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Symbian's open source journey
Insight newsmaker How do you open up a closed codebase? Symbian research chief David Wood weighs potential and practicality, and the promise of multicore phones.
Tags: Smart phones, Open source, Software engineering/development, Software licensing, Smart Phone, Android, Plug-in, GPL, Symbian Inc., EPL
NBN to lead pay TV way for SingTel
News update Singapore's next-gen broadband network will play key role in boosting local carrier's competitive edge in pay TV market, says top company exec.
Tags: IPTV, Next-generation technology/networks, Mobile applications, Starhub, IP Television, SingTel, CEO, network, Mobile applications, IPTV
SingTel's EPL win 'not profitable', but ups ante
News Singapore carrier's winning bid to broadcast football league likely won't make profit but will drive up subscriber base to rival StarHub, says Frost & Sullivan.
Tags: IPTV, Starhub, SingTel, CEO, IPTV, TV, Singapore, pay-TV, cable television, Frost & Sullivan
First open source Symbian software released
News With release of OS Security Package code, the Symbian Foundation takes first step to eventually open source its entire mobile operating system.
Tags: Linux, Protocols and platforms, Applications and tools, Business applications, Operating systems, Symbian, Legal, Mobile, Open-source Software, operating system
A new event in programming?
Program A Caltech spinoff has released a new programming language that could make it easier for software to digest RFID data and look for security breaches.
Tags: Programming languages
Google Code reverses open source license ban
News "Our bad", declares company, deciding that the Mozilla Public License is once again an option for Google Code projects.
Tags: Open source, Software licensing, Google Inc., Eclipse, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, leader, programming tool, blog, blog posting
Why Java won't take the GPL route
Techguide It seems unlikely that Sun will use a GPLv3 licence for Java, because of the DRM restrictions it would impose.
Is Asia mobile TV's biggest market?
Cobrand Asians love talking on the mobile phone, and they'll also use their portable device to watch TV, observers predict.
Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless e-mail devices, Smart phones, Mobile/Wireless
Why qooxdoo falls short on simplification
Techguide The days of building Web applications from scratch are over, as a variety of JavaScript libraries are freely available to provide a solid foundation.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Java
IBM barred from US government contracts
News Company added to list of "excluded" contractors after EPA alleges serious wrongdoing; it's unclear whether the company has been given a chance to respond to the charges.
Tags: Politics
Symbian deal a catalyst for smartphone competition
News news analysis World's leading smartphone operating system will evolve into an open source consortium to meet challenges posed by upstarts determined to carve out their own niche.
Tags: Symbian, Open source, Mobile, Google Inc., Smart Phone, operating system, Symbian Inc., Internet Connection, phone, software
