BlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Thursday said it sold fewer BlackBerry phones than analysts had expected and that the company’s quarterly earnings were hurt by a legal settlement.Even though RIM still saw strong sales of BlackBerrys, the news sent the company’s stock price tumbling in after-market trading. Many are now wondering if RIM’s disappointing sales are an indicator of a wider smartphone slowdown or if the news is an indication that the company is losing its edge in an increasingly competitive market.RIM’s co-CEO, Jim Balsillie, said the company is still in very good shape.”This stuff (smartphones and mobile applications)…

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Did you forget your hardware-based password and now you’re locked out? If it’s an IBM ThinkPad you may be in luck but it involves a bit more than just removing the backup battery. SoDoItYourself has an article detailing the retrieval of password data from an EEPROM.
The process is a fun one. Disassemble your laptop. Build a serial interface and solder it to the EEPROM chip where the password is stored. Connect this interface to a second computer and use it to dump the data into a file. Download a special program to decipher the dump file and dig…

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I’ve spent many thousands of hours on the Internet searching forinformation, jobs, contracts, people, and other items ofinterest. You can literally find out anything! The trick islearning how to find relevant and hidden information in anefficient manner. This is the job of an ‘Internet Sourcer.’— What is an Internet Sourcer? —The Internet Sourcer is a relatively new position for manyorganizations. The most common use of a Sourcer is in therecruiting and talent-search fields. Usually, a Sourcer scoursthe Web for resumes and candidates using several searchtechniques to ensure their searches are complete and accurate.Some of the better Sourcers come from the…

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YoVille, one of the largest virtual worlds on Facebook, recently experienced a relatively large protest against a major change yesterday which modified the way users can earn virtual currency. Previously, users entered a widget factory from where they could earn coins. While users can still earn coins there is a new process in which users must spend money to make money (as is typical in the real world). A number of users are furious and in the past few hours I’ve received numerous users frustrated with the change.

The position of the users was that less money was being generated…

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Kaspersky Anti Virus 2010 ndash the backbone of your PC rsquo s security system offering protection from a range of IT threats Kaspersky Anti Virus 2010 provides the basic tools needed to protect your PC Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 ndash the all in one security solution that offers a worry free computing environment for you and your family Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 has everything you need for a safe and secure Internet experience Kaspersky Internet Security 9 0 ndash is a new line of Kaspersky Labs products which is designed for the multi tiered protection of personal computers This product…

If you have put a lot of effort into your business, the last thing that you want is to see your hard earned assets stolen by a criminal. Business owners tend to choose surveillance systems to help them.
If you are thinking about installing surveillance cameras, the law generally dictates that you have to inform people that they are being watched in this way and therefore cannot have the element of surprise by hiding cameras from the view of criminals. However, to make sure that they cannot damage them easily and disarm them, armored cameras are now becoming very useful.…

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Mexican state power company CFE has postponed, not cancelled, construction of the 900MW La Parota hydroelectric dam in Guerrero state, the company said. The decision to delay the plant’s construction was based primarily on the country’s sufficient generation margin, the difference between capacity and peak demand. CFE made the announcement to media outlets to counter an article published by local paper El Universal that said the company was cancelling the project entirely. “It is not cancelled. It is delayed,” a CFE spokesperson told BNamericas, adding that the company’s position remains in line with the federal program for energy works and…

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