ALSO NOTED: RIM launches SMB software; U.K. subscribers send 1 billion texts per week; and more...

> Research in Motion debuted a new software geared to the small/medium business market that will enable them to offer their employees better security and control of their email and mobile Internet at an affordable price--just $499 for five users. Press release

> The Mobile Data Association reports that U.K. subscribers are sending more than 1.2 billion text messages per week, the same amount that was sent during the entire year in 1999. Compared to 2006, text messaging in the U.K. has grown 25 percent. Release

And finally... China apparently is looking forward to hosting the Olympics. Story