Nokia and Adobe Launch $10 Million Open Screen Project Fund

At the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Nokia and Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the creation of the $10 million Open Screen Project fund, which is designed to help developers create applications and services for mobile, desktop, and consumer electronics devices using the Adobe Flash platform.

The Open Screen Project is a collaboration of more than 20 companies (including Nokia and Adobe) with one clear vision: to enable consumers to access, utilise, and share rich content seamlessly — regardless of the devices, operating systems, browsers, or networks they use. The new fund is a result of this initiative. Additional Open Screen Project partners are expected to join the fund in the future.

Applications that incorporate Adobe Flash Lite will be considered for funding, and initial areas of focus include: entertainment, social networking, productivity, gaming, and news and information. Those projects with broad appeal — and that make the most of Nokia's platform capabilities — are likely to catch the interest of the combined panel of multi-screen application and services experts from Nokia and Adobe, which will review all of the funding requests that are submitted. Developers retain all rights to their applications, while Adobe and Nokia have the right to evaluate, test, and promote the content.

'The Open Screen Project fund encourages the use of Adobe tools and existing developer skills to create exciting and unique Flash applications for millions of Nokia devices', said Tero Ojanpera, executive vice president (EVP), Nokia Services. 'With more than 300-million Flash-enabled Nokia devices in market, we will support these developers through the Forum Nokia developer community, while providing a more targeted distribution channel to consumers with Nokia's Ovi Store.'

Nokia delivers devices on a truly global scale and offers developers dependable platforms that are well integrated with the Flash runtime.

Both Nokia and Adobe plan to bring successful applications to multiple distribution channels, such as on device, aggregators, and others. In turn, these distribution channels will bring rich Flash applications and experiences to market segments around the world, creating new business opportunities for developers.

'We are excited about the Open Screen Project fund and the possibilities it offers to designers and developers worldwide', said David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president, Platform Business Unit at Adobe. 'With more than one billion Flash-enabled mobile phones and devices shipped across multiple platforms, the fund will enable more developers to bring their rich content and services to a large number of mobile users.'

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Greenhouses On The Moon

Astronauts' meals have come a long way from the freeze-dried powders and semi-liquid pastes of decades ago: now US scientists want to grow vegetables in mini-greenhouses on the Moon.

Although space fare has steadily improved over time, a team of scientists says the best is yet to come.

They look forward to when residents of future lunar or even Martian outposts can dine on luxuries such as fresh vegetables.

Paragon Space Development Corporation has unveiled what it called the first step toward growing flowers -- and eventually food -- on the Moon.

Paragon, an Arizona company that has partnered with NASA in previous experiments on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station, calls it a "Lunar Oasis".

This is a sealed greenhouse that looks like a bell jar encased in a 1.5 foot (46-centimetre) tall triangular aluminum frame.

It is designed to safely land a laboratory plant on the lunar surface, and protect it while it grows.

The miniature greenhouse is to be launched into space by Odyssey Moon Ltd, a participant in the Google Lunar X Prize. This competition offers 20 million dollars to any entrant who can launch, land and operate a rover on the lunar surface.

Paragon officials say future testing of the "Lunar Oasis" will be driven by Odyssey's flight schedule, which will not happen until 2012 at the earliest.

When it does lift off the greenhouse will contain the seeds of Brassica, a hardy plant related to Brussels sprouts and cabbage and used in the production of cooking oil and livestock feed.

Because Brassica goes from seed to flower in just 14 days, it can complete its life cycle in a single lunar night.

"Colonizing the Moon or Mars seems so far away, but it is important that we do this research now," Paragon president Jane Poynter told AFP.

"It takes a long time to get a lot of research, and to get integrated, reliable efficient systems" before colonists move in, she said.

NASA, which will retire its Space Shuttle fleet at the end of 2010, has committed to two new goals: returning astronauts to the Moon by 2020, and a manned mission to Mars by 2030.

"I was pleased to see this (project) put together by Paragon," said Gene A. Giacomelli, a professor at the University of Arizona Department of Plant Sciences.

"NASA has pulled back on funding for bio-regenerative life support systems, and most of the centers in the US that had been doing that research had stopped."

Giacomelli and students at the university's Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC) are working on their own as-yet-unfunded lunar greenhouse.

RIM (Research in Motion ) opens software store for BlackBerry

Research In Motion has launched an online store selling entertainment, games, news, and travel applications to its BlackBerry users.

RIM said on Wednesday its online store was immediately available to BlackBerry owners in Britain, Canada, and the United States.

Unlike the iPhone application store of rival Apple Inc, which offers 70 per cent of revenue from each piece of software to the developer, RIM plans to offer 80 per cent.

The rest of the revenue will be shared between RIM and wireless carriers, co-chief executive Jim Balsillie said in an interview. "We think that's a fair distribution of the economics," he said.

The company's media-rich BlackBerry smartphones, such as the Pearl, Curve, Storm and Bold models, compete with Apple's iPhone for retail customers.

Ontario-based RIM has pushed aggressively to diversify its user base beyond executives, lawyers, politicians and other professionals who use BlackBerrys to send wireless e-mail.

"I think we've firmly cut over to the broader consumer marketplace," Balsillie said.

Offering a slate of interesting and diverse smartphone software, from the practical to the entertaining, can sometimes mean the difference between keeping and losing a user -- someone who has spent money on such software may be reluctant to switch to a different device and have to pay all over again.

RIM first announced its plan to enter the increasingly crowded market for mobile software supermarkets last year.

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Dell bring new servers, storage for tight budgets

Dell Inc is introducing new server and storage products aimed at cost-conscious companies, betting that its emphasis on value can help win market share as competition intensifies.

The announcement on Tuesday comes as the corporate server market heated up considerably over the past week, with the much-anticipated entry of network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc, and widely-reported merger talks between market leader IBM and high-end server maker Sun Microsystems Inc.

Seeking to distinguish itself from competitors offering more expensive products developed on proprietary technology, Dell said its portfolio of 14 new products is designed to save companies time and money though improved efficiency, adoption of open standard infrastructure and virtualization technology.

"We think simplifying IT, driving efficiency in the data center, helping our customers consolidate and virtualize to save costs is actually the strategy that will ultimately win in the industry," Steve Schuckenbrock, president of large enterprise for Dell, said in an interview last week.

The new products include PowerEdge servers and workstations based on Intel Corp's next-generation Nehalem processor, EqualLogic storage arrays and software designed to help simplify IT management in a single console. The servers will begin shipping on Monday, when Intel is expected to formally announce Nehalem.

Industry analysts, who were briefed on the new products by Dell, spoke positively on Monday about the products and the strategy.

"What Dell's focusing on is trying to show customers a way to save money...so they [customers] can free up resources to invest in new applications and I think that is a good overall story and strategy for 2009," said IDC analyst Matt Eastwood.

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IBM will manage the IT requirements of Bharti’s hived-off tower arm

Global IT major IBM has bagged yet another outsourcing deal from Bharti Airtel, the country’s largest private telecom company. IBM will manage the IT requirements of Bharti’s hived-off tower arm, Bharti Infratel.

The deal is estimated to be worth around Rs 250 crore, according to executives in the know of the development.


When asked on the IBM deal, the Bharti spokesman confirmed the development, “Bharti Infratel has outsourced its IT platform to IBM to bring in a comprehensive architecture that provides benefits to its customers, suppliers and employees. This is a continuation of Bharti’s strategic partnership with IBM across its various businesses, including Bharti Airtel and Bharti Retail.” But he refused to comment on the deal size and the duration.

Bharti Infratel is the second-largest telecom tower company after Indus Towers, which is a JV between Bharti, Vodafone and Idea Cellular. It has 42% in Indus and is estimated to have 65,000-70,000 towers across the country. In 2008, Bharti had offloaded up to 12.5% in Infratel to a clutch of PE players for about $1.25 billion, valuing the company at around $12.5 billion.

This is IBM’s seventh deal with Bharti Airtel over the last five years. In 2004, the US-based IT major had bagged a $750-million outsourcing deal from Bharti and this deal has already touched the $2.5 billion mark as of March-end 2009. IBM also handles the IT operations for Bharti’s recently launched operations in Sri Lanka and also for the telco’s operations in Jersey where a Bharti subsidiary offers mobile services.

Last year, IBM’s BPO arm in India, IBM Daksh, bagged a six-year contract to provide voice and back-office services, including customer service, collections, and customer retention, for Bharti’s premium customers.

Bharti and IBM also signed a $150-million deal under which the software major would handle all IT operations for the telcos’ direct to home television and Internet Protocol TV services.

Beyond IT outsourcing, Bharti has also developed a $100-million service development platform in a tie-up with IBM for companies to develop and offer applications to Airtel customers across mobile, landline, broadband and DTH services.

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