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Security researcher demands money from Sun, Nokia

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

A researcher claims to have found multiple flaws in mobile Java and Nokia Series 40 handsets, and wants Sun or Nokia to pay him almost $30,000 for the details. A Polish security researcher has claimed to have found multiple flaws in mobile Java, but is demanding ?20,000 ($29,790) in…
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Qualcomm patent ruled invalid in German Nokia case

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world’s top cell phone maker Nokia was invalid. HELSINKI–The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world’s top cell…
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Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK–Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. …
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Nokia buys Symbian to form open-source Android killer

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Nokia is to buy out Symbian and set up a new open-source platform with Motorola, Sony Ericsson and NTT DoCoMo, forming a major rival to Google’s Android The mobile open-source world suddenly has a very major new player, after it emerged on Tuesday that the Symbian, Series…
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Nokia to buy Symbian

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Nokia will pay $410 million for the remaining shares in UK-based Symbian and make its software open source to boost phone sales and respond to new rivals such as Google. HELSINKI–Nokia will pay $410 million for the remaining shares in UK-based Symbian and make its software royalty-free to boost…
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Nokia starts to roll out gaming, networking sites

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Expansion into mobile Web services includes N-Gage gaming service and “Share on Ovi” social-networking site. Nokia , the world’s largest cell phone maker, started to roll out its online gaming service N-Gage on Tuesday as it expands into mobile Internet services. Nokia also opened its social-networking site…
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LiMo chief talks rivals, Nokia, and mobile Linux

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Morgan Gillis discusses the LiMo Foundation’s first mobile Linux platform release and why it matters that Nokia bought Trolltech. On Monday, the LiMo Foundation, an industry consortium that wants to put Linux technology onto mobile handsets, announced the first release of its shared platform. The foundation also…
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Nokia finds Romania’s hidden labor force

Friday, January 25th, 2008

The village of Jucu doesn’t have a full-time doctor, a school-house, or indoor toilets. But it does–still–have relatively cheap labor. The tiny village of Jucu in northwestern Romania, which will host a new factory making Nokia mobile phones, currently earns its livelihood from farming vegetables such as…
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Nokia profits jump, market share at 40 percent

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Demand in emerging markets such as China and India lifts global market share, helps increase profit margin. Nokia, the world’s top cell phone maker, reported a 57 percent rise in earnings per share from October to December, with booming demand in emerging markets boosting its global market share…
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German unions urge Nokia boycott over plant closure

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Cell phone maker plans to cut up to 2,300 factory jobs in Bochum, Germany, to move production to lower-cost areas such as Romania. German unions on Thursday called for a consumer boycott of Nokia products to protest the cell phone maker’s plans to close a German plant. …
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