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If a federal judge orders an injunction that shuts down BlackBerry e-mail service in the United States, business customers have the option to switch to another wireless e-mail platform. But migrating to another platform wont come cheap, according to two consultancies that have analyzed the costs of such a move. Switching from BlackBerry devices and […]

NTP lost a small battle in its big war against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion when a federal judge officially declined to consider several documents that NTP submitted in an attempt to prove that RIM is sneaky. A Feb. 27 entry in a U.S. District Court docket includes a summary of an order “denying [a] […]

RICHMOND, Va.—The judge considering whether to shut down BlackBerry service in the United States made it clear during a Feb. 24 court hearing that he doesnt think this case belongs in court anymore, and he wishes the two sides would just settle. But even after being scolded in court, executives at BlackBerry maker Research In […]

RICHMOND, Va.—The judge charged with deciding the long-running patent-dispute case between Research In Motion and NTP on Feb. 24 failed to issue an injunction to halt BlackBerry service, but scolded the two companies for failing to settle the disagreement themselves. U.S. District Court Judge James Spencer said he planned to decide on whether to issue […]

An ongoing patent infringement case that threatens the future of BlackBerry devices will head back to the courtroom Feb. 24, as a federal judge considers an injunction that could shut down the popular mobile e-mail service to more than 3 million U.S. customers. Lawyers for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion continue to argue that a […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a wireless intrusion detection technology patent to security vendor AirTight Networks. But competitor AirDefense is calling interference, saying its similar patent applications were there first. On Feb. 21, AirTight announced that it had received a U.S. patent for “a method and system for monitoring a selected region […]

A federal judge on Feb. 21 refused the U.S. governments request for its own hearing on how a possible shutdown of BlackBerry e-mail service would affect government employees. The ruling comes three days before the judge is set to hold a hearing to decide the American future of the BlackBerry. Patent-holding company NTP sued BlackBerry […]

If profitability is what distinguishes a startup company from a grown-up company, then Aruba Networks is growing up. For its fiscal quarter ending on Jan. 31, the wireless LAN controller and access point maker had revenues that exceeded operating expenses, marking its first profitable quarter since it started shipping products in June 2003, according to […]

Tokyo software developer Access on Feb. 14 announced some definitive plans for the Palm operating system—and the future is Linux. It was the first such announcement since Access bought the struggling Palm OS maker Palmsource last September, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. The next version of the Palm OS is code-named ALP, which is […]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Feb. 14 affirmed his commitment to wireless computing with the announcement of several new products and initiatives, including a mobile version of the companys corporate instant messaging system and a new service that streams live TV to cell phones. “Weve spent the last 10 or 15 years really building out […]