Open Source

Symbian Supporters Rally After Gartner ‘Titanic’ Jibe

Fans of Symbian rushed to defend it, after a Gartner analyst said the Nokia-dominated mobile OS is doomed

14 years ago

Android or Apple: Battle Of The App Stores

Google's open approach for Android apps is up against the tight control of Apple. Tom Jowitt asks, can they both…

14 years ago

Google Developing Interactive Video Ads

CEO Eric Schmidt says Google is experimenting with interactive video ads

14 years ago

Google Unveils DIY Android App Builder

With Google's App Inventor, people with no programming skills, can make apps for Android, the compnay promises

14 years ago

Google Updates Android 2.2 SDK

Google is offering a new software development kit (SDK) for the Android 2.2 operating system, also known as Froyo

14 years ago

Symbian Looks To Developers With PDK 3.0 Release

Developers can now download version 3.0 of the Symbian Product Development Kit, before the arrival of handsets running the S^3…

14 years ago

Ten Reasons Why Firefox Will Lose To Chrome

Firefox will ultimately lose to a better designed browser, with more potential for the future, says Don Reisinger

14 years ago

Android Gained Share, Before iPhone 4 Arrived

Google's Android gained market share in the quarter before the launch of the iPhone 4 - bit Blackberry still leads…

14 years ago

Mozilla’s Firefox 4 Beta Faces Chrome Challenge

Mozilla has asked for feedback on the new beta version of Firefox launched this week

14 years ago

Why Codeplex Will Grow Away From Microsoft

Microsoft started the Codeplex Foundation, but technical director Stephen Walli says it will emerge as an independent open source force

14 years ago

EC Says Cloud Will Evaporate Without Open Standards

The rise of the internet and cloud services would not have been possible without openness, the EC has said

14 years ago

HTC Profits Boosted By Android

HTC says its net income jumped 33 percent for the second quarter, and total revenue exceeded 58 percent year on…

14 years ago

Mozilla Releases Firefox 4 Beta

Mozilla has launched the next major version of its popular open-source web browser

14 years ago

LG To Launch Android-based Tablet

LG Electronics has announced a tablet that will run Windows 7, and is also planning an Android-based version as well

14 years ago

Google’s ‘Hands Off’ Approach Damaging Android

Android developers say Google's hands-off approach and lack of management of its Android Market is hurting the company

14 years ago

Google’s Schmidt Says No To Nexus Two Phone

The boss of Google has said there are no plans for a Nexus Two phone... because the Nexus One was…

14 years ago

HP Donates Battery Recycling Patent To Eco Scheme

Battery recycling and reducing gold in chips are among the technollogies HP has given to a shared patent scheme

14 years ago

Google Readying Android 3.0 Tablet

Google's Android 3.0 platform will appear in tablet form by mid-October, according to Russian bloggers

14 years ago

MeeGo Handset Code Opened For Developers

Nokia and Intel continue to work on the Symbian alternative after they made a preview of the MeeGo mobile phone…

14 years ago

Cisco Launches Enterprise Android Tablet

Cisco plans to give businesses a mobile platform for collaboration with its new Cius tablet

14 years ago

Nokia And Symbian: The End Of A Beautiful Relationship?

Nokia says the N8 will be the last N-series phone to use Symbian. Tom Jowitt asks what next for the…

14 years ago

Apache Updates Tomcat Java Web Server

Apache has upgraded the Tomcat web server by releasing version 7.0, the first major release of the software since 2006

14 years ago

Chrome OS Creator Defects To Facebook

The lead engineer behind Google's important Chrome operating system (OS) has gone to Facebook

14 years ago

Google Pushing Android 2.2 to Nexus One

Users of the Google smartphone are getting the latest version of the mobile OS, with speed, security and Exchange features

14 years ago

Nokia Pokes Fun At iPhone ‘Death Grip’

The mobile giant has released a guide entitled 'How do you hold your Nokia?', mocking Apple for the iPhone 4's…

14 years ago

Dell Sets Streak SIM-Free In UK

Those eager owners of the Streak tablet device who bought it on contract could have waited, paid £50 extra, and…

14 years ago

Open Government Data Consultation Launched

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has asked for views on how to make government handling of citizen data more transparent

14 years ago

Google Pulls Two Android Market Apps

Two apps from the Android Market that duped users into downloading them have been removed by Google

14 years ago

Intel Preparing Atom for Android 2.2

Google's Android 2.2 mobile OS will run on the x86 architecture and promote its Atom processor in more netbooks and…

14 years ago

Nokia Drops Symbian OS For N-range Handsets

Nokia has confirmed it will drop the Symbian mobile operating system on its N-range of handsets, with the N8 the…

14 years ago