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Bad day at office for RIMRESEARCH IN MOTION needed to report a blow-out second quarter to meet lofty expectations for the BlackBerry maker, but it didn't, and the stock was punished.
Australian IT Friday, September 25, 2009Telstra SMS alerts could save livesA NATIONAL warning system will send text alerts to the mobile phones of residents threatened by bushfires.
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Amazon Friday, September 25, 2009Adobe woos govt departmentsFollowing its $20 million NSW education deal, Adobe Systems has begun high-level discussions with other states and territories in a bid to repeat its success.
Australian IT Friday, September 25, 2009Congressman 'Crowdsources' Healthcare BillTexas
republican John Culberson has posted the House healthcare bill online and invited constituents to annotate it using a Web 2.0 collaboration tool.
Information Week Friday, September 25, 2009RIM grows quarterly revenues 37%, net profit declines(Telecompaper) Research In Motion reported revenues for its fiscal second quarter to 29 August of USD 3.42 billion, up 37 percent from a year earlier. RIM shipped 8.3 million BlackBerry devices in the quarter, and a net 3.8 million BlackBerry subscriber accounts were activated, for a total 32 million worldwide. Net profit fell to USD 475.6 million or USD 0.83 per share, from USD 495.5 million or USD 0.86 per share a year ago. The result includes a
charge of USD 112.8 million for settling its litigation with Visto. RIM forecast third-quarter sales of USD 3.60-3.85 billion, with a gross margin of
around 43 percent. Net subscriber additions should reach 4.0-4.3 billion in the thiree months to November, while EPS is estimated at USD 1.00-1.08. RIM finished August with USD 2.50 billion in cash, after operating cash flow of USD 564 million in the quarter.
DMeurope.com Friday, September 25, 2009EU seeks to ensure Microsoft ballot offers choicesBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust regulators are seeking to ensure that an offer by U.S. software company Microsoft to give users the chance to choose rivals' Web browsers was workable for consumers and its rivals.
Reuters Friday, September 25, 2009Korean regulator to slash mobile internet fees(Telecompaper) Korea's telecommunications regulator is expected to lower the price of internet services on mobile devices by the end of this year, with the upcoming
launch of Apple's iPhone and the general trend towards such services. The Korea Communications Commission will cut mobile phone rates by 20 percent by next year, and additional details of the price cut will be announced
around the Chuseok holidays, said Choi See-joong, chairman of the KCC, during a National Assembly telecommunications committee meeting, the JoongAng Daily reports. The main focus in the KCC's cutting of mobile phone and wireless internet service fees will involve banning mobile phone subsidies in exchange for cheaper rates and pushing operators to expand payment plans to include reasonable payment packages for smartphones. The KCC also plans to introduce MVNOs in which non-telecommunication companies will be able to provide wireless services by borrowing bandwidth from mobile carriers. The KCC will allow the
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