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• Software lets mobile devices use corporate printers

  A new client-server application lets most mobile devices now wirelessly use corporate printers, without having to make changes to smartphones or tablets, or to the printers.

• Tech arguments: iOS vs. Android vs. BlackBerry OS vs. Windows Phone

  Right now the mobile operating system wars have only two main combatants: <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/060309-apple-quiz.html">Apple</a>'s iOS and Google's <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a>.

• HTC now top U.S. smartphone vendor

  HTC's strategy of flooding the U.S. market with lots of devices and hoping some of them hit is really paying off.

• New security flaws ID'd in BlackBerry 6 OS, enterprise IM apps

  It's been more than two months since Research In Motion (RIM) reported a BlackBerry smartphone or BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) security flaw, but the Canadian company has announced a handful of recently discovered vulnerabilities in its BlackBerry 6 handheld OS and BES for IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange. BlackBerry Torch 9800 with Padlock (Image Credit: Brian Sacco)

• BlackBerry losing sway in enterprise, study finds

  Enterprise users, who have long been RIM's firewall against the iPhone and Android devices, are increasingly jumping ship.

• RIM offers free apps, support following outages

  Following last week's major service disruptions, Research in Motion (RIM) is offering free applications and support as compensation, the company said on Monday.

• As fix begins, some BlackBerry users still have problems

  BlackBerry users on Wednesday reported that problems are continuing into a third day in Europe and Asia, after Research in Motion announced on Tuesday that a fix was underway.

• All-of-govt mobile tender prefers BlackBerry

  An all-of-government tendering process has begun for mobile data and services, but at a preliminary presentation there appeared to be a preference for BlackBerry as the sole approved handset.

• Android adoption accelerates, says Nielsen

  Google's Android mobile operating system is still steadily expanding its share of the U.S. smartphone market, as industry watcher Nielsen reports that 43% of American smartphone subscribers use Android-based devices.

• BlackBerry PlayBook getting the TouchPad deep discount treatment

  It seems the only way to beat Apple in the tablet market these days is to knock down your prices to the point of unprofitability.

• Harvard class project compares iPhone, Windows 7, Android, Blackberry usability; triggers a wave of invective

  A "minor" college class project intended to demonstrate how first-time users fared in doing basic tasks on different <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/061510-smartphone-history.html">smartphones</a> has triggered an Internet wave of mockery, condemnation and invective. In a 10-minute video, the <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/120101-iphone-quiz.html">iPhone</a> 4 and the Samsung Focus running <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/windows.html">Windows</a> Phone 7 are rated superior to the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a>-based HTC Thunderbolt and a RIM BlackBerry Storm.

• London rioters plan on Blackberrys as RIM speaks to police

  Blackberry manufacturer RIM has promised to work closely with police after claims that rioters who spread destruction across London, Birmingham and Liverpool last night used their <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/topics/blackberry/">Blackberry</a> devices to co-ordinate action.

• Tablets used widely for business, says Social Nuggets survey

  Your employees' promises that they'll use a company-issued tablet for business purposes is probably on the up and up, according to the research firm Social Nuggets.

• RIM job cuts renew takeover speculation

  The stock price for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion dropped $1.24 in heavy trading Monday, to $26.67, and even more after hours, to its lowest point in five years. That makes the stock a bargain for a buyer, but there's one problem with the renewed talk of a RIM takeover:

• Timeline: RIM's rapid decline

  As hard as it may be to believe, it was just over two years ago that Research in Motion was still considered one of the premiere innovators of the smartphone industry.