According to the Register, “

[i]ndustry analysts have decreed that the new iPhone’s lack of security and poor battery life make it unsuitable for all but the lightest enterprise use.  The conclusions come in a nine-page research note from Gartner, as reported by Computerword. Entitled iPhone 2.0 Is Ready for the Enterprise, but Caveats Apply, it is based on analysis of the new iPhone version 2.0 software and 3G handset.  According to Ken Dulaney, author of the report, the lack of battery life on the 3G iPhone makes it impossible to maintain synchronisation with an Exchange server for a full day even if no calls are made. That’s a serious issue, but the lack of security is the biggest impediment to enterprise adoption.”   

And in more bad news for Apple, the Register writes that a U.S. consumer rights magazine has advised that “[s]urfers should steer clear of Safari until it introduces better anti-phishing protection.  Consumer Reports lists ‘thinking your Mac shields you from all risks’ as one of the seven biggest online blunders that expose surfers to risk online. It advises Apple fans to consider using either Firefox or Opera in preference to the Safari web browser bundled with Macs which contains no phishing protection, unlike the competition. It also suggests using free anti-phishing toolbars such as McAfee Site Advisor or FirePhish.”

The SFGate.com reveals that “[t]echnology companies and human rights groups are close to agreeing on voluntary guidelines, backed by monitoring mechanisms, that would govern the behavior of U.S. firms operating in countries like China that seek to restrict free speech in cyberspace.  The tentative agreement, whose details have not yet been made public, was heralded Monday in a news release by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who held hearings in May to call attention to Internet censorship.  ;We must ensure that American companies operating in repressive regimes protect fundamental human rights,’ Durbin said in a statement that lauded Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for publishing codes of conduct.”

Internetnews.com reports that “Netizens have uncovered a Dell trademark for the term ‘cloud computing,’ uncorking fears of another attempt at co-opting a popular industry term. In 2006, for example, CMP Media and publisher Tim O’Reilly acquired a service mark for the popular term ‘Web 2.0,’ then tried to enforce it with a cease and desist letter to an Irish trade show. CMP backed off after a huge backlash on the Internet.  Like O’Reilly, which was trying to protect its own trade property, the Web 2.0 Summit, Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) said its goal is to clearly define a part of its product line called Cloud Computing Solution.  The trademark filing was made on March 23, 2007, but attention to the trademark didn’t come until last week, when Sam Johnston, a European technologist based in Paris, first posted on the subject to a Cloud Computing group on Google Groups.“ 

CNetNews.com has an article today on the developer application contest that Facebook created for its FBFund grant program. The publication reports that “[w]inning developers, who submit business plans for their prototypical Facebook Platform applications, will receive between $25,000 and $250,000 in grant money. The company plans to give away $10 million total.”