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RSS linux phonesMaemo and Android: Symbian's open source rivals up the pressure
News According to the analysts, while the number of Symbian phones sold will continue to increase over the coming years, its years of growth will eventually come to an end with a fall in device shipments in 2014. [02 Nov 2009]
Linus Torvalds
AS Profile Finnish software architect Torvalds initiated the development of the open source Linux kernel which formed the basis of operating systems driving desktop and server technology, as well as being embedded in a significant... [29 Sep 2009]
Vodafone puts a 360 spin on mobile social networking
News The Samsung handsets will be the first UK phones to run Linux Mobile (LiMo) and will arrive before the end of the year. The mobile operator is also launching two Vodafone 360 phones.... [25 Sep 2009]
Photos: Nokia and Sony Ericsson unveil latest phones, laptops and tablets
Photo The tablet - called the N900 - runs on a Linux-based system called Maemo and sports a slide-out Qwerty keyboard. This week has seen mobile makers Nokia and Sony Ericsson showing off the latest additions to their device... [03 Sep 2009]
Nokia's new mobiles take aim at Facebooking music lovers
News And last week, it also announced its N900 smartphone, its first Linux-based phone, which is expected to compete more directly with the iPhone and a flood of Google Android phones due to hit the market... [03 Sep 2009]
Microsoft's Office coming to Nokia phones
News Microsoft is expected to announce a partnership today with European mobile giant Nokia to help get its Office software onto that company's mobile phones, silicon.com sister site CNET News has learned. [12 Aug 2009]
Building Estimator Speeds Time-to-Market, Gains Flexibility, From Software + Services
White Paper The software-plus-services approach also makes it possible for Superbuild to offer its service for new uses, such as actionable business intelligence, and to offer it in new ways, such as on phones and in-store kiosks. [27 Jul 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Google Android
Cheat Sheet In Google's words, it's a "complete software stack" for mobile phones, built on an open Linux kernel. Android is Google's open source software platform for mobile phones - first... [10 Jul 2009]
Android on your desktop gets its second alpha
News Android is Google's Linux-based operating system for mobile phones. On Tuesday Google announced the creation of the Google Chrome Operating System project, with the goal of releasing a... [09 Jul 2009]
Opera Unites browser and server
News Opera product analyst Lawrence Eng wrote in a blog post on Tuesday: "It all happens through the browser, so no additional software has to be downloaded, and it will work wherever Opera works (Windows, Mac, Linux and... [17 Jun 2009]
Intel: From silicon company - to software company?
News Wind River supports not just moblin but also Google's Linux-based Android operating system for mobile phones. Wind River offers operating systems and developer tools designed to be embedded in products... [05 Jun 2009]
Oracle gunning to boost Java in netbooks
News He called on the group of programmers to develop applications for netbooks and mobile phones using JavaFX, a new version of the widely used programming language designed to deliver applications over the internet. [03 Jun 2009]
Latest Google Android SDK: Fast browsing and hello video
News Google has said it initiated the Android project in an attempt to jump-start heavier and more sophisticated use of the internet on mobile phones. Search advertising on mobile phones is a new area of... [15 Apr 2009]
HP considers Android for netbooks
News Android is a Linux-based operating system that was originally designed for cell phones. Several other handset makers, including Samsung and Motorola, have also promised Android-based... [01 Apr 2009]
BMW, Peugeot put a penguin in the tank with Linux for cars
News Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here… Photos: Google Android unveils its face Photos: BlackBerry Boldly goes Qwerty over touch again Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008... [04 Mar 2009]
