Microsoft culling phone division
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Thursday, 11 February 2016 11:21

Microsoft culling phone division


Not much hope

Software giant Microsoft is telling dozens of employees in its phone division that they are surplus to requirements and should expect to clean out their desks fairly soon.

Ballmer agrees with most of Microsoft’s cunning plans
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So it is almost certainly doomed


The shy and retiring Micrososft CEO Steve “sounds of silence” Ballmer has quietly put forward his modest opinion that Microsoft's hardware—Surface, HoloLens, and Xbox—is "absolutely essential" to its future.

Details of last Lumia leaked
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Monday, 18 January 2016 12:35

Details of last Lumia leaked


Lumia 650 will be out in Feburary

It looks like Microsoft’s Lumia 650 will be in the shops in February with a rather low key launch which befits a brand set to be replaced by the Surface.

ARM and Nokia want TCP/IP rewrite
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Monday, 14 December 2015 11:24

ARM and Nokia want TCP/IP rewrite


Needs to be faster

Nokia and ARM want to spruce up the TCP/IP stack to make it better suited to networks that need to operate at high speed and/or low latency.

Jolla not so Jolly
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Wednesday, 25 November 2015 13:22

Jolla not so Jolly


Trouble ahead


Jolla, which was supposed to rise from the ashes of an overcooked and badly carved Nokia, is in financial trouble.

Microsoft culls Nokia photography apps
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Monday, 07 September 2015 11:06

Microsoft culls Nokia photography apps


Lumia apps are just not worth it

To please its glorious Microsoft overlord, the former rubber boot maker Nokia released a string of photography apps which were designed to work on Redmond's nearly invisible mobile phones. Now Microsoft is pulling most of them.

Nokia Tablet N1 not shipping to the UK
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Tuesday, 18 August 2015 15:36

Nokia Tablet N1 not shipping to the UK


Nasty roast beef eaters

The former rubber boot maker Nokia has spelt out in clear turns that it is not going to bring out its N1 tablet in the UK.

Nokia gearing up for a comeback
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Monday, 10 August 2015 11:00

Nokia gearing up for a comeback


A bit like Frank Sinatra without the horse's head

The former rubber boot maker, turned mobile phone maker, turned network expert, Nokia is planning another comeback.

Ozo provides 3d surround filming
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Thursday, 30 July 2015 12:55

Ozo provides 3d surround filming


Seeing all around 

Former rubber boot make Nokia has been showing off a 3D VR camera.

Microsoft´s Q2 canned by Nokia write-off
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Wednesday, 22 July 2015 11:58

Microsoft´s Q2 canned by Nokia write-off


Worst quarter result in ages

Microsoft presented an awful financial report for its fiscal fourth quarter which showed its Nokia right off and poor software sales.