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Chinese firms behind 'Sexy Space' Trojan
News Three Chinese companies have been identified by F-Secure as creators of a piece of mobile malware submitted to, and signed by Symbian Foundation.
Tags: Mobile, Symbian, Authentication and encryption, Malware, Security, F-Secure Corp., Worm, phone, trojan horse, China
Nokia: Symbian has smartphone 'heritage'
News Nokia's experience as smartphone maker is its best weapon against competitors in hotly contested high-end segment, says mobile device maker.
Tags: Symbian, Open source, Apple Inc., Security, Smart Phone, Platform, phone, Emerging Market, Open source, Symbian
Funding boost for Malaysia's mobile developers
News Country's mobile app makers can receive funds and related support from new initiative between two government agencies and Nokia.
Tags: Applications and tools, Symbian, Training, Asia-Pacific, digital content, Developer, Kuala Lumpur, collaboration, Symbian, Lee Min Keong
Symbian's Horizon app scheme goes live
News First 50 applications have been approved through the developer program, but all are for current versions of Symbian rather than future, open sourced versions.
Tags: Mobile applications, Symbian, Facebook, Symbian Inc., Operating System, CEO, mobile, Mobile applications, Video, mobile operating system
Symbian to set up app developer program
News Horizon program will help selected developers write apps for the Symbian platform and distribute them in app stores compatible with Symbian-based handsets.
Tags: Symbian, Mobile applications, Mobile, Smart Phone, Developer, operating system, Symbian Inc., marketing, Nokia Corp., Mobile applications
Accenture to acquire Nokia's Symbian service experts
News About 165 people will be transferred to Accenture as a result of the deal for Nokia's Symbian Professional Services unit.
Tags: Symbian, Customer support, Acquisitions, Smart Phone, Accenture Ltd., operating system, Symbian Inc., Symbian OS, professional services, phone
Phone Trojan 'has botnet features'
News Low-risk malware aimed at Symbian-based mobile devices has capacity to enable a hacker to build a botnet of phones, warns Trend Micro.
Tags: Mobile, Mobile/Wireless, Symbian, Malware, Security, Trend Micro Inc., Symbian Inc., phone, network, trojan horse
Microsoft-Nokia pact takes aim at RIM
News BlackBerry maker, not Google or Apple, is the main target of the new team effort. Also, mobile Office apps for Symbian could take until 2011.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Cellular phones, Smart phones, Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile, phone
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
Nokia completes Symbian acquisition
News Stage is set for eventual release of open-source mobile operating system based on the Symbian OS and backed by several partners in the Symbian Foundation.
Tags: Symbian, Smart Phone, Open Source, operating system, Symbian Inc., Symbian OS, computing company, operating system company, smartphone operating system, Nokia Corp.
Symbian: Regaining momentum?
News Growing interest in smartphones among consumers is likely the biggest driver of renewed interest in Symbian, whose software powers many of the devices.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Mobile applications, Applications and tools, Symbian Inc., Phone, Operating System, mobile-phone software, China Mobile Ltd., Android Effort, software
Nokia to bridge Maemo, Symbian with Qt
News Use of Qt is expected to make it easier for developers to write apps both for the Maemo mobile Linux OS and for Symbian, Nokia's smartphone platform.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Linux, Smart phones, Symbian, KDE, Smart Phone, GNOME, desktop environment, Symbian Inc., Finnish company
Nokia Android rumors earn outright denial
News Reinstating its focus on Symbian, handset maker issues "outright denial" to report that says Nokia will launch touch-screen Android device later this year.
Tags: Symbian, Development/design, Mobile platforms/communications, Open source, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Qualcomm Inc., Mobile, Smart Phone, Symbian Inc., Touch Screen
Nokia N900 operating system gets official Qt port
News Nokia has released a port of its Qt graphical toolkit to Maemo 5, so developers writing applications for the Linux OS can move them to multiple platforms.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Mobile applications, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Operating System, Trolltech, Qt, Maemo 5, mobile
ARM joins Symbian Foundation, releases tools
News The processor firm has signed up alongside other new entrants including Huawei and Visa. Meanwhile, both Symbian and ARM have released new developer tools.
Tags: Symbian, Mobile platforms, Open source, Mobile processors, ARM, Mobile, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Tool, Symbian Inc., performance
