Microsoft says to bring full power of web to phones (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft announced Monday an Internet-friendly revamp of its Windows Phone operating system to help capture new territory in the smartphone wars.Read More ...
Microsoft upgrade to let phones connect to Xbox (AP)
AP - Now that it has hooked up with Nokia Corp. phones, Microsoft Corp. hopes to connect its phone software to the Xbox this year too. It's also planning other improvements that include a faster Web browser and quicker switching between phone applications.
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Motorola Mobility buys mobile software firm 3LM (AFP)
AFP - Motorola Mobility has made its first acquisition since being spun off as a separate company, buying mobile software maker Three Laws Mobility in a bid to expand corporate use of Android phones.Read More ...
Nokia CEO under gun to justify Microsoft switch (AP)
AP - Investors have panned his shake-up strategy and employees are rankled. Now, Nokia Corp.'s Stephen Elop, the first non-Finn to lead the world's largest maker of phones, is in a hurry to justify his decision to ditch the company's smart-phone software in favor of a former employer's, Microsoft.Read More ...
Smartphone makers woo developers at trade (Reuters)
Reuters - The shotgun marriage of Nokia and Microsoft's smartphone platforms puts software developers at center stage at the annual Mobile World Congress starting on Monday in Barcelona.
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Samsung, SAP to Roll out Analytics for Android Devices (PC World)
PC World - Samsung SDS and SAP have created BI (business intelligence) software for Android mobile devices, the companies announced Monday in conjunction with Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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Intel Committed to MeeGo, Despite Nokia Defection (PC World)
PC World - Intel put on a brave face Monday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, insisting that there is continued strong support from it and many companies for MeeGo, the open source software platform that Nokia last week said it would abandon in favor of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.
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Nokia's Microsoft tie-up gets renewed hammering (Reuters)
Reuters - Nokia's already battered shares fell further on Monday as analysts slammed its all-or-nothing Microsoft deal for being badly planned and failing to answer questions on developing smartphones.
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Linux group hopes to gain from Nokia-Microsoft pact (Reuters)
Reuters - Wireless Linux group LiMo hopes to benefit from a tie-up between Microsoft and Nokia as this should push smaller phone makers to seek alternative software platforms, its head said on Monday.
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Nuance offers mobile users non-typing choices (Reuters)
Reuters - Dragon Dictation software maker Nuance launched a mobile application in Europe on Monday that lets users speak, trace or handwrite instructions to their phone instead of typing.
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News on first Nokia Windows Phone within days (AFP)
AFP - The target release date of the first Nokia smartphone to use Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system could be set within days, with the company aiming to have it on the market this year, senior executives said Sunday.Read More ...
Apple developing smaller, cheaper iPhones: report (AFP)
AFP - Apple is developing a new lines of smaller and cheaper iPhones and overhauling its software to facilitate users' access to entertainment, photos and video, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.Read More ...
Microsoft to Pay out 'Billions' as Part of Nokia Deal (PC World)
PC World - Nokia on Sunday hinted that Microsoft essentially won a bidding war against Google to supply software to the world's largest handset maker.
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Nokia Shifts its Loyalties . . . Sort of (PC World)
PC World - Nokia on Friday announced it forged an alliance with Microsoft to help both companies compete with Google's Android and Apple's iOS. Unfortunately it looks like Nokia might have used desktop software from one of its smartphone rivals to make part of that announcement.
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Why You Need to Have a Linux LiveCD (PC World)
PC World - As a longtime fan of Linux, I'm a big believer that most business users would benefit greatly by dumping Windows and switching over to the open source operating system instead. It's stable, it's reliable and it's highly secure, among many other advantages.
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Developers split over Mac App Store license swaps (Macworld)
Macworld - Even for those users who have been buying and downloading software on their own for years, the Mac App Store’s promise of license code banishment, convenient multi-Mac licenses, and effortless one-click installation are hard to ignore.
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Samsung to Debut New Tablet Sunday at MWC, Report Says (PC World)
PC World - A new Samsung tablet will make its public debut on Sunday evening at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) tradeshow in Barcelona, according to a Friday report by tech news site Pocket-lint. Samsung's new slate will have a larger display than the company's 7-inch Galaxy Tab, but will be thinner and lighter. It will run Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), Google's new tablet-friendly mobile operating system, the report says.
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Chinese Attackers Grab Data from Energy Companies (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In another time, Night Dragon could have been the name of a Chinese pirate ship. In the early 21st century, it's the name that security firm McAfee has given to a group of hackers from that country who have penetrated energy companies' networks and confiscated internal documents for at least two years, and possibly up to four.
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Nokia needs to make Windows phones hip (AFP)
AFP - Nokia has scrapped its smartphone software for Microsoft's supercharged mobile operating system. Now a world enamored by Apple's iPhone and Android handsets needs reason to care.Read More ...
SuccessFactors Alleges Covert Scheme by Competitor (PC World)
PC World - SuccessFactors is alleging that rival human-resources-software vendor Halogen Software concocted a fraudulent and covert scheme in order to obtain competitive information from it, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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