Stephen Elop

NokSoft born: Nokia moves to Windows, takes on Google and Apple

Nokia could've picked the fast-growing Android and been a star in the Google-verse. So why is it going with the riskier Microsoft Phone OS?

It's official – Nokia and Microsoft have teamed up to take on rivals Apple and Google. The two companies announced their partnership Friday morning, just hours before a strategy and finance briefing hosted by Nokia (NOK) in London. As expected, the Finnish phonemaker also unveiled other strategic MORE

More Nokia hand tipping by Google employees on Twitter

This time Tim Bray jumps into the fray.

On his Twitter account this afternoon, Google (GOOG) Android Developer Advocate Tim Bray said,

Poor Mr. Elop. Has to make the big tech call not ever having written a line of mobile code or done system bring-up work.

Mr. Elop, who wrote an amazingly candid note to employees this week on the downfall of Nokia's (NOK) 'platform' is a former Microsoft (MSFT) VP and Macromedia CEO.

It is MORE

Today in Tech: iPad 2 in production, Nokia's burning platform

A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.

According to sources, Apple is already knee-deep in production of the next-generation iPad, or iPad 2, which will be thinner and lighter, sport at least one built-in camera for video chat, a significantly faster processor, more memory, and a screen resolution similar to the current version's 1,024 by 768. Expect WiFi, AT&T and Verizon versions priced MORE

Nokia's Elop drops bomb: the platform is on fire

Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.

According to reported company-wide email sent out by CEO Stephan Elop, Nokia's (NOK) current OS situation is akin to a burning platform.  In his note, he uses an oil platform in the North Atlantic as a metaphor but it could just as easily be a smartphone platform, or, in Nokia's case, two platforms: Meego and Symbian.

Elop doesn't give either platform a chance in MORE

Today in Tech: Watch the Super Bowl ads, AOL buys Huffington Post

A curated selection of the weekend's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.

Still revved up from last night's Super Bowl shenanigans? You can relive the best parts -- or well, the commercials at least -- via YouTube's annual AdBlitz voting contest here. And if that's not enough, check out CNNMoney's excellent roundup of rejected ads for extra laughs. (YouTube and CNNMoney)

Today in Tech: A Microsoft-Nokia alliance?

A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.

Though spokesmen declined to comment, Microsoft and Nokia may reportedly announce a partnership on February 11, when Nokia CEO Stephen Elop talks to investors. Such an alliance could mean Nokia retires its Symbian OS in favor of Windows Phone 7. (New York Times)
Verizon halted pre-sales of the iPhone after selling out of its first shipment, estimated MORE

What's next for the post-Ozzie Microsoft? No one knows.

As a giant of technology departs, it's time to start asking, what's next for Steve Ballmer's Microsoft?

When Microsoft (MSFT) announced Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie would be moving on, some viewed it as another blow to a company with a bit of a vision problem. Ozzie was only the second person to be the company's CSA -- the first being founder Bill Gates, who took the role upon retiring as MORE

Can Microsoft beat Google at its own (free) game?

Despite impressive efforts from several rivals, Microsoft Office still rules the roost when it comes to office software. But can it hang on for much longer?

Let's set the record straight: Windows may have heft. Facebook may have buzz. But there is still no bigger name in the pantheon of global software than Microsoft Office.

On the occasion of today's consumer launch of Office 2010 (downloads starting at $119 for Home and MORE