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Microsoft buddies up for business IM
April 19, 2005
Company cozies up to software rivals to provide ways for employees to send IMs from cell phones and handhelds.
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Symbian Inc.
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RIM releases new BlackBerry in U.S., European markets
September 28, 2004
The new model of Research In Motion's popular BlackBerry e-mail device includes a quad-band phone and Bluetooth.
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RIM inks deal for JPEG patent
October 27, 2005
One-time perpetual license covers all of RIM's BlackBerry devices and its BlackBerry Connect messaging service.
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Forgent Networks Inc.
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Research In Motion Ltd.
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digital camera
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camera
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Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft, Intel split on BlackBerry spat
September 2, 2005
Companies that make up the Wintel juggernaut weigh in on the long-running NTP-RIM patent dispute.
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RIM unruffled over Nokia's Intellisync buy
November 16, 2005
Research In Motion co-chief Jim Balsillie says Nokia's still committed to offering RIM's e-mail service over its devices.
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server software
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Breaking up with BlackBerry is hard to do
January 23, 2006
Analysts consider it unlikely, but mobile e-mail addicts and IT managers should start planning for a possible BlackBerry service shutdown.
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Good Technology Inc.
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Gartner Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Salesforce buy extends reach to mobile devices
April 11, 2006
Web-based applications company makes its first acquisition as part of a new mobile strategy.
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Salesforce.com AppExchange
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Salesforce.com Inc.
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Marc Benioff
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Microsoft Corp.
Businesses to buy into Google Apps Premier Edition?
February 22, 2007
Subscription version of Gmail, Google Talk and other services--$50 a year per user--now includes Docs & Spreadsheets.
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Google Inc.
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Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Corp.
Palm, RIM ink licensing deal
October 17, 2005
Deal will allow owners of Palm's Treo 650 to connect with RIM's BlackBerry e-mail and calendar software.
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Handspring Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
Commentary: RIM on the brink
December 8, 2005
As the long-running patent battle enters its last days, don't look for the BlackBerry maker to shut down--but it will start hobbling.
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information technology
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Microsoft Corp.
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Week in review: iPhone answers business calls
March 7, 2008
Apple opens up the iPhone to developers and challenges BlackBerry, while Yahoo opens up its takeover defense strategy. Also: Microsoft shows off IE 8.
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Visto wins patent suit, sues BlackBerry maker
May 1, 2006
Victory against Seven could give wireless e-mail vendor ammunition in spats with RIM, Microsoft.
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Visto Corp.
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Seven Networks Inc.
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Sony Ericsson's music-playing messenger
February 6, 2006
The M600 sexes up mobile e-mail with an iPod-esque design, and dumbs down the smart-phone tag.
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Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
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Apple iPod
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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Corp.
Ballmer makes nice with mobile operators
February 14, 2006
Microsoft's CEO tells a 3GSM audience that the software giant will help them introduce new services to mobile customers.
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Virgin Mobile
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Good scores deals with Sprint, Microsoft
July 11, 2005
The Sprint partnership means Good, a rival of RIM, now has contracts with the five major carriers in the United States.
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GoodLink
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Sprint Nextel
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Research In Motion Ltd.
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AudioVox
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Cingular Wireless
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RIM BlackBerry
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U.S.
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IBM Corp.
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Samsung Electronics
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Microsoft Corp.
Year in review: Gadgets chic and sleek
December 26, 2006
High-priced luxury gadgets hit a crescendo in 2006, Palm turned 10 and the BlackBerry lawsuit finally came to an end.
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Motorola Inc.
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GPS
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Motorola Razr
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Apple iPod Nano
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Palm Inc.
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T-Mobile
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Apple iPhone
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This week in legal issues
October 28, 2005
Hot-button issues in the tech community kept court dockets busy this week.
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RIM BlackBerry
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U.S.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
RIM creates patent workaround
June 17, 2005
Handheld maker's chairman sounds optimistic note on technology for use in BlackBerries, but he won't spill details.
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Microsoft Corp.
Cisco takes communications software mobile
March 6, 2007
The company now supports mobility in its latest upgrade of Cisco Unified Communications.
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Cisco Systems Inc.
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communications software
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mobile device
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worker
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RIM BlackBerry
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Microsoft Corp.
This week in legal tech news
March 31, 2006
Some U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested that the patent at the heart of a suit against eBay may be too vague and trivial to even be taken seriously.
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injunction
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patent
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eBay Inc.
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RIM BlackBerry
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Microsoft Corp.
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