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Microsoft on Tuesday announced it is replacing top executives at its gaming and mobile devices division, which has stumbled in the smartphone and tablet computer markets.

Robbie Bach, 48, will retire by year’s end from his post as president of the Entertainment and Devices Division.

Entertainment devices chief technology officer James “J” Allard will also leave Microsoft, becoming a strategic adviser to chief executive Steve Ballmer.

Don Mattrick will remain head of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business and Andy Lees will stay in charge of the Mobile Communications Business but both men will report directly to Ballmer as of July 1.

“I’ve been so fortunate to spend more than two decades of my life working with incredible people and doing amazing things like launching Office, Xbox and Xbox Live, the ‘Halo’ franchise, Windows Phones, Zune and more,” said Bach.

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Longtime database maker FileMaker on Tuesday launched an iPhone and iPod touch version of its Macintosh Leopard personal database program, Bento.

The app, which can wirelessly sync with a user’s desktop version of Bento, is available for $4.99 from the Apple iTunes App Store. To get the app, you can navigate to Bento for iPhone’s download page on iTunes.

The personal database manager includes 25 templates for common tasks like home inventory, classes, recipes, events, time billing, expenses, exercise log, vehicle maintenance, and digital media – for keeping track of music and videos. An Apple “Cover Flow”-like interface lets users page through their databases, which can be subdivided into “collections” just as on the desktop app. For database creation, it sports 15 field types, including text, numbers, checkbox, media, time, date, currency, rating, address, phone number, email, URL, and IM Account.

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