Supreme Court: Sexting at work

When your job pays for your blackberry, sexting may not be a good idea. Yet, for some reason a California cop is suing after he was fired for sending sexually related texts on his work pager. The case is going all the way to the Supreme Court.

Apparently the case could have wide ranging implications, including whether your boss can read your work emails. That's because the The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the cop has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

On the other hand, in today's Chicago Tribune they cite one study, that says fully half of employers said they monitor their employees' Internet usage.

25% say they have fired someone for inappropriate use of e-mail.

Update on Barack Obama's BlackBerry

There is a new way to measure your status in Washington, D.C. Do you have Barack Obama's new e-mail address for his BlackBerry? A New York Times story about the haves and have-nots may surprise you. Washingtonians have never had a president who used e-mail regularly, so this is a new and different measure. Some people, given the opportunity to brag about being part of Obama's inner sanctum, refused to speak.

President Gets to Keep BlackBerry

Once he got to the White House, President Barack Obama was told he had to give up his BlackBerry, but today the self-confessed BlackBerry addict got the good news. The President will get a super-encrypted version of the smartphone costing $3,350. Apparently the White House is technologically speaking in the dark ages, so Obama will be ecstatic to have a connection to the real world. He had to give up his old e-mail address, but that sounds like a small price to pay.
I am really happy for the President and I am all for transparency in government, but doesn't this information sound like a dare to a hacker?
Wondering if you are (like me) a BlackBerry addict? Don't worry, here is how you self-diagnose yourself. It's the top 10 signs you're addicted to your BlackBerry.