TechWeb - InformationWeek - Nokia will pay $410 million
for the remaining shares in UK-based Symbian and make its
phone operating-system software royalty-free. -- read full article
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Location intelligence vendor adds another BI suite integration to take geospatial analysis mainstream. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The deal to buy Skywire Software may mark a new phase in Oracle's ongoing competition with SAP to become the world's largest applications vendor. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft may have little choice but to support XP for an extended period since most of its business customers have not upgraded to Windows Vista. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The cell phone maker is buying the remaining shares of Symbian for $410 million and plans to open source the mobile operating system. -- read full article
NewsFactor - With many business and individual PC users rejecting Windows Vista, Microsoft took an unprecedented step this week by promising support for Windows XP for a full 13 years. That is three years longer than it has allowed for previous Windows operating systems.
Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE) will pay $410 million
for the remaining shares in UK-based smartphone software maker
Symbian and make its software royalty-free to other phone
makers, in response to new rivals such as Google Inc .
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Nokia's moves to make Symbian a free and open mobile operating system should put pressure on competitors to keep innovating and giving customers what they want. -- read full article
PC World - Symbian's decision to make its source code freely available tips the scales in favor of open-source software in smartphones... -- read full article
PC World - SingleClick Remote Access software now allows access to users' personal multimedia files from home via the mobile network. -- read full article
Reuters - Google Inc was named on Monday in
a trade secrets lawsuit alleging that the company's business
software unit copied a tiny start-up's tool for moving
customers off of Microsoft software onto Google's.
AP - Nokia Corp. is buying the consortium that makes the software for its phones and making it available for free to other manufacturers, in hopes of blunting the influence of competing software providers. -- read full article
NewsFactor - On Tuesday, Nokia made a cash offer to acquire the 52 percent of Symbian it doesn't already own. Nokia is willing to pay $410 million for the mobile-platform software found on most cell phones today. -- read full article
