Elecite have launched a new theme called Ember for the Curve 8900, Bold 9000 and 9700, Storm 9500, and Tour 9600. Ember is a dark theme with 6-7 customizable icons, a weather slot, 9-11 locked “block” icons and a Today Preview area for the 8900, 9500, 9600 and 9700 devices. Check out the Ember theme from Elecite

The United States Air Force is implementing new security policies for its 30,000 BlackBerrys it has in its inventory. Apparently the current security policy is too weak and they are making the following changes: Users will no longer have the capability to send or receive text messages with attached photos or videos

Fabian let us know that LaterDude Pro has been updated to version 3.0.2 with some general improvements to the app as well as new features.

Between BerryWeather , BerryBuzz and SmartAlerts the folks at BellShare have been turning out some of the best must-have utility apps for BlackBerry and their latest offering, BerryMail , looks to be another winner. BerryMail allows you to take control of your inbox by allowing rules to be defined which are then automatically applied to incoming emails

RIM announced today that the BlackBerry Push Service is open to developers. The service allows developers to develope “Java applications or BlackBerry Widgets that leverage RIM’s push technology either through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (for enterprises) or BlackBerry Internet Service infrastructure (for consumers), so that content providers…

The United States Air Force has over 30,000 BlackBerrys in their inventory, accounting for over 50 percent of the Department of Defense’s total BlackBerry deployment. During the month of March, the Air Force will be implementing security updates to their BlackBerrys in order to better protect the organization from cyber threats. The following configuration changes will be implemented within the month of March: Users will no longer have the capability to send or receive text messages with attached photos or videos.

Slacker and FILTER Magazine have announced a free radio station featuring music from the Cedar Street Courtyard – the most attended day party at SXSW. The station includes artists such as Miike Snow, BRMC, Dr. Dog and Frightened Rabbit.

I recently caught up with an old friend, RogersDude69 , and had a long conversation about retail and smartphones.

It’s almost as if Research In Motion and Vodafone had this one scheduled huh? As we mentioned back when it leaked, OS 5.0.0.545 hit that “Gold” status we were expecting.

Here is a sweet deal for anyone who has previously thought of purchasing an Elecite theme but chose not to due to the price. From now until, March 18th you can grab Ace , Halcyon or Keen for only $.99 cents each. Personally, out of the three themes offered I’d have trouble deciding which to grab and would likely end up buying all three.