AT&T, Verizon, RIM get serious about security for mobile devices

<div><img alt="" border="1" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/12/101222-cellphone-01.jpg" vspace="4" /></div><br /> As commonplace as smartphones have become, it's about time that carriers and manufacturers start getting serious about mobile security (and no, we don't mean iPhone tethers). According to a recent <i>Wall Street Journal</i> article, Verizon is currently working with Lookout, a San Francisco-based company known for remote backup and geolocation apps for BlackBerry, Android, and Windows Mobile devices, while RIM has recently announced a little something called BlackBerry Protect, which promises to lock or even wipe a misplaced phone, pinpoint the thing on a map, and make regularly-scheduled wireless backups. By far the most ambitious plans in the article, however, belong to AT&T, which -- aside from recent deals with MobileIron and McAfee -- is currently opening a new mobile security lab in New York City. From here, the company will research malware, worms, viruses, and other threats as they develop in the mobile sphere. "Everyone is realizing that this is an uncontrolled environment," said AT&T chief security officer Edward G. Amoroso. "We don't want to have the same problems that we had with PCs."

AT&T, Verizon, RIM get serious about security for mobile devices

As commonplace as smartphones have become, it's about time that carriers and manufacturers start getting serious about mobile security ...

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Logitech said to be halting Revue production until Google TV software revamp

<div><img alt="" border="1" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/12/2010-10-22revuep.jpg" vspace="4" /></div><br /> Oh dear. Google TV isn't having the best of starts to its life in the internet-connected TV world and Logitech seems to have taken notice. <i>DigiTimes</i>' nameless sources today report that Gigabyte, the company charged with building Revue units for Logi, has been instructed to stop production of them for the period covering December 2010 through January 2011. The restart in manufacturing will be conditional, we're told, either on a significant update to the current Google TV software or a whole new version rolling out. The Revue is still available to buy through Logitech -- shipments are only drying up in the channel between manufacturer and vendor -- but if the insiders have their story straight, this'd be a clear indication that early sales expectations have not been met. Better luck next year, we say.

Logitech said to be halting Revue production until Google TV software revamp

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EOps Noisezero i+ Eco earbuds get cornstartch construction, finger-friendly design (video)

<div><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/23/eops-noisezero-i-eco-earbuds-get-cornstartch-construction-fing/"><img alt="" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/12/micheal-young-earbuds.jpg" vspace="4" /></a></div><br /> Hard to say when (or if) these beauts will ever hit the market, but we've all ideas they'd move quite briskly if positioned in a nondescript kind of store that tends to sell fruit, peripherals and things heavily prefixed with "i." Designed Michael Young has teamed up with <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/EOps/">EOps</a> to create the Noisezero i+ Eco Edition earbuds, which are constructed with cornstarch (you know, in honor of Ma Earth), equipped with an iPod / iPhone-friendly inline remote and outfitted with a unique design that purportedly makes it easier for these to be inserted into one's ear canal. We're told that they'll eventually be available in charcoal, rustic brown, midnight blue and sage green, and yes, a carrying case would be included. Too bad there's nary a hint as to where you can actually buy 'em, but the video just below the break will give you a better idea of what to hunt for.<br /> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/23/eops-noisezero-i-eco-earbuds-get-cornstartch-construction-fing/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <i>EOps Noisezero i+ Eco earbuds get cornstartch construction, finger-friendly design (video)</i></a><br /> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/23/eops-noisezero-i-eco-earbuds-get-cornstartch-construction-fing/">EOps Noisezero i+ Eco earbuds get cornstartch construction, finger-friendly design (video)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com/">Engadget</a> on Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:58:00 EDT. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br /> <h6></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/23/eops-noisezero-i-eco-earbuds-get-cornstartch-construction-fing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>

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