http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10147749-38.html By Declan McCullagh Politics and Law CNet News January 21, 2009 Forget the important task of opening up government. Never mind a recession that seems to be trying hard to be promoted to a full-scale depression. In geekish circles, the question of the week has been: Will President Obama manage to hang on to his BlackBerry? Obama told us more than a year ago that it was his favorite gadget, and he was rarely without it during the 2008 campaign. In 2001, George Bush famously gave up e-mail, and there was plenty of speculation that Obama would too, either for privacy or open-government reasons. Last week, we suggested the Sectera Edge as a secure PDA-phone--it's rated for SECRET data and TOP SECRET voice--that might do the trick. Now we're hearing from a report on The Atlantic's Web site that Obama will be able to keep his BlackBerry after all. Apparently it's been outfitted with encrypted software secure enough for routine personal messages--meaning, if this report is true, there will no Microsoft Windows Mobile in the president's immediate future. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books & More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Wed Jan 21 2009 - 23:10:03 PST
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