Research In Motion (RIM) may not be so secure after all, its operating system at least, as security experts have found a weakness in the BlackBerry PlayBook Bridge software that makes it vulnerable to data interception.
According to Threatpost, Intrepidus Group consultants, Ben Nell and Zach Lanier, announced at the Infiltrate conference their discovery that a hacker can access into the BlackBerry PlayBook Bridge connection and snatch email data.
A communication between a BB smartphone and a …

Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is now sold out in retail channels across India.
According to the Economic Times, after selling out BlackBerry Playbook slates that cost nearly half the original price in only a matter of days, RIM now wants to extend its lower offer for another week.
“We are pleased to see the excitement and overwhelming response to our limited festive season offer on BlackBerry PlayBook. I believe that the 16-GB and 32-GB version …

Jon Rubenstein introduces new HP TouchPad by Robert Scoble / Flickr / (CC BY)

Hewlett-Packard marked its formal entry into the fast booming tablet industry today as it unveiled the TouchPad and got mixed welcome from experts.
According to Business Insider’s Dan Frommer, the “TouchPad is no threat to Apple’s iPad.” He goes on to say that the HP tablet is an “iPad clone”.
Frommer explains that the TouchPad is “not better than the iPad” and has no developer, distribution and …