Yahoo! News: Software NewsSoftware NewsNokia bids for software group Symbian (AFP)- June 24, 2008 AFP - Finnish mobile telephone giant Nokia said on Tuesday it will take full control of Symbian, a London-based software group, buying out the other shareholders for 264 million euros.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080624/bs_afp... Microsoft said slow to fix document glitches (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - Microsoft Corp was criticized on Tuesday for being slow to resolve problems in the technical documentation it was required to provide to rival software makers as part of its 2001 antitrust settlement.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/tc_nm/m... Nokia to buy Symbian (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE) will pay $410 million for the remaining shares in UK-based smartphone software maker Symbian and make its software royalty-free to boost phone sales and respond to new rivals such as Google .http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/tc_nm/s... Nokia Buys Symbian as Mobile-Phone War Escalates (NewsFactor)- June 24, 2008 NewsFactor - On Tuesday, Nokia made a cash offer to acquire the 52 percent of Symbian it doesn't already own. Nokia is willing to pay $410 million for the mobile-platform software found on most cell phones today.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080624/tc_nf/6... Nokia to buy rest of Symbian, free its software (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - Nokia Corp. is buying the consortium that makes the software for its phones and making it available for free to other manufacturers, in hopes of blunting the influence of competing software providers.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_h... Start-up sues Google over e-mail switching tool (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - Google Inc was named on Monday in a trade secrets lawsuit alleging that the company's business software unit copied a tiny start-up's tool for moving customers off of Microsoft software onto Google's.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/wr_nm/g... Proofpoint Acquires Fortiva (PC World)- June 24, 2008 PC World - Proofpoint has acquired Fortiva, a seller of e-mail archiving software-as-a-service.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080624/tc... The Golden Age of Unknown Software (PC Magazine)- June 24, 2008 PC Magazine - There is an endless supply of nifty apps and utilities out there that you simply have never heard of.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20080624/tc_zd/2... Dell Extends Windows XP Sales 'By Popular Demand' (TechWeb)- June 23, 2008 TechWeb - InformationWeek - The computer maker will accept orders for PCs with the older Microsoft operating system until June 26.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080624/tc_cmp... Google's cell phone plans hit delays, Journal says (Reuters)- June 23, 2008 Reuters - Mobile phones under development by Google Inc and its partners face slipping delivery schedules, with the first phones not likely to arrive until late 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/software/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/tc_nm/g... |