Research in Motion has announced that its new security and back-up application, BlackBerry Protect, is available as an Open Beta for UK users to download.   BlackBerry Protect is a free application for BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) customers and allows users to wirelessly backup, restore and remotely locate their BlackBerry smartphone. In the event that their BlackBerry smartphone is misplaced, lost or stolen, BlackBerry Protect provides features such as remote device wipe, remote device lock, a ‘lost and found’ screen on the device, remote geo-location using the GPS, remote activation of the BlackBerry smartphone loud ringer and wireless device backup and restore.   Can’t find your BlackBerry? Go to www.blackberry.com/protect…