research in motion in news

Top 10 financial services stories of the year

News Visa Europe did a time-and-motion study and announced in October that, on average, people in the UK waste up to three days a year waiting at ATMs and fishing around for change at shop counters. Research house Gartner gazed into its crystal ball and... [17 Dec 2007]

TorrentSpy out of luck in email hacking suit

News But while a US District judge found that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) had not violated the federal Wiretap Act, as TorrentSpy's attorneys had argued, the MPAA acknowledged in court records that it paid $15,000 to obtain private... [29 Aug 2007]

Motion-sensing tech gives keyboards the wobbles

News BT is trialling a motion-sensing technology for use with mobile devices such as tablet PCs and laptops that means users won't need a keyboard or mouse. The BT Balance technology has been developed at the company's research and venturing labs at... [30 Apr 2007]

JFK files: Presidential archives to be put online

News The archives also hold more than 400,000 still photographs; 9,000 hours of audio recordings; 7.5 million feet of motion picture film; and 1,200 hours of video recordings. The archives of the Kennedy Presidential Library's research facilities... [12 Jun 2006]

BlackBerry patent settlement hits RIM earnings

News Research In Motion (RIM) has been hit by the costs of settling its patent lawsuit with NTP, but BlackBerry deployments rebounded as the fourth fiscal quarter ended. Revenue came in at $561.2m, a little higher than the expectations RIM provided when... [07 Apr 2006]

Take a trip to the bank of the future

News RFID, digital pens and motion-tracking cameras will all be added to the armoury, to help banks find out when their most important customers are visiting and how to sell them more financial products. The trick is to use cutting-edge technologies to... [24 Jan 2006]

F-Secure marks birth of first PC virus

News F-Secure said: "While the virus 'Brain' itself was relatively harmless, it set in motion a long chain of events leading up to today's virus situation. Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, said in a statement: "Certainly the most... [20 Jan 2006]

RIM patent appeal rebuffed by high court

News The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to consider an emergency appeal by Research In Motion to review a long-running patent suit that could shut down RIM's BlackBerry service in the United States. [27 Oct 2005]

Nokia pitches Blackberry-esque business smart phone trio

News He said: "We are taking here a popular form factor that companies like Research in Motion have popularised and added a smart phone", adding that the design was created in response to customer feedback. [12 Oct 2005]

RIM picks Intel for BlackBerry

News Ending months of speculation, Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry email device, said on Tuesday that it will use Intel processors in its future designs. For example, an Intel representative said the chipmaking giant's involvement in the... [28 Sep 2005]

Palm profits drop but Treo sales soar

News Despite success with its Treo, the company is currently lagging behind BlackBerry maker Research In Motion and Nokia in the smart-phone category. That's down from $19.6m, or 38 cents per share, that Palm reported in the same period last year. [23 Sep 2005]

SCO unveils group data services for smart phones

News In the near future, SCO expects to add devices such as Research In Motion's BlackBerry and devices that run on the Microsoft Windows Mobile and the Symbian operating systems. The SCO Group has unveiled a mobile digital service that lets handheld... [20 Sep 2005]

Good Technology lays off five per cent of staff

News Good sells wireless email and office productivity software products similar to those that Research In Motion made famous with its BlackBerry device and service. About 100 people with the mobile-software maker were notified of the layoffs a mere six... [14 Sep 2005]

Google: 'Ex-Microsoft exec crucial to China R&D drive'

News As a rationale for the motion, Google called the four-month period between next week's hearing and the case's 9 January trial date "a very important window". The two tech giants are locked in a complex and bitter dispute over Lee, who left an... [01 Sep 2005]

HP boo-boo reveals iPaq's vital statistics

News The company currently ranks third in overall device shipments behind Research In Motion and Palm, according to the most recent PDA shipment report published by Gartner. Prices were not disclosed but the new iPaqs are expected to ship in January... [15 Aug 2005]

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