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RIM says not singled out on India security demands

Research In Motion (RIM) said on Friday that the Indian government had assured the Canadian smartphone maker that it would not be singled out when it came to security concerns for encrypted emails.

 
 
 

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Government to appeal court ruling on Globalive

The Canadian government said on Tuesday it will appeal a court ruling that overturned its decision to allow foreign-backed Globalive to launch a wireless service over the objections of the telecom regulator.


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Wind Mobile

Clement to make statement Tuesday on Globalive ruling

Canadian Industry Minister Tony Clement will make an announcement on Tuesday regarding a Federal Court ruling on Globalive and its Wind Mobile wireless service.


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Twitter

Twitter dismisses reports of Google interest

Reports that Google has held takeover talks with Twitter that value the microblogging site at as much as $10 billion are "just a rumor," Chief Executive Dick Costolo said on Monday.


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Wi-Fi snooping tool drills gaping holes in security

Kris Constable, director of the Victoria-based PrivaSecTech, which specializes in information security and privacy technology, said the release of the Firefox extension Firesheep is both good and bad in that it draws attention to security issues, but also people could be using it to become online snoops.


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