BlackBerry

These are dark days for Research In Motion (RIM) and its BlackBerry brand...or at least dim ones.

Don’t nail the coffin shut on RIM just yet. Following a shakeup of executive leadership, and the launch of BlackBerry Cloud Service and Office 365 integration, RIM announced today that the BlackBerry 7 OS has received FIPS 140-2 certification.

Research in Motion took to its blog to explain that the cartoon superhero foursome known as "The BeBold Team" is not a new ad campaign, but the result of some New Year's Eve fun. That sounds about right.

New Research in Motion chief executive Thorsten Heins seems to have inherited his predecessors' penchant for delusion.

Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie step aside as Research in Motion's co-CEOs, but it may be too late for the BlackBerry maker to reverse its declining fortunes.

The Consumer Electronics Show always generates a blizzard of hype, endlessly repetitive announcements of world-changing new products and a few real gems. This year's hype/news ratio is worse than usual, but it's not always obvious why, or what real innovations got buried.

The smartphone market in 2011 witnessed a Hail Mary pass and a possible implosion.

All those people seen pulling out Blackberries and checking email after hours at dinner, school functions, and home may have some peace in their future. If they work for Volkswagen.

Shares of Research in Motion soar 13% after reports that it recently had attracted potential buyers.

In the wake of Research in Motion's latest quarterly bomb, will shareholders and the board of directors finally demand the removal of the BlackBerry maker's co-CEOs?

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion warns Wall Street that its Q3 numbers kinda sucked. But great days are ahead!