schnell writes “In FCC filings earlier this year, T-Mobile described how the behavior of one Android IM app nearly brought their cellular data network to a breakdown in one city. Even more interesting, the US carrier describes how just the 300,000 unlocked iPhones on their network caused massive spikes in data usage. T-Mobile is using these anecdotes as evidence that mobile carriers should be able to retain control over the applications and devices (more…)

KwahAG writes “Colin Watson, one of the Ubuntu developers, published in his blog information about Windows applications making GRUB 2 unbootable. Users of dual-boot Windows/Linux installations may face the problem, which boils down to particular Windows applications (Colin does not name them, but users point at least to HP ProtectTools, PC Angel, Adobe Flexnet) blindly overwriting hard disk content between the MBR and the first partition destroying (more…)

Several readers noted Google’s announcement yesterday of Google Apps for Government: “The new version is a variant of Google Apps Premier edition, and includes the same core apps: Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sites, Groups, Video, and Postini. Pricing is the same as for Google Apps Premier: $50 per user per year. The certification says that Google Apps qualifies for is called a FISMA-Moderate rating, which means that it’s authorized for use with data that’s (more…)

bennyboy64 writes “The Australian Classification Accommodate is seeking to censor movable phone applications beneath the waves its Civil Classification Programme. ‘I recently wrote to the care for [Senator Conroy] nevertheless my company that some so-called portable phone applications, which can be purchased online or either downloaded to ambulatory phones or played online via portable phone access, are not being submitted to the directorship on account (more…)

CWmike writes “Today Microsoft launched a restricted beta probe of its Company Cobweb Apps, the company’s key available unveiling of its against in return Google’s Net applications. Dubbed a Polytechnic opening’ nigh Microsoft to specify that it’s at near request not, Section Entanglement Apps determination be ready on the company’s Windows Survive plat via a different ‘Documents’ lappet. ‘Tens of thousands press been invited to participate in the (more…)