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Though it's struggled when it comes to kicking in doors in the consumer market, Linux has clearly found a welcome home in the enterprise, and it appears to be making itself more comfortable with each passing day. 'It's the fastest-growing server-side operating system of any of them that are out there -- Unix, Windows, you name it,' said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation.

AT&T has gone into the cloud storage business in competition with services such as Amazon's S3. It said Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with EMC to jointly develop and market an EMC-based enterprise-grade AT&T Synaptic Storage as a service that's supposed to give users control over the storage, distribution and retrieval of their data from any location, anytime, using any web-enabled device.read more

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twitter is working on various ways to make money from its fast-growing microblogging service, but advertising is an option that is not currently being considered.

Nokia introduces three new Internet-ready phones for emerging markets May 18. The 2730, Nokia's least-expensive 3G phone to date, will begin shipping in the third quarter with a price equivalent to approximately $108, before taxes and subsidies. The clamshell-style 2720 will also ship in the third quarter, for the equivalent of approximately $75. And a second fold phone, the colorful 7020, will ship in the fourth quarter for approximately $124. All three phones feature Nokia Life Tools, Ovi Mail for personal e-mail and strong battery life. - ...

Nokia has introduced three new Internet-ready phones for emerging markets May 18. The 2730, Nokias least-expensive 3G phone to date, will begin shipping in the third quarter with a price tag equivalent to approximately $108, before taxes and subsidies. The 2720, a clamshell-style phone, will also ship in the third quarter, for the equivalent of approximately $75. And a second fold phone, the colorful 7020, will ship in the fourth quarter, for approximately $124. All three phones feature Nokia Life Tools, Ovi Mail for personal email and strong battery life. - ...

Palm's highly anticipated new smartphone, the Palm Pre, seems to be on track for an early June launch, according to an analyst from Barclays Capital. Palm has a good deal riding on the success of the Pre as it competes against Apple's iphone and other smartphones in the rapidly growing mobile market. - st1\:* The Palm Pre, the smartphone being touted by some pundits as a potential quot;iPhone killer, quot; is apparently on track for launch in early June, according to an analyst from Barclays Capital. In light of that theory, Barclays is raising its sales estimates and targe...

Google led the core search market in the U.S. in April 2009, with 64.2 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo, microsoft, Ask network and AOL, according to a new report by research firm ComScore. Overall, Americans conducted 14.8 billion core searches for the month, a 3-percent gain over March 2009. - Google continues to lead the U.S. core search market with some 64.2 percent market-share for its sites, according to a May 18 report by research firm ComScore. Second behind Googles sites was Yahoo, which claimed 20.4 percent of the market, followed by microsoft sites with 8.2 percent, Ask N...

Nokia has unveiled three new Internet-ready mobile phones for developing markets: the 3G 2730 classic, the 2720 fold, and the colorful 7020. Email, helpful service tools and battery longevity are shared features for their expected markets. - Nokia has introduced three new Internet-ready phones, the 2730 classic, the 2720 fold and the Nokia 7020, each with features geared toward emerging markets. The curved, slim and glossy 2730 is Nokias least expensive 3G phone to date. It features a 2-inch QVGA display, a 2-megapixel camera, Blu...

(Telecompaper) Nokia has introduced three internet-enabled handsets aimed at emerging markets. The Nokia 2730 classic, Nokia 2720 fold and Nokia 7020 come with Nokia services such as Nokia Life Tools and Ovi Mail. Piloted in India, Nokia Life Tools enable users to find timely and relevant information on local business and services, such as agricultural prices and educational modules like learning English. The Nokia 2730 classic, priced at EUR 80, is a 3G phone offered with a web browser, targeting the growing number of emerging markets with 3G coverage. The handset is expected to start shipping in the third quarter. The Nokia 2720 fold is a compact fold phone and provides access to e-mail, calendar, internet connectivity and file sharing applications. The handset will be available in select markets with Nokia Life Tools, from the third quarter for EUR 55 before subsidies and taxes. The Nokia 7020 phone is a flip phone with 2 megapixel camera and outside display, with a colourful finish

In a move that could wound Apple's hopes of penetrating the Chinese market, China Mobile, the world's largest wireless carrier, is reportedly coming up with its own Android-based challenger to the iphone. In the U.S., Sprint and Palm plan to debut Palm's supposed iphone killer, the Pre, on June 6, two days before the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off in San Francisco.