If you think Research In Motion’s co-CEOs are hurting for money after taking dramatic pay cuts, think again. RIM co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis (l) and Jim Balsillie RIM chiefs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis said yesterday that they had asked to change their salary to $1 per year. The salary cut was a clear acknowledgement of …

First came OneNote, then SkyDrive. Now, Microsoft is jumping into the iOS games market with Kinectimals, a mobile version of the popular Kinect console title. “Game” might not be the right word. Kinectimals simulates adopting and playing with a tiger cub (your choice of five breeds at the beginning, with five more you can unlock). Target audience: 3-year-olds. OK, slightly …

The Asus Transformer Prime has been officially slapped with a UK price. The first tablet to pack an Nvidia Tegra 3 chip costs £499 from today — but you can’t unwrap it until some time in January. The hotly anticipated tablet is only available to pre-order now — which is a dreadful marketing way of saying, “It’s not ready yet …

A Chinese manufacturing company is producing replacement back panels for your iPhone 4 or 4S that include a thin light strip and a transparent Apple logo that will make your iPhone’s logo glow, similar to Apple notebook computers. With the K.O Gadget iPhone 4/4S back-panel mod kit, you can get your Apple logo glowing, just like those on Apple notebooks. …

Computer? Computer! Google is reported to be using a nifty Star Trek in-joke as a codename for a Siri competitor, known as Majel. According to Android and Me, Google is working on souping up its voice-control system for Android phones to match Apple’s more sophisticated Siri, found on the new iPhone 4S. Siri goes beyond the simple voice commands currently …

Ask any honest Android fanboy what he envies about the iPhone 4S and chances are good that he or she will menton Siri. And since we’re speaking honestly, I’ll be the first to admit that this is one feature that I wish my Android could do. Sure, there are plenty of apps vying for the “Android version of Siri,” but …

It’s shaping up to be a merry holiday for prepaid wireless service providers MetroPCS and Leap Wireless. MetroPCS has been successful at drawing in customers with its lower priced family plan promotion, which costs $100 for four lines. Leap, which sells its service under the Cricket Wireless brand, has benefited from its Muve Music service, as well as expanded distribution. …

Timed with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus coming to Verizon, Google has just published two new ads touting a few of Android Ice Cream Sandwich’s slick features. Both of the spots have been pushed out via YouTube, one cleverly showcasing Hangouts and the other ICE’s facial security. The most imaginative video highlights how Hangouts enables live video chat with up to …

Research In Motion is planning to make a lot of noise, but launch few products during the early months of next year. The Canadian mobile device maker said its first phone running on its next-generation platform wouldn’t appear until the latter half of 2012, citing the selection of a processor that wouldn’t be available until the middle of next year. …

The iMainGo XP delivers big sound on the go for your iPad. With a clever design and relatively easy setup, the iMainGo XP is a great accessory for enjoying entertainment on vacations, picnics in the park, or even adding sound to portable business presentations. Portable Sound Laboratories The good Using Portable Sound Laboratory’s sx149 digital music amplifier and four 38mm …

Grooveshark.com, a free music streaming service, could soon feel even more legal heat from the music industry. Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group are readying a lawsuit which could be filed today, according to The New York Times. The action follows a Universal Music lawsuit filed last month against Grooveshark, claiming its employees posted more than 100,000 pirated songs. …

Now that the iPhone 4S is rapidly becoming Apple’s best-selling device, the rumor mill turns its attention to the forthcoming iPad 3, widely expected in the first quarter of 2012. Today’s rumor offering comes from a part leaked on TVC Mall’s site that reportedly is a replacement microphone unit for the iPad 3. This is reportedly the iPad 3 replacement …

Research In Motion reported declining profits and revenue in the third quarter as it continues its downward spiral. For its fiscal third quarter, the Canadian mobile devices maker reported (PDF) a profit of $265 million, or 51 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier profit of $911.1 million, or $1.74 a share. Excluding one-time charges, including one taken for its …

LightSquared’s wireless network will interfere with a “majority” of GPS devices, according to a report from federal officials. LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja delivers a speech at CTIA 2011. CNET/Marguerite Reardon The official report released late yesterday, showed that the LightSquared network still caused harmful interference in a majority of general-purpose GPS receivers, according to Anthony Russo, director of the National …

How much do ergonomics matter when you’re using a tablet as your primary mobile computer? Microsoft is betting that the answer might be “very,” if the newly released Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 5000, available today, is any indication. The Microsoft Mobile Keyboard 5000 with an iPad 2: Larger than I’d prefer. Sarah Tew/CNET The $50 keyboard is “ergonomist approved” with …