Canadian handset maker Research In Motion has been accused of backdating hundreds of thousands of stock options to make them more lucrative for company executives, by an American professor. Professor Erik Lie, whose work has led to nearly 200 investigations in the US, says in an affidavit “I believe that backdating has taken place here”. [...]
Blackberry maker Research In Motion, has bought Epoch Integration, a wireless network firm, for an undisclosed sum. Customers of the BlackBerry will be familiar with Epoch Integration’s NeedText product, a set of software tools for managing the BlackBerry’s enterprise server. A statement on Epoch Integration’s website said: “We would… like to assure you that RIM, [...]
Mobile email patent holder NTP, the company that very nearly brought BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) to its knees, has turned its sights on a new target – Palm. NTP’s lawsuit claims that certain Palm products infringe seven NTP patents. Palm said in a statement that it has been in occasional contact with NTP [...]
Research In Motion (RIM) has warned that it will not be able to meet the October 17th deadline for reporting its Q2 financial results. RIM said Friday that it will need to review certain figures before filing its report, due to a potential “technical error” under US accounting rules. A management and insider cease-trade order [...]
Research in Motion (RIM) will become a victim of its own proprietary solutions and is doomed to extinction within a decade unless it embraces open standards. This is the argument put forward by Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica, the firm that put the scream feature into stolen mobiles. Brinkschulte believes RIM’s reluctance to embrace open [...]
Canadian vendor, Research In Motion (RIM), the company behind the BlackBerry handheld, announced two firsts on Tuesday. Leading Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo will make the first ever BlackBerry available in Japan on September 26 and the device, the BlackBerry 8707h, will also be RIM’s first WCDMA 3G offering. DoCoMo will make the device available to [...]
Making good on its promise, Research in Motion, the Canadian manufacturer behind the BlackBerry launched its first consumer version of the iconic gadget on Thursday The new BlackBerry – dubbed 8100 or ‘Pearl’ – is a response from the company to concerns that while it remains dominant in the corporate mobile email sphere, it lacks [...]
The ongoing rumour that Research in Motion (RIM) is working with Apple to create a mobile phone/iPod hybrid – dubbed ‘AppleBerry’ by hopeful fans – was dealt a blow on Tuesday as RIM refused to answer any questions on the subject. Jim Balsillie, co-chief executive at RIM would not be drawn on the issue when [...]
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