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• As BlackBerry 10 phones near, hopes send RIM stock rising

  Speculation, rumors, and hopes about the upcoming BlackBerry 10 launch next week have sent Research in Motion's (RIMM - Nasdaq) stock price soaring.

• RIM gets Visa approval for mobile payments via NFC

  Research in Motion announced Wednesday that credit card company Visa has approved RIM's security management system for use in mobile payments made with smartphones or tablets that use a Near Field Communication chip.

• Hottest Android news and rumours for the week ending Dec. 7

  Is HTC going to turn its recent run of strong releases into meaningful, long-term pressure on Android market leader Samsung? It's certainly starting to look that way, thanks to a new burst of rumors about the Taiwanese company's possible M7 flagship being set for a March release - which could mean that it beats the heavily hyped Samsung Galaxy S IV to market.

• RIM offers free BlackBerry 10 smartphone

  Research in Motion Thursday introduced the BlackBerry 10 Ready Program to help prepare business customers for the launch of the next-generation OS on Jan. 30.

• RIM releases Mobile Fusion management software upgrade

  Research in Motion Thursday released an upgraded version of its mobile management software designed to help its users prepare for a "simple and straightforward upgrade" to the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 release slated for early next year.

• Verizon to unbox new HTC Droid DNA live on Google+

  Verizon announced today that it is planning a live unboxing of the latest "Droid"-labeled smartphone on Monday, Nov. 19, at noon EST, to be streamed live on Google+. The new device is widely believed to be the HTC Droid DNA, a U.S. version of the Taiwanese company's cutting-edge Butterfly J, currently available only in Japan.

• RIM plans to unveil BlackBerry 10 and two smartphones Jan. 30

  Research in Motion will officially launch its new mobile operating system, BlackBerry 10, on Jan. 30, along with the first two RIM-designed smartphones to run it, the company announced today. The company has bet its future on the platform's success.

• BlackBerry 10 is FIPS certified in advance of platform's release

  Research In Motion took the unusual step of announcing a tough security certification for BlackBerry 10 in advance of the device's launch next quarter.

• Beyond BlackBerry: Pentagon opens door to iPhones, Android devices

  In another blow to RIM's fortunes, the U.S. Department of Defense may be willing to consider smartphones other than BlackBerries if they can meet the government's tough security rules.

• RIM CIO aims to reassure unhappy enterprise BlackBerry users

  Research in Motion CIO Robin Bienfait's last name means 'well done' in French. She hopes customers will agree that those two words apply to the upcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphones.
  

• Timeline: RIM's very bad year

  You get the feeling that executives in Research in Motion will especially relish singing "Should old acquaintance be forgot" this year.

• 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)

• 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.

• Facebook, Twitter, RIM called to meet UK govt over riots

  Executives at the main social media networks and messaging outlets - Facebook, Twitter and RIM's BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) - have been called to meet UK Home Office ministers on Thursday to discuss their products' use in the UK riots.

• 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.