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Sharp, Opera join Symbian Foundation
News Founding members included Nokia (which initiated the group when it bought out the remaining shares in Symbian that it did not already own), Symbian, Motorola, AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics,... [09 Sep 2008]
Microsoft gives Zune a retune
News Zune will also come with two games - Hexic and Texas Hold 'em - and adds support for audio books in the Audible format. Microsoft yesterday confirmed the details of its autumn Zune line up. On the hardware side,... [09 Sep 2008]
3 jumps on board Symbian Foundation
News The original members of the Symbian Foundation are Nokia, Symbian, Motorola, AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone.s director of products, Fergal Walker, said... [11 Jul 2008]
Nokia buys Symbian and looks to open mobile future
News As with the LiMo open mobile software alliance, The Symbian Foundation has enlisted a raft of members - a launch line up that includes Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics,... [24 Jun 2008]
Google Android facing a fragmented future?
News Texas Instruments' director of marketing for wireless, Jean-Phillipe Fournier, was less certain about Google's project, saying he was "not sure Android would help" combat fragmentation. Google's Android mobile phone... [13 Jun 2008]
HP seals $13.9bn deal for EDS
News HP intends to establish a new business group, to be branded 'EDS - an HP company', which will be headquartered at EDS's existing executive offices in Plano, Texas. HP has agreed a $13.9bn deal to create one of the... [13 May 2008]
LiMo Foundation launches Linux Android rival
News More than 30 mobile-phone companies are members of LiMo, including heavyweights Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Vodafone and newest member Texas Instruments. Google's Android may get all the attention, but there's more... [31 Mar 2008]
Mobiles on the moon, Google Android, Facebook fall
News One thing most definitely on the menu in Barcelona was Google Android, after Texas Instruments showcased a prototype handset running the OS at its MWC booth. Spring is almost in the air but something else taking off this... [28 Feb 2008]
Sun breaks through supercomputer haze with Constellation
News The Texas Advanced Computing Center (Tacc) at the University of Texas will dedicate a Constellation System from Sun on 22 February, said John Fowler, executive vice president of systems at Sun, speaking... [14 Feb 2008]
Android rocks up at Mobile World Congress
News ARM designs the processor cores that companies such as Marvell, Samsung, Texas Instruments manufacture into chips that run mobile phones and smart phones. Google launched Android, an open development platform in November... [12 Feb 2008]
Google to unveil mobile software suite
News The rest of the more than 30 other companies involved reads like a who's-who list of the mobile-computing industry, including Broadcom, HTC, Intel, Qualcomm, Motorola, Samsung, Sprint and Texas Instruments. [05 Nov 2007]
Dell CEO: Linux server sales increasing
News Jarvis said: "When we announced the Linux notebook, we didn't get a call from Microsoft - whatever rumblings have been heard, they haven't been heard in Austin, Texas [near where Dell is based]. Claims made by Microsoft... [15 Oct 2007]
Dell ex-CEO nets $50m payout
News Rollins, who resigned on 31 January, had accumulated 7.3 million shares of Dell stock options since arriving in Round Rock, Texas, in 1995. Dell's former CEO, Kevin Rollins, will be paid nearly $50m, despite previous... [09 Aug 2007]
HP patently displeased with Acer
News The complaint, filed yesterday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, seeks to prevent Acer from selling computers in the US. In a clash between two of the world's biggest computer companies, HP is... [28 Mar 2007]
Sprint Nextel unveils WiMax blueprint
News And Nokia had also named four markets, in Texas, for deployment in early 2008: Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio. Sprint Nextel is pushing forward with its plan to build a high-speed mobile WiMax network with... [27 Mar 2007]