Sony Ericsson Abandons Symbian

Well, this certainly isn’t particularly surprising. The rising popularity of Android leaves more victims in its wake than just Windows Mobile. Sony Ericsson, one of the major manufacturers of Symbian phones (other than Nokia) has just announced it will pretty much abandon the platform to focus entirely on Android – leaving Nokia as the sole person cheering for team Symbian.

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Social network coming to the office

For those who thought they could avoid joining the more than 400 million residents of Planet Facebook, abandon all hope. Social media — complete with Facebook-like status updates, profile pages and networks of social connections — is coming to your office cubicle.

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Kleber Rodrigo de Carvalho

Java technology, IBM style: A new era in Java technology

The eagerly awaited final release of Java™ SE 7 is expected to include enhancements to all the major aspects of the language and the virtual machine. Both Oracle and IBM have released Early Access downloads of their respective implementations for review and feedback. In this article, Chris Bailey, architect of the Java service strategy at the IBM Java Technology Center, introduces some of the changes in store, from both the Oracle specification and the value-add that IBM provides. Continue reading it here.

Kleber Rodrigo de Carvalho