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Intel teases shape-shifting programmable matter

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Intel CEO Justin Rattner teased his Intel Developer Forum audience with technology of the not-so-disant-future that could take an object design of any imaginable shape, ‘hit the print command,’ and see the matter take shape. SAN FRANCISCO, CA–Mobile phones in future could be thumb-sized in pockets, and in practically…
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BlackBerry rumor mill takes a page from Apple

Friday, August 15th, 2008

For the past few months, writers have been churning out rumors about several new flavors of BlackBerry. Is RIM using careful leaks to beat Apple at its own rumor-fueling game? If you thought iPhone nano rumors were hard to avoid, consider the myriad BlackBerry incarnations haunting cyberspace. …
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HSBC could order 200,000 iPhones

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Global banking giant HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and adopting Apple’s iPhone as its standard staff mobile device. Global banking giant HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and adopting Apple’s iPhone as its standard staff mobile device, a move that could result in an order for some 200,000…
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The curse of the BlackBerry

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Creating an epidemic of BlackBerry dependency may serve short-term business interests. But the trouble is one day the addicts might just fight back. Although he’s supposed to be on holiday, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown admits his BlackBerry will remain on as he wanders pensively along the North Sea…
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RIM’s Lazaridis on why Qwerty’s still working

Friday, May 16th, 2008

RIM’s co-CEO tells Silicon.com why he believes smartphones are the future, why Qwerty is so exciting, and why the Bold has nothing to do with the iPhone. BlackBerry maker RIM has been very busy this week hosting the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Fla. One of the announcements…
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‘BlackBerry blackouts’ aim for life/work balance

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Immigration department memo asks employees to turn off their handsets evenings and weekends. It may be wishful thinking, but a Canadian government ministry has sent out a directive to its employees urging them to relax and not to use their BlackBerry smartphones at night or on weekends and…
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‘BlackBerry blackouts’ aim for work-life balance

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Memo from Canadian immigration department asks employees to turn off their handsets evenings and weekends. It may be wishful thinking, but a Canadian government ministry has sent out a directive to its employees urging them to relax and not use their BlackBerry smartphones at night or on weekends…
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BlackBerry maker jazzes up goods for broader appeal

Monday, January 28th, 2008

More than a third of RIM’s customers are now noncorporate and nongovernment. But can Pearl go mano a mano with iPhone? Research In Motion has leapt into the retail consumer market with products such as its pink BlackBerry Pearl, a candy bar-shaped e-mail phone stuffed with multimedia goodies,…
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