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A new study on tablets unsurprisingly shows that Apple has the lion's share of the tablet market. What is more surprising, and maybe a little depressing depending on who you ask, is that Microsoft manages to sell more Windows 7 tablets than RIM sells BlackBerry PlayBooks, despite Windows 7 not...

New data from Strategy Analytics suggested that even Microsoft had managed to ship more tablets than RIM in the spring. Windows 7 tablets made up 4.6 percent of the tablet space, or 697,000 devices, where RIM's 500,000 PlayBooks were only enough to give its platform 3.3 percent. RIM was larger...

As Research in Motion (RIM) stock continues its free-fall, speculation about a possible acquisition of the Canadian company by Microsoft persists. RIM says it's profitable, others say they squandered opportunities. Read Full Story: Microsoft, RIM Rumors Intensify as Stock Plummets /...

Microsoft showed us IE10 on Windows 8, which honestly has a very iOS-like feel to it. You get smooth scrolling and panning, with a PlayBook style support for tabs. It's amazing how much of the Windows 8 UI looks a lot like RIM's first tablet. The URL bar is hidden by default but it's actually at...

Analysis: Their 'partnership' will change nothing in the mobile market, which is following the path of the iPod instead of Windows Link Removed Microsoft plus Research in Motion equals what? Not much. The alliance of the two losers in the mobile computing race reeks of desperation and...

RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis ceded the stage partway through his keynote address to his competitor, who proceeded to announce that Microsoft's Bing Search and Bing Maps products will be "fully integrated" into the BlackBerry platform later this year. Rather than simply supply a stand-alone app on...

Research in Motion (RIM) has announced it will make Bing the default search engine on BlackBerry phones starting this holiday season. The announcement at the BlackBerry World 2011 conference on May 3 was big enough to merit Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s appearance on stage. Details so far...

Research In Motion is preparing to release its much-awaited response to the iPad, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, a month behind schedule. Among other reasons, Adobe Flash is probably contributing to the delay. The PlayBook was supposed to be out the first quarter of 2011 but is now set to...

The trend was obvious Link Removed - Invalid URL, and now it finally happened: Android is the most popular smartphone platform among U.S. subscribers. According to comScore's data, Google's Android rose from 23.5% market share in October 2010 to 31.2% in January 2011, enough to securely grab...

All eyes may be on Dell’s Streak 7 (aka M02M “Looking Glass”) Android tablet, but the company isn’t ignoring its enterprise customers either. More Dell Windows tablet rumors have emerged, this time with DigiTimes describing the company as – along with RIM and the PlayBook – “the most active...

Link Removed OTTAWA — A small but significant slip of the tongue had Canada's industry minister pleading for "more Canadian sex stories" on Monday, although he quickly insisted he was actually talking about success. "We need more Canadian sex stories," Tony Clement told an Ottawa crowd...

RIM was dealt bad news by Dell who says it will outfit 25,000 employees with its upcoming Venue Pro smartphone. Will Dell live to regret the move? More...

RIM was dealt bad news by Dell who says it will outfit 25,000 employees with its upcoming Venue Pro smartphone. Will Dell live to regret the move? More...

The tablet market is starting to heat up, with Apple moving 7.5 million iPads so far this year , Samsung's Android-based Galaxy Tab rolling out next month , and RIM set to launch its Playbook first quarter next year. Netbook maker Asustek will throw itself into the ring beginning in January next...