Matt Hines

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion announced Thursday that it has established a new relationship with Google Inc. through which users of the wireless communications devices can access the search giants instant messaging, local search and geographic mapping tools. Under the deal, terms of which were not detailed, the companies will launch Google Talk for BlackBerry, […]

Slowed growth and falling prices in the wireless handset market will make it harder for mobile device manufacturers to generate the same revenue they are driving today, according to new research. In a report released on Thursday, analyst firm iSuppli Corp. said that revenues in the mobile phone market likely peaked in 2005 and that […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has reaffirmed a pair of patents held by Microsoft related to its File Allocation Table system, which allows for the use of certain file names in its Windows operating system as well as in many electronic devices and forms of removable media. In a filing posted to its Web […]

Handset makers Nokia Corp. and Kyocera Wireless Corp. have ended their long-running patent dispute in favor of a new agreement through which the mobile device makers will license each others technologies. Late Tuesday, the two companies announced that they have signed a licensing agreement that officially terminates their previous patent claims, which had been brewing […]

Most customers of Research In Motion Inc.s BlackBerry wireless e-mail system and handhelds are satisfied with the companys products, but many also remain interested in alternatives from mobile carriers and other device makers, according to a new research report. Austin, Texas-based iGillottResearch Inc. said Tuesday that its latest survey of roughly 800 BlackBerry customers in […]

Most information technology workers saw little growth in their salary levels during 2005, and many of the professionals shouldnt expect to see significant pay increases any time soon, according to the latest industry wage survey published by researchers Monday. In the preliminary results of its January 2006 IT Salary Survey, research firm Janco Associates said […]

A federal judge in New York ruled in favor of InterDigital Communications Corp. in the companys technology licensing claim against mobile device maker Nokia Corp. In a filing submitted Wednesday, U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III confirmed an award of between $232 and $252 million granted to InterDigital in June 2005 by the ICC […]

Youre hired! If you were dreaming about convincing real estate mogul Donald Trump to bring you on as his next apprentice, you needed to look no further than your e-mail inbox in 2005 to find information on how to achieve the far-flung career goal, according to America Online Inc. While reporting that it made progress […]

The Recording Industry of America Association is celebrating a moral victory in its worldwide crusade to stop music piracy, based on the U.S. governments demand that Russian authorities work harder to stem counterfeiting in their nation. The RIAA issued a statement on Tuesday lauding the passage of a resolution last week by the U.S. Senate […]

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Sort of. When Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first Web client, or browser editor, in 1990, his aim was to build a creative tool that would allow people using the nascent system to organize information and present it to others in a fun, dynamic way. Fifteen […]

Representatives at browser maker Opera Software ASA denied that the company is in the process of being sold to either Google Inc. or Microsoft Corp., and said the Norwegian firm has no other acquisition plans in the works. Opera markets an eponymous desktop Web browser as well as several mobile browser technologies. A number of […]

Joy to the world, the browser has come. Such is the holiday sentiment that nonprofit Mozilla Group is asking its customers to share in the name of promoting its latest open source Web browser, Firefox 1.5. The Mountain View, Calif.-based organization launched its first official marketing campaign ever on Wednesday, an initiative that will ask […]