Microsoft’s Bing and Map Service agreed to be the default services on BlackBerry by RIM

It was announced today, on Tuesday, by the C.E.O. of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer himself that its much alive search engine, Bing along with its maps services has been agreed to be made the default services for all BlackBerry devices. This announcement was preceded by a sudden surprise visit of the Microsoft C.E.O during the three day long BlackBerry World developer’s conference. This conference is held every year, by the manufacturers of famous business smartphone makers, Research In Motion (RIM) in Orlando, Florida.

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It was also again published officially in the blog of the director of Bing; Matt Dahlin who said that the service will be set as the preferred search provider in the internet browser of all BlackBerry’s by default. It was also stated that the similar treatment will be given to the map service of Microsoft on the map application of Blackberry devices. Additionally it was also mentioned that agreement also extends to the RIM's new BlackBerry Playbook, as Bing will decidedly be the default search engine and along with the map application. Playbook is a very steep product of RIM, which will be a touchscreen tablet computer, competing in the market with products like Apple’s iPad. Dahln also said that "We are excited to be working with RIM, an early leader in Internet-connected mobile devices, to help people make better decisions with Bing.”

Disney Files Lawsuit against Dish Network for Giving Free Offer to Subscribers of Starz Channel

Walt Disney Co has recently reported a copyright infringement lawsuit against the Dish Network Corp for displaying its most popular movies like "Toy Story 3" and "Alice in Wonderland" on a ‘free tier’ for all its Dish subscribers. Disk Network Corp. is one of the biggest satellite television operators in the United States.

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Previously Disney has undoubtedly released plenty of its hit movies top its cable and satellite viewers, through their long-term agreements with Liberty Media Corp's Starz channel. Starz Channel is the most premium network channel of Liberty Media Corp., Just like HBO is of Time Warner Inc or Showtime is for CBS Corp.

More Data Loss Announced By Sony, Additional 24.6M Users at Risk Along With Considerate Credit/Debit Card Information Too

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After the reports of the first vicious data theft faced by Sony Corp. which after a long silence was told to be as big as the data of 77million accounts one the Sony PlayStation Network. Just again recently, on Monday, Sony Corp. has again announced that additional 24.6 million accounts are also to be added to that already huge number. With such unacceptably large number of accounts compromised and detailed information about them leaked, it is highly arguable that if there are even any accounts left with Sony to be hacked yet.

ABI Studies: Most Laptop Users Still Prefer USB Modems over Other Connection Methods Even Today

This Monday, a report of survey and calculations of the research firm ABI stated that that the Mobile data users are currently more inclined towards using the USB modems for keeping their mobile devices connected to the internet. However, it has predicted that in near future, like five years or so, majority of the users will be more into using the built-in cellular radios or portable Wi-Fi hotspots.

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It quoted that even though the market of connected tablets, along with the availability of devices with built-in high-speed cellular modules is ever increasing, still in comparison the worldwide shipments of USB modems has yet remained way more than the embedded 3G and 4G modules. It was mentioned that the ratio is as steep as three to one, and ABI predicted that until 2016, this ratio will be almost neutralized.