Research in Motion today confirmed that the Storm 2 is to be launched as the next generation version of its BlackBerry Storm touchscreen phone.
This will consolidate the success of the Curve which is confirmed to be outselling the iPhone in the first quarter of this year, and now RIM has moved into the consumer market [...]

After a few hiccups developing the box, Sling has finally released SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone. It works with your Slingbox at home and lets you control and watch your satellite or cable box and DVR from your iPhone or iPod Touch.
The functionality found in the previous platforms is still intact. You have access to [...]

The European Commission on today fined the world’s largest chip maker, Intel, a record $1.446 billion (or about €1.06 billion) for abusing its dominance in the computer chip market to exclude longtime rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
The move comes one day after Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini stated that chip orders for Q2 2009 have been [...]

In an attempt to reduce piracy, the French have passed a new law requiring Internet service providers to cut off Internet access for repeat copyright infringers. Under the new ?HADOPI? legislation ISPs have to warn their customers twice that they are accused of infringing copyright. If both warnings are ignored, Internet access for that subscriber [...]

Virgin Mobile USA has reported a 301% jump in first quarter profits to US$19.1 million compared to US$4.7 million in the first quarter of 2008 - while revenues were largely flat at US$337.3 million, up 2% year over year.
“We are pleased with our first quarter results and the initial success of our new offers focused [...]

Internet service providers (ISPs) have rejected calls for them to police the net and cut off users who repeatedly file-share material unlawfully.
The umbrella group that represents ISPs said disconnecting users would be a “disproportionate response”.
A coalition of UK creative industries wants the online connections of repeat offenders to be slowed or stopped.
The government has said [...]

Fresh from taking on mobile roaming costs, the European Commission has launched a new assault on what it considers to be rip-off costs for mobile termination rates.
EU examines mobile operators termination feesUnlike earlier moves against mobile roaming charges, which involved setting price caps, the latest initiative recommends that national telecom regulators in the 27 European [...]

Persistent illegal file-sharers should be cut off from the net, an alliance of UK creative industries will tell the government later.
The alliance wants the government to force internet service providers (ISPs) to disconnect users who ignore repeated warnings about sharing illegal content.
John Woodward, head of the UK Film Council, said illegal file-sharing was hurting film-making [...]

The future of Sony Ericsson, a joint-venture between Sony Corp. and Ericsson, can hardly be called cloudless, but a high-ranking executive from Sony Ericsson still does not rule out unveiling of a PlayStation-branded phone, a holy grail of the struggling maker of handsets that should never be released to the market, according to Sony.
Hideki Komiyama, [...]

The world’s largest handset manufacturer, Nokia, is prepping its long-awaited application store for mobile devices at the end of May. With the new service, which is called the Ovi Store, the Finnish company will try to emulate Apple’s success — only with more than 20,000 titles at launch.
The Ovi Store, expected for a few months [...]