Research In Motion is not known for its dramatic flair. Like the BlackBerry itself, with its renowned email security, the Canadian smartphone maker seems to put function before form.

Microsoft has shown off prototype phones featuring its new mobile software, but is yet to set a date for their rollout beyond availability this holiday shopping season.

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OTTAWA, CANADA: Research In Motion is not known for its dramatic flair. Like the BlackBerry itself, with its renowned email security, the Canadian smartphone maker seems to put function before form.

As Obamas budget chief heads for the exits, he spoke to Dayo Olopade about why a bigger stimulus was politically impossibleand the administrations plans for the Bush tax cuts.

A public beta of Franklin 3D 1.1, a professional 3D game and simulation engine, has been released with support for REAL Studio. The software features more than 400 methods, including support for display control, model loading, and callbacks. The engine can utilize either OpenGL or DirectX for rendering, allowing developers to tune projects for both Mac OS X and Windows. Other features include ...

When was the last time Manchester United fans were truly excited about a transfer? Not in a 'he'll do a job', 'decent signing for the money' or 'never heard of him but he's highly-rated on imscouting' kind of way. We're talking 'I can't believe we've got him - stick his name on my shirt pronto'.

Nanoviricides Inc., a Connecticut developer of drugs to fight challenging infectious diseases, has filed federal documents stating it is seeking to raise an indeterminate amount of funding in what appears to be a private investment in a public entity (PIPE).

Sirius Exploration Plc ("Sirius" or the "Company") Final Results for the Year Ended 31 March 2010 Sirius Exploration Plc, (AIM: SXX, OTC: SRUXY), the mining and exploration holding company focused on potash and salt deposits in North America and Australia, today announces its audited final results for the year ended 31 March 2010. Operational and Financial Highlights within Period: * £2.8m of ...

Adhering to the advice of a May panel of rheumatologists and drug safety experts, the FDA has refused to approve NicOx SA's experimental osteoarthritis drug naproxcinod until more studies are completed, which sent the French drugmaker's stock into a tailspin Thursday.

I can confirm that the situation in the South is now much better, that I believe that calm and stability have been returned, said Michael Williams after briefing the Security Council in New York, quoted by the National News Agency (NNA).

The Afghan-Pakistan border region is widely believed to be the front line in the war against Islamic militants. Click on the provinces or the links below the map to see how militants operate on either side of the border.

More U.S. lawmakers are open to Alberta's message that the oil sands industry is improving its environmental performance, despite high-profile campaigns to the contrary from green groups, the Canadian province's premier said on Monday.

As the coalition government settles in, we asked writers and politicians, from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to David Miliband to Sarah Waters, to recommend two books unlikely bedfellows or easy companions to take on holiday this summer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I will be taking on holiday Colson Whitehead's novel Sag Harbor (Harvill Secker), which is about an African-American boy's summer in ...

The 43rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM-43) opened in Hanoi on July 20 in the presence of Vietnams Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Some of the most ardent homeschooling advocates don't just want to shape their kids. They want to reshape Canada.

Signs have surfaced that Apple is due to ship many more iPads this year than once thought, iSuppli said. Suppliers in Asia are being asked to ship many more LCDs and flash memory chips than expected and could lead to 12.9 million iPads shipped just in 2010, an 82 percent hike over the 7.1 percent expected before. Researches expected Apple could reach its target even if it doesn't expand beyond ...

ASUS may have already tossed Windows Embedded Compact 7 aside for the Eee Pad EP101TC in favor of Android if a visit to the company proves true. The device doesn't have more details, including whether it would use Android 3.0, but it would still have its 10-inch display and possibly the 10-hour battery life. A formal debut would take place at CES in January but would be preceded by carriers ...

The Obama administration added a U.S.-born, al-Qaida-linked cleric to a terrorism blacklist Friday, targeting him with sanctions aimed at cutting off his financial support. Anwar al-Awlaki - Al-Qaeda - Terrorism - United States - History

The danger with a PLC-type takeover is that you dont know when a counter offer is going to come in.