Friday, September 30, 2011

IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 30/09/2011





Nokia to cut 3,500 jobs, close Romania plant
(Reuters)

Reuters - Nokia Oyj, the world's largest cellphone vendor by volume, is cutting 3,500 jobs in its second major restructuring in six months as it struggles with falling sales and profits.

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Microsoft, Samsung expand smartphone partnership
(AP)

AP - Microsoft and Samsung Electronics have agreed to cross-license one another's patent portfolios, with Microsoft getting royalties for the mobile phones and tablets Samsung sells that run Google Inc.'s Android operating system.

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Price of Amazon's Kindle Fire will help it dominate the Android tablet field
(Appolicious)

Appolicious - Arguably, the trouble with the current crop of tablets running on Google’s Android operating system is that they have no identity.

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Intel Says 'Goodbye MeeGo, Hello Tizen'
(NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Some days, it seems that mobile platforms are dropping like flies, yet growing like mushrooms. On Wednesday, Intel announced that it was dropping the MeeGo mobile operating system it had launched last year with Nokia, and, at the same time, will be developing an open-source Linux mobile platform called Tizen.

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Samsung and Microsoft Become Patent-Sharing Buddies
(NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Joining forces against mutual rivals, software giant Microsoft and Korean hardware giant Samsung Electronics announced an agreement Wednesday to cross-license patent portfolios, enabling them to profit from each other's products.

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Samsung joins forces with Intel and Microsoft
(Reuters)

Reuters - Samsung Electronics unveiled on Wednesday software pacts with Intel and Microsoft as the world's No.2 cellphone maker strengthens its mobile software push.

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