Analyst: RIM Will Sell BlackBerry License

Research in Motion (RIM) is still assessing the software licenses as an important part of the company's rescue plan. Although Samsung has rejected the possibility of cost, for the use of BlackBerry technology or buy the Canadian company.

Reported by Reuters on Thursday (1/19/2012), one shareholder said, RIM seems to have offered a new QNX platform to several handset manufacturers. The operating system that has been embedded in the tablet Playbook, will be driving a new generation of RIM smart phones due out later this year.

Shareholders who refused to be identified, also said he believed that Samsung is interested in licensing deal although it has issued a statement to the contrary.

"I'm sure they're talking about licensing," said shareholder was referring to the manufacturers of smart phones from South Korea.

"The question of their desire to buy the company, I do not know and do not care about that," he added.

Rows of RIM products currently struggling in competition with the iPhone and the iPad, and the blow of the great sailing gadget made by Samsung and other manufacturers who use Android operating system.

Possible RIM to sell BlackBerry software creations on QNX-based 10 competitors, has made some investors and analysts interested.

"If Samsung or other Android partners intend to adopt enterprise services such as the RIM BlackBerry Messenger, they will gain instant differentiation between Android growing shortage of variety," said Craig Carter, an analyst at Frost and Sullivan.

Meanwhile, according to James Cordwell, an analyst with Atlantic Equities, an ideal scenario for RIM is trying to find the additional value that can appease its shareholders, while still running the business.

But James is still doubt on the possibility of competitors to immediately sign a license agreement with RIM, considering that Android has served them well, Microsoft has created an alternative path, and in the past RIM has failed to open the gap.

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U.S. Senate Pull Support the Sopa

In the midst of a wave of protests on the Internet, approximately 16 members of the Senate United States (U.S.), including those who previously supported IP Protect Act (PIPA), has been withdrawing their support.

PIPA targeting sites that hijack content sole purpose is, in short, most of the BitTorrent sites. Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) have different effects.

As proclaimed InternationalBusinessTimes, Thursday (1/19/2012), the bill is protested is targeting sites that perform or assist any copyright violations, and trigger the possibility of legal sites like Reddit or closed if there is a Wikipedia user who menggunggah label rights content copyright.

Until Wednesday, PIPA has 16 sponsors of the Republican and 23 Democratic sponsors. The amount is almost 40 percent of the total 100 members of the senate. Currently, the percentage of supporters of the bill in the Senate amounted to less than one quarter.

Republican Senator from Florida, Marco Rubio, formerly the sponsor the bill. According to Ars Technica, he said there are legitimate concerns about the impact of the draft law on Internet access. There was also potential for the expansion of federal government power is not unreasonable, the impact on the internet.

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Thanks to the iPhone 4S, Apple Chase Android

Apple performance to win back market share, has begun to provide amazing results in the fourth quarter of 2011. According to data disclosed by Nielsen, the leap Apple is also thanks to the presence of the 'new kid' iPhone 4S in October.

Reported by IB Times, Thursday (1/19/2012), according to Nielsen, 44.5 percent of smartphone buyers purchased an iPhone more than Android-based phones in the last quarter of last year. Than before the launch of the iPhone 4S, Apple only managed to obtain 25.1 percent market share.

While Android's market share still holds a major position in the market the United States (U.S.), with 46.3 percent. But it seems that Apple did not want to miss too much, with the latest operating system IOS 5, proved to be successfully closed the gap last year.

So with the above data, you could say Android's market share in October when the last quarter of 2011, down 61.6 percent compared to the previous. Decline in market share is, of course, thanks to the presence of Apple's latest phone, the iPhone 4S.

While the iPhone looks continue to grow, varies inversely with the BlackBerry growth of 7.7 percent in October to 4.5 percent in two months later

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Facebook Founder Consider PIPA and Sopa 'hurt' Internet

Facebook claim against Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), though not taking part in
Excerpted from The Next Web, Thursday (1/19/2012), was delivered by Fcebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg via a Facebook account, "The Internet is the most powerful tool to create a more open and connected. Up against Sopa and PIPA, as well as our will continue to oppose any rule that would hurt the internet. "

Zuckerberg then added, that the Internet needs a better representation in government. "The world needs political leadership of the pro-Internet. I encourage you to learn more tentan these issues and tell your congressman that you want them to be pro-intert."

Postings Zuckerberg turned out to straight get much attention, in just 10 minutes managed to earn 75 thousand 'like'.

In addition to the direct statement of Zukerberg, Facebook also objected to the page Anti-Piracy Bills by claiming to understand the concerns of the film industry, music, content creators and owners of trademarks. It is also written, that Facebook has been involved in dialogue contrucsktif the most effective way to fight against taxation.

The page also noted, "But we must ensure that Congress does not do anything in this area (internet), which threaten the security of the Internet, blocking U.S. innovation and competitiveness."

Meanwhile Sopa bill in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate bill PIPA from the U.S., targeting both foreign sites that infringe copyright. The draft law is generally associated with media piracy, but also can be applied to the treatment and consumer goods.

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Application of 'BBM' Ala Samsung Landing on App Store

Still remember the chaton? An instant messaging application ala BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) belongs to Samsung, which is also the application of 'BBM' cross-platform. Chaton finally officially landed on Apple's online application store, App Store.

Chaton presence could be a competitor iMessage, who is also a similar application specific IOS users. Previous chaton was first present in the Android Market, in order to use Android-based handset. With a presence in the App Store, now chaton can be used in devices based on Android, Bada and IOS.

As reported by TechCrunch, Saturday (01/07/2012), the Samsung said that after the present in IOS and Android, legacy systems will be prepared to present the BlackBerry platform, Windows Phone and the web. It is not yet known exactly when services will be presented chaton.

As with BBM, with this you can chat chaton individually or in a group. You can also share photos, videos, and contact and location. The only difference is you can create animated drawings or give music as background, and there is also an "interaction rank" that can tell you, how often do you interact with your friends.
So far, chaton has been available in 120 countries in 62 different languages​​.
If your IOS device user and want to try out this new app, can directly download it for free on iTunes

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Survey: 50% Mobile phones Sold This Year Affordable 3G

More than 50 percent of all phones sold so far this year is predicted to have a 3G or 4G network support. Sales of mobile phones will continue to grow, although the holidays are over. Similarly, a recent report issued by Abi Research.

"It's the festive time is pretty amazing holiday has passed. However, handset vendors remain calm and confident looking at this in 2012," said Vice President Abi Research, Jake Saunders, told the Boy Genius Report, Saturday (7/1 / 2012).

"The prospect of growth would result in an increase of 8 percent, with 1.67 billion handsets shipped worldwide by the end of 2012. But what's interesting is the shipment of mobile phones based on 3G and 4G will capture more than 50 percent of overall sales," he added.

ABI Research also said that Samsung has continued to push into the smartphone market while Apple is targeting the developing countries of South America and Brazil and see more success in China than in India

"North America may only represent 15 percent of mobile phone and smartphone features which are shipped globally, but because of the high proportion of sales of high end smartphones, it is not impossible even melesar 40 percent of smartphones sold by the vendor," he said.

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Apple Is predicted Sell 170 Million iPad & iPhone Unit

Apple is expected to be able to sell the joint between the iPhone and the iPad up to 170 million units in 2012, this. Given the popularity of the devices are still awake, it is not impossible analyst Michael Walkey of Canaccord Genuity will be proven.

By Walkey, next year he was projecting how the tablet and smartphone market is still going to shake the world. In his opinion, Apple is one of the strongest vendors are able to master these two segments. Of 170 million units sold Apple devices, the iPhone will be 116.4 million units sold and 54.6 million donation from the iPad.

Launched by Apple Insider, Saturday (01/07/2012), Wakley also predicts that the IOS will control 18 percent share of the mobile operating system, just came in second place behind Google Android with 51.9 percent. With a predicted 116.4 million units in 2012, sales of Apple over the next 12 months, 20 million more than the sales in the previous year.

"We believe Apple to sell iPhone in the market at least 12 million United States (U.S.) during the December quarter alone," wrote Walkley. "

"With the new offerings for Apple iPhone 4S, we believe the U.S. market could exceed 14 million iPhones sold to the market during the December quarter," he added.

Outside the U.S., said Walkley has shown that the iPhone also saw a strong increase in market share in countries such as Brazil and Russia. He also has high hopes for the upcoming launch of the iPhone 4S in China.

As for the iPad, Walkley has been estimated to be Apple's market share dropped to 52.4 percent in 2012 on sales of 54.6 million. He considers Apple to close 2011 with 38.1 million total sales of iPad, with 13 million sold in the last quarter. With this result, during 2011 will represent 63.2 percent of the tablets sold this year.

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Source Code Stolen Documents That Old

Following a claim made by a group of hackers from India who has managed to steal the source code belongs to Symantec Norton, the antivirus company immediately commenced an investigation on the matter.

Symantec has analyzed it and said that one document dated 28 April 1999 containing the details of the Application Programming Interface has indeed been 'lost, but there is no source code in the document.

The company also found that some of the source code of the two security product, Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Symantec Antivirus 10.2 is publicly available through online.

"Symantec can confirm that the segment of the source code used in our two older products the company has been accessed, one of which has been discontinued," said Symantec's party, as reported by Net Security, Saturday (01/07/2012).

"The code is taken, is a long document about four and five years ago, but this does not affect Symantec's Norton products for our consumer customers," he added.

The company also claims that the code was not stolen through a breach of the network, but perhaps at the expense of the network from a third party entity.

Previously reported, a group of hackers called "The Lord of Dharmaraja 'claims to have stolen the source code and documentation from the Symantec server intelligence agency of India. Also in conjunction with the theft of intellectual property from other software companies that have contracts with the government of India.

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