The attempted standardisation of mobile Linux has been put on hold indefinitely, after the Linux Phone Standards Forum announced it was to merge with the Linux Mobile Foundation.
Canonical has announced it will be developing a version of its Ubuntu Linux desktop operating system specifically for ARM's Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9 processor architectures.
The LiMo Foundation released the first full version of its mobile phone platform on Monday.
Google's Android mobile phone stack will fork into multiple versions, according to Symbian's research chief David Wood.
Nokia is to buy Trolltech, the company whose Linux-based Qt application-development framework is at the core of many PC and mobile applications including Google Earth and Skype.
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The co-founder of one of the most popular mobile Linux platforms has predicted a "revolution" in the use of open-source software on phones and handheld devices.
Google's recent announcement of Android has sparked a debate over whether the mobile Linux platform will prove more secure than Apple's proprietary iPhone.
Andrew Lippman thinks communities will be key to the future of communications tech.
According to a recent survey, enterprise IT managers are positive about integrating smartphones into their businesses.
ARM is to integrate security into its popular processor cores for mobile devices, paving the way for Palladium-style secure systems.
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