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during which ancient egyptian month will blackberry die?
	thout
	paopi
	hathor
	koiak
	tobi
	meshir
	paremhat
	paremoude
	pashons
	paoni
	epip
	mesori
	gasthred
	banop
	RIM'S GONNA KEEP GOING BABY!!!

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Bonzo: Mar 11, 2004; Just like Mama used to make it!

http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6180774-former-blackberry-buildings-filling-up/

quote:

The story of BlackBerry's buildings

�January 2014 � BlackBerry puts 21 buildings containing 2,815,320 square feet of space up for sale

�February 2014 � The University of Waterloo buys five buildings at Columbia and Phillip streets containing 306,000 square feet.

�February 2014 � The Waterloo Innovation Network buys 156 Columbia St. W. containing 44,707 square feet.

�May 2014 � San Francisco-based Spear Street Capital buys 15 buildings in Waterloo, Cambridge, Mississauga and Ottawa containing 2,374,183 square feet for $305 million.

�July 2014 � Spear Street sells 560 Westmount Rd. N. containing 90,430 square feet to Quantum Valley Investments.

�November and December 2014 � Spear Street sells 70 Columbia St., W., 176 Columbia St. W., 180 Columbia St. W., 450 Phillip St. and 460 Phillip St (containing a total of 300,279 square feet) to the Waterloo Innovation Network.

�March 2015 � Spear Street sells an industrial building at 25 Cherry Blossom Rd. in Cambridge containing 500,814 square feet to Kitchener-based cookie and cracker manufacturer Dare Foods.

�July 2015 � Spear Street sells 25 Reuter Rd. in Cambridge containing 248,820 square feet to Toronto-based CanFirst Capital; the space is leased back to BlackBerry.

# ? Dec 13, 2015 01:13

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# ? May 12, 2024 18:36

Tayter Swift: Nov 18, 2002; Pillbug

government officials have pleaded to the technology industry for help yet have been met with disdain. In fact, one of the world�s most powerful tech companies recently refused a lawful access request in an investigation of a known drug dealer because doing so would �substantially tarnish the brand� of the company. We are indeed in a dark place when companies put their reputations above the greater good. At BlackBerry, we understand, arguably more than any other large tech company, the importance of our privacy commitment to product success and brand value: privacy and security form the crux of everything we do. However, our privacy commitment does not extend to criminals.

# ? Dec 17, 2015 19:32

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

lol. it's good to see blackberry very publicly killing the last thing they had going for them.

security, but not for criminals.

who the gently caress do they think uses blackberrys anymore?

# ? Dec 17, 2015 19:36

Tayter Swift: Nov 18, 2002; Pillbug

that blog post should trigger the death pool imo

# ? Dec 17, 2015 19:41

Kenny Logins: Jan 11, 2011; EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.

infernal machines posted:

lol. it's good to see blackberry very publicly killing the last thing they had going for them.

security, but not for criminals.

who the gently caress do they think uses blackberrys anymore?

# ? Dec 17, 2015 19:42

BangersInMyKnickers: Nov 3, 2004; I have a thing for courageous dongles

I'm glad its up to a corporation to figure out who is a criminal now

# ? Dec 17, 2015 19:49

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

BangersInMyKnickers posted:

I'm glad its up to a corporation to figure out who is a criminal now

# ? Dec 17, 2015 20:06

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

BangersInMyKnickers posted:

I'm glad its up to a corporation to figure out who is a criminal now

its u

# ? Dec 17, 2015 20:13

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

FMguru posted:

its u

# ? Dec 17, 2015 20:13

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

FMguru posted:

# ? Dec 17, 2015 20:14

BangersInMyKnickers: Nov 3, 2004; I have a thing for courageous dongles

FMguru posted:

its u

loving finally, they got my letters

# ? Dec 17, 2015 20:15

BangersInMyKnickers: Nov 3, 2004; I have a thing for courageous dongles

LOOK AT MY TEXTS, I AM A BAD MAN

# ? Dec 17, 2015 20:16

BangersInMyKnickers: Nov 3, 2004; I have a thing for courageous dongles

anyone who sends goatse to their friends as much as I do should be in prison

# ? Dec 17, 2015 20:16

FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

BangersInMyKnickers posted:

I'm glad its up to a Canadian corporation to figure out who is a criminal now

the sorriest dystopia

# ? Dec 19, 2015 15:48

ADINSX: Sep 9, 2003; Wanna run with my crew huh? Rule cyberspace and crunch numbers like I do?

Bonzo posted:

http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6180774-former-blackberry-buildings-filling-up/

HockeyTech sounds like something I'd come up with on the spot if asked to make up a name for a canadian tech company.

# ? Dec 19, 2015 16:31

Pinterest Mom: Jun 9, 2009

New meaning of blackberry deathwatch: watching for people who die in blackberry cars

quote:

BlackBerry Ltd. has laid out its plans for building autonomous car software, jumping into a race with the likes of Apple Inc., Google Inc. and Tesla Motors Inc. to capture a piece of the ballooning industry.

The company�s QNX software division showed off demo cars that can scan for obstacles, keep from straying from a highway lane and communicate wirelessly with nearby vehicles to avoid accidents, using tools developed by other software and hardware companies on the QNX operating system.

QNX already is used by such auto makers as Ford Motor Co. to build in-car entertainment systems. BlackBerry, based in Waterloo, Ont., wants to extend that model to self-driving car technology by providing a central platform that other companies can use to build their own features.

The technology may offer an alternative for car makers that are considering building their own self-driving software or partnering with Apple and Google. Still, those companies have been pouring resources into autonomous cars. Google�s vehicles have driven more than three million kilometres on their own and Tesla sells some cars preloaded with the ability to stay in a certain lane on their own.

# ? Jan 7, 2016 03:54

Tayter Swift: Nov 18, 2002; Pillbug

autonomous car battery pulls

# ? Jan 7, 2016 04:01

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

Pinterest Mom posted:

New meaning of blackberry deathwatch: watching for people who die in blackberry cars

lol

# ? Jan 7, 2016 04:02

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

every time this thread resurfaces my heart skips a beat

# ? Jan 7, 2016 04:02

Kenny Logins: Jan 11, 2011; EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.

mishaq posted:

every time this thread resurfaces my heart skips a beat

# ? Jan 7, 2016 14:51

Just-In-Timeberlake: Aug 18, 2003

mishaq posted:

every time this thread resurfaces my heart ~~skips a beat~~ grows three sizes

# ? Jan 7, 2016 15:12

The Kins: Oct 2, 2004

you know how the blackberry brand is synonymous with security, privacy, and totally not stopping anyone who wants to penetrate the first two things? well,

Aunty posted:

A Dutch police unit has confirmed to the BBC that it can decrypt messages on Blackberry's most secure smartphones.

It did not go into details about how it does this but said that its methods allow police to read messages.

Troubled phonemaker Blackberry has prided itself on providing customers with one of the safest methods of communication.

In response to the news, it said it could not comment without more information about the crack.

"We are confident that Blackberry provides the world's most secure communications platform to government, military and enterprise customers.

"However, we can't comment on this claim as we don't have any details on the specific device or the way that it was configured, managed or otherwise protected, nor do we have details on the nature of the communications that are claimed to have been decrypted," a spokeswoman told the BBC.

Criminal link

It is believed that the tests were conducted on PGP Blackberrys, handsets with an extra layer of encryption provided by online vendors, such as GhostPGP and TopPGP.

The Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), a body that provides forensic evidence to Dutch police, was unwilling to provide details on how it decrypted messages from the devices, although it seems that it does need physical access to handsets.

Technology website Motherboard reported that it uses a piece of forensic software made by Cellebrite. Others speculated that the NFI may have removed a memory chip and dumped the data from it.

The NFI could not decrypt all messages. According to Dutch blog Crime News, which first reported the news, 275 out of 325 encrypted emails were cracked.
So-called PGP Blackberrys are advertised as being particularly suited to people wanting to keep data secure and have been linked to criminals in the past.

GhostPGP said that its services had not been compromised.

In 2014, it was reported that such phones were used by those involved in a series of killings in Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald claimed that police officers had travelled to Blackberry headquarters looking for advice on how to access encrypted data on the phones.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 16:53

PleasureKevin: Jan 2, 2011

Pinterest Mom posted:

New meaning of blackberry deathwatch: watching for people who die in blackberry cars

the ballooning [vapourware] industry

# ? Jan 12, 2016 16:57

PleasureKevin: Jan 2, 2011

dude using the front-facing camera of the blackberry playbook to film bernie sanders

# ? Jan 14, 2016 16:58

Tayter Swift: Nov 18, 2002; Pillbug

blackberry: toys for tools

# ? Jan 14, 2016 17:17

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

PleasureKevin posted:

dude using the front-facing camera of the blackberry playbook to film bernie sanders

bernie represents the oppressed masses

# ? Jan 14, 2016 17:32

DOG AT THE DOOR: Aug 29, 2007; bwha

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/blackberry-cuts-waterloo-florida-1.3435974

125 laid off in Waterloo, Trudeau stares disapprovingly at the latest and the creator of BBM departs

https://twitter.com/BlackBerry/status/687717797074472961

# ? Feb 6, 2016 05:06

The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

call in the government rescue

# ? Feb 6, 2016 05:21

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

blackberry still has manufacturing facilities?

in the us?

# ? Feb 6, 2016 05:46

Bonzo: Mar 11, 2004; Just like Mama used to make it!

The only ones in Waterloo that are still working there are the types that wouldn't get hired anywhere else or they are an L3 and make over 100,000k a year and would take a pay cut if they quit.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 15:59

Pinterest Mom: Jun 9, 2009

# ? Feb 7, 2016 02:29

Pinterest Mom: Jun 9, 2009

strong marketing targeting there

# ? Feb 7, 2016 02:29

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

lol

probably the only advertising they can afford at this point, an overlay over the internet stream of a saturday tv event

# ? Feb 7, 2016 02:56

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

they had a lot of advertising at raptors games in TO recently

it was sad as hell

# ? Feb 7, 2016 07:56

Bonzo: Mar 11, 2004; Just like Mama used to make it!

http://press.blackberry.com/press/2016/blackberry-launches-new-professional-cybersecurity-services-practice-to-expand-portfolio.html

quote:

BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in secure mobile communications, today announced the launch of its new Professional Cybersecurity Services practice that will further expand BlackBerry�s security portfolio by offering organizations new consulting services, tools and best practices to assess and thwart ever-changing cybersecurity risks.

quote:

As part of the new Professional Cybersecurity Services practice � and aligned with BlackBerry�s core emphasis on securing mobile communications across all platforms � BlackBerry acquired UK-based Encription Limited, which brings years of cybersecurity consulting experience to the organization. The acquisition of Encription was completed on February 19, 2016. Specific terms of the deal are not being disclosed.

Image what it feels like to work at a company and you find out that BB now owns you.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 17:25

Trashman: Sep 11, 2000; You trash eating stink bag!; Fun Shoe

infernal machines posted:

they had a lot of advertising at raptors games in TO recently

it was sad as hell

I'm visiting Toronto right now and I've never seen so many blackberries in real life before. I even saw someone with a passport!!!

of course I also passed the blackberry shop in Dubai mall where they were really pushing the priv phone. wasn't it somewhere in that region they just gave up all their users info to the government?

# ? Feb 25, 2016 19:58

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

i don't know about "just" but they've admitted to handing over their keys to multiple governments in exchange for not being banned from operating in the country

blackberry is "secure" only from non-state actors with no government connections

# ? Feb 25, 2016 20:03

Munkeymon: Aug 14, 2003; Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.

Bonzo posted:

http://press.blackberry.com/press/2016/blackberry-launches-new-professional-cybersecurity-services-practice-to-expand-portfolio.html

Image what it feels like to work at a company and you find out that BB now owns you.

eh, I've updated my resume a few times before

# ? Feb 25, 2016 20:39

Michael Transactions: Nov 11, 2013

blckberry is rearranging deck chairs on the titanic

# ? Feb 26, 2016 23:16

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# ? May 12, 2024 18:36

PleasureKevin: Jan 2, 2011

DOG AT THE DOOR posted:

https://twitter.com/BlackBerry/status/687717797074472961

this doesn't even look like a photo op but they tried to make it one.

# ? Feb 28, 2016 03:04

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