvenience this may have caused.
On second thought, judging from the reactions that apology received, the outfit might have been better off using the Blue Top as a scapegoat.
2degrees users overloaded with random late-night texts — the alcohol apparently not to blame originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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