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Time to say goodbye from all of us at bit-tech.net

November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Vertu's UK manufacturing arm enters liquidation

200 jobs lost.

July 14, 2017 | 11:31

Nokia to cut 4,000 jobs by end of 2012

Huge cuts and transfers affect more than 5 per cent of its workforce.

April 28, 2011 | 11:17

Nokia ditches Symbian for Windows Phone 7

To deal with its 'competitive failings' Nokia announces a close partnership with Microsoft.

February 11, 2011 | 14:35

Pwn2Own 2010 aims at smartphones

Pwn2Own - long a staple of the CanSecWest security conference - is putting more than half of its prize fund towards exploits in popular smartphone platforms.

February 17, 2010 | 11:14

Symbian open-source completed

The release of the Symbian platform under an open-source licence went ahead this week, completing a process which started in June 2008.

February 5, 2010 | 10:22

Sony Ericsson, Nokia pull handsets

Mobile manufacturers Sony Ericsson and Nokia have both pulled Symbian-based handsets off the UK market following complaints about software unreliability.

November 25, 2009 | 13:59

Firefox Mobile on the way

Mozilla's John Lilly has confirmed that Firefox Mobile - codenamed Fennec - will be released on Nokia's Maemo, Google's Android, and Microsoft's Windows Mobile.

October 22, 2009 | 10:21

Symbian signs malware app by mistake

The Symbian Foundation has admitted to a failure of its digital signing process which lead to a botnet-creating malware package being signed as safe for install.

July 20, 2009 | 13:20

T-Mobile US sells millionth G1

T-Mobile has sold its one millionth G1, the first commercial smartphone implementing Google's Linux-based Android operating system.

April 24, 2009 | 13:20

OpenMoko leaves smartphone market

OpenMoko has announced that it is postponing plans for a follow-up to its ambitious open source smartphone to concentrate on the secretive "Project B."

April 7, 2009 | 13:28

Hacker loads Win 3.1 on N95

A Polish hacker has successfully installed a copy of Windows 3.1 on the Nokia N95 Symbian-based handset - complete with emulated mouse support.

February 24, 2009 | 10:09

Motorola ditching Windows Mobile?

Motorola has announced the closure of its Windows Mobile development centre in Florida, prompting speculation that it is ditching the platform in favour of Google's Android.

January 28, 2009 | 09:01

Microsoft launches 'tagging' app

Microsoft has launched a 'tagging' application for mobile 'phones, which scans specially encoded 2D barcodes in order to direct users to websites.

January 13, 2009 | 13:55

Symbian DoS attack revealed

A security researcher has unveiled a simple attack that leaves Symbian S60 smartphone handsets unable to receive SMS or MMS messages until factory reset.

January 5, 2009 | 14:15

Opera Mini 4.2 released

The latest build of the free mobile browser Opera Mini, version 4.2, has been released - and it brings some nice new features to the table along with Android support.

November 26, 2008 | 13:35

Adobe previews 64-bit Flash

Adobe has released a preview version of a native 64-bit Flash Player binary for Linux, allowing users on 64-bit systems to use completely native binaries when browsing the web.

November 19, 2008 | 10:37

Opera launches new Mobile beta

Opera has announced the release of a new beta for Opera Mobile, with newly-added support for Symbian handsets as well as existing Windows Mobile units.

October 22, 2008 | 09:10

Opera Software joins Symbian

Opera Software, creator of the popular Opera range of web browsers, has announced membership in the Nokia led Symbian Foundation.

September 10, 2008 | 09:13

Nokia buys Samsung's Symbian share

Finnish mobile giant Nokia has purchased Samsung's share of the Symbian mobile platform rights for $410 million as part of a plan to release it under an open-source licence.

September 4, 2008 | 08:50

Nokia makes Symbian open source

Finnish mobile giant Nokia has announced plans to purchase all remaining rights to the Symbian mobile platform in order to release it under an open source licence.

June 26, 2008 | 08:27