Thursday, December 20, 2007

The year of the new mobile operating system. 2007 could be called the year of the mobile operating system.Since Microsoft entered the scene around five years ago, the smartphone operating system industry has been fairly stable. Symbian, Linux, Research in Motion, and Windows Mobile make up the bulk of smartphone software, each to varying degrees of success in different regions.But in 2007, Apple introduced the iPhone, which runs its own brand of software, and Google announced that next year its Android mobile operating system pla [IDG InfoWorld] comment []3:58:57 PM

Digital music: Go legal, get screwed. Sign your own death warrant The Big Four record labels want us to think that the sound recording business is a reformed character these days. Recently, we've heard ritualistic self-flagellations from a succession of top executives. There was Ed Bronfman at Warner's, prostrating himself in front of Apple. In a similar vein, Universal's chief Doug Morris admitted UMG had been clueless, and got it all wrong. EMI's new asset-stripping chief Guy Hands issues almost weekly memos telling the company to reform or die. While over at Sony BMG, staff have been told they must, er... blog their way back into music lover's hearts.âo[oe] [The Register] comment []3:41:19 PM

iPhone OS beats Windows Mobile. Apple's iPhone is used by 50% more people to browse the Internet than all the phones running Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, according to data from Net Applications. [Computerworld Breaking News] comment []12:18:03 AM

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