Blackberry manufacturers confirmed it. But I don't understand why do they need to put software on your mobile to intercept, if they own the servers that these message pass through in the first place. To circumvent https/ssl encryption?

Joi Ito's response.

whoa .. this is a must read.

it is clear that tens of thousands have left, real estate prices have crashed and scores of Dubai's major construction projects have been suspended or canceled.

Dubai is gone.