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Nokia CEO Elop Lays Groundwork for New Strategy, Hints May Be Open to OS Switch
Although Stephen Elop is waiting until a Feb. 11 investor meeting to fully outline the company’s new strategy, he offered a few tantalizing hints during Thursday’s earnings conference call....
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Nokia's Microsoft Partnership: Does the New Strategy Add Up?
Nokia has already announced the key piece of its strategy–a shift to Windows Phone for future smartphones. Now the company is set to talk about the financial implications of that and go through the...
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Intel: MeeGo-ing Forward Even Without Nokia
Nokia’s commitment to MeeGo may be tenuous after today’s big announcement, but Intel’s is unwavering. The chip giant says it’s sticking with the Linux-based mobile platform regardless of where its...
View ArticleIntel Doesn't Want to MeeGo It Alone
Intel says it’s “not blinking” on MeeGo, following Nokia’s decision to refocus its mobile efforts on Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform, and, indeed, CEO Paul Otellini told analysts this morning that...
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Got Apps? Appia Raises $10 Million for Even More App Stores
Appia, formerly known as PocketGear, has raised $10 million in venture capital from Venrock. With the close of the round, the Durham, N.C.-based company now has investments from each of the major...
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Where Does Googorola Leave HP's webOS?
In the wake of Google’s megadeal to acquire Motorola Mobility, it’s only natural to evaluate what this means for the other key players in the wireless space. One of the trickiest to figure out is what...
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Oracle-Google Lawsuit Over Java Is Over (For the Moment)
And just like that, it was over. The lawsuit between Oracle and Google over the use of Java in Android is in the books, and while Oracle scored some points and prevailed on at least one narrow point of...
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Microsoft Finalizes Code for Windows 8
Microsoft said on Wednesday that it has completed its work on the code for Windows 8. The step, known in nerd-speak as “release to manufacturing,” means that computer makers now know what the final...
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A Peek at the Parts -- And Profits -- Inside Samsung's Galaxy Note Tablet
One of the most revealing facts to emerge from the continuing trial between Samsung and Apple in a California federal courtroom is how thoroughly the iPad has dominated the emerging tablet market in...
View ArticleAcer Postpones Launch of Alibaba-Powered Phone
Taiwanese PC maker Acer Inc. postponed the launch of its first smartphone using a mobile operating system developed by a Chinese company after its current software partner Google Inc. expressed...
View ArticleZTE to Launch Smartphones Using Mozilla OS
Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE Corp. plans to launch smartphones using a mobile operating system it developed with Mozilla, the U.S. software company behind the Firefox web browser, in...
View ArticleEx-Nokia Team to Launch New Phone
A group of former Nokia Corp. employees has raised €200 million ($258 million) from a variety of telecommunications-industry players to introduce a new mobile operating platform based on discarded...
View ArticleMicrosoft's Windows 8 a Turnoff for Some Corporate Users
Microsoft Corp. has made big changes to its familiar Windows operating system to stay relevant amid booming sales of mobile devices such as Apple Inc.’s iPad. But some corporate customers worry...
View ArticleOpening New Windows
“This is going to be the first time in a decade and half that [companies are] actually going to have to teach someone to use Windows.” – Stephen Kleynhans, a Gartner Inc. analyst, quoted by The Wall...
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Ubuntu to Join the Crowded Mobile OS Fray
Finally, a third mobile operating system in the smartphone wars! I say that in jest, of course. But, yes, another contender has stepped up to the plate. On Wednesday, Canonical shared more details on...
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Windows 8: Not for Old-at-Heart PCs
[ See post to watch video ] If you’re thinking of upgrading your PC to the new Windows 8, be prepared for hassles and disappointment, especially if the computer is more than a year or two old — even if...
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Ubuntu Wants to Find Its Way Onto Tablets, Too
After already detailing its plans to put its Linux software onto phones, Canonical on Tuesday is showing its vision for Ubuntu-powered tablets. “Multi-tasking productivity meets elegance and rigorous...
View ArticleChina Criticizes Android's Dominance
A Chinese government research institute hit out at Google Inc.’s Android smartphone operating system, arguing that China is too reliant on the platform and accusing the search giant of using its...
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Shares of PC Companies and Their Suppliers Whacked on Sales Decline
By all indications, it’s going to be a rough day on the stock market for any company exposed to the personal computer business. Yesterday’s reports from the market research firms IDC and Gartner showed...
View ArticleWindows Blue Preview Coming From Microsoft in June
If Windows 8 just isn’t getting you excited, you won’t have long to wait before you can get an early look at the next iteration of the PC operating system. A preview version dubbed Windows Blue will be...
View ArticleMicrosoft to Name New Software Windows 8.1, and It’s Free
Microsoft announced Tuesday the updated version of its Windows 8 operating system — which had been code-named Windows Blue — will be called Windows 8.1, and it will be available for free to encourage...
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Windows 8.1 Will Be Made Available to PC Makers in Late August
Microsoft said Monday that its forthcoming update to Windows 8 will be ready for PC makers by late August in order to ensure that holiday PCs will have the new software. Windows 8.1 is designed to...
View ArticleHTC Developing Smartphone Operating System
HTC Corp. is developing a mobile software system specifically for Chinese consumers, people familiar with the project say, as part of a big China bet that the Taiwanese smartphone maker hopes will help...
View ArticleChrome Apps Are Going Native
To celebrate Chrome’s fifth birthday, Google officially unveiled what it is calling a new breed of apps that act more like installed programs than carved out slices of a Web browser. In a blog post...
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Dell and Red Hat Will Announce a Big Cloud-Computing Alliance Today
Dell, the newly private computing company, will later today announce an alliance with the software company Red Hat that will become a significant piece of its cloud-computing strategy going forward. In...
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