The biggest name in cell phones for business is jumping into the tablet computer market today. BlackBerry is hoping that corporate clients will buy PlayBook tablets for their employees to go along with their company-issued BlackBerry phones. But reviewers have knocked the new PlayBook because it cannot access Blackberry’s email system unless it’s connected to a BlackBerry phone. Source Link
NASA has doled-out over a quarter-billion dollars in funding to four companies vying to build a new spacecraft to take astronauts into orbit. A company run by Amazon.Com founder Jeff Bezos is among those hoping to win a contract to build the next-generation craft that will replace the Space Shuttle to take American Astronauts to the International Space Station. Source Link
The story of corrupt city leaders in a Los Angeles suburb who cheated taxpayers in order to pay themselves huge salaries has won journalism’s top award. The Los Angeles Times picked up a 2011 Pulitzer Prize for public service for their coverage. The stories revealed that officials in Bell, California were raising taxes and fees to cover their secret big paychecks. Source Link
