BlackBerry Playbook NIST Approval

Joshua Wood — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:20:17 +0000

Hi all, so the RIM who makes the Playbook and venerable BlackBerry is looking rough around the edges. They have laid off 2000 employees (link here) and their PlayBook wasn’t received with a lot of excitement for a new product. However, RIM has gotten approval from a government security organization of note. NIST has given the PlayBook the FIPS approval which means that the PlayBook could be used in some government agencies soon. This could be a huge deal for RIM given that government spending and employment rate is on the high side right now. Good for RIM for making this happen. You can read about the approval here.

Until next time,
TechStop (JW)

BroadBand Internet Getting a Bump

Joshua Wood — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:57:33 +0000

Hi all, Internet in the great white north has been slowly coming to maturity. There is a lot more space up here than normal so it makes sense. That said, the rate at which some things have been rolling out is or at least was getting ridiculous. That is until the ISPs decided to up their game. The new pricing from Shaw, for example, is a refreshing increase in both speeds and data caps. Hopefully this trend continues.

Until next time,
TechStop (JW)

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BlackBerry Playbook NIST Approval

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