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With its latest device, Research in Motion has created what one analysts calls a

Citing national security reasons, French government members and their advisors have been told not to use BlackBerry smartphones. The ban on BlackBerry devices is just one of the IT challenges facing new National Assembly members as they take their seats following Sunday's elections.

The addition of a new software routine caused the multi-hour failure of Research in Motion's Blackberry messaging service in North America earlier this week, the company said Friday.

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) and NTP Inc. have settled their long-standing legal battle with RIM paying NTP US$612.5 million.

The Ipsos Reid BlackBerry ROI Study, 2004 found the following results in the U.S. (not confined to government users): The typical (median) end user converts 47 minutes of downtime into productive time per day. This equates to 196 hours per user per year in recovered downtime.

Government workers and emergency personnel would be exempt from a possible shutdown of BlackBerry wireless e-mail service in the U.S., a situation that has private-sector users steaming.

Government workers and emergency personnel would be exempt from a possible shutdown of BlackBerry wireless e-mail service in the U.S., a situation that has private-sector users steaming.