Stories about: Trolltech

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RIM may get new browser through acquisition 25 August, 2009 05:58

BlackBerry phones may soon get a new browser, now that Research In Motion has acquired Torch Mobile.
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Intel buys British Linux developer Opened Hand 02 September, 2008 08:03

Intel has snapped up British Linux house Opened Hand in another sign of the growing interest in the use of the operating system on mobile devices.
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For mobile operating systems, too much Linux? 06 August, 2008 08:16

As Linux-based operating systems continue to proliferate in the mobile communications marketplace, are there too many choices in open-source platforms?
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Linux up to speed on mobile devices 28 April, 2008 11:30

Linux, which has been much maligned by Symbian and Microsoft as a non-starter in the handset operating system market, is set to see strong growth as issues with framework fragmentation and silicon requirements are alleviated.
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SDK showdown: iPhone vs. Android 24 April, 2008 10:39

In this corner: the current champion of the mobile phone market, the iPhone. In the other corner: a scrappy open source challenger, Android.
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Linux expanding into mid-range phones 23 April, 2008 07:37

Linux is expanding its influence outside of the world of smartphones, and is poised to take a significant share of the mid-range mobile phone market as well, according to a new study from ABI Research.
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MWC - Android comes to life in Barcelona 12 February, 2008 08:20

Google's Android software platform for mobile phones is coming to life in Barcelona, with a number of chip manufacturers showing it running on prototype or proof-of-concept phones at the Mobile World Congress on Monday.
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KDE king Seigo talks life, free software and reinventing the desktop 01 February, 2008 11:42

With the recent release of version 4.0, the KDE open source project has garnered a lot of international attention. One of KDE's lead developers, and best known personality, Aaron J Seigo is in Australia to speak at this year's Linux.conf.au on his vision for better desktop computing. Computerworld spoke with Seigo, a native of Calgary, Canada, about his view of the world and how a little bit of innovation will permanently change how people interact with software.
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California company introduces new mobile Linux platform 31 January, 2008 08:48

Another mobile Linux platform, this time from Azingo, hit the market on Wednesday, joining an increasingly crowded market of Linux phone software.
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Nokia to buy software developer Trolltech for $US153M 29 January, 2008 07:24

Nokia has offered to buy Trolltech, the Norwegian developer of a widely used application framework, for 844 million Norwegian kroner ($US153 million) in cash. Nokia hopes the Trolltech development team will give its own software efforts a boost.
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A tuned-up KDE 4.0 ready to roll, opens up to Mac, Windows 11 January, 2008 16:18

The next generation of KDE's open source project, version 4.0, expected to be released today, will sport a major under the hood tune-up that will bring KDE to a much broader audience.