Handset maker Nokia is selling its Internet security business to Check Point Software Technologies for an undisclosed sum. Israel-based Check Point says the acquisition will help it expand its lineup of security products.

Sales of mobile phones are shrinking faster than expected as consumers are cutting spending, the world's top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Thursday in its second warning in three weeks.

The Finnish communications giant said it expects to ship 330 million handsets in the quarter. Consequently, Nokia's shipments forecast for the whole of 2008 dropped from 1.26 billion units to 1.24 billion.

Eastman Kodak said Tuesday that it entered a patent license agreement with Nokia, allowing access to each other's intellectual property portfolio. While specific financial terms were not disclosed, the license agreement is royalty-bearing to Kodak.

Nokia has announced a solid release date for Comes With Music, as well as the first compatible handsets. The unlimited music download service is set to arrive on a small handful of models, both old and new, in the UK starting October 16, with the US and other countries slated for sometime in early 2009.

The handset appeared to be using a touch sensitive screen with haptic feedback and a screen display which does resemble the iPhone interface, if only superficially. The company also added touch screen capabilities to its smartphone OS - the Series 60 platform - at around the same time.

Are Qualcomm patent royalties an unfair tax on cellphone makers? Or have they helped the industry? Those questions are at the heart of a high-stakes trial that begins in a U.S. courtroom in Delaware Wednesday. Cellphone giant Nokia, which says it has paid more than US$1 billion in royalties to Qualcomm since the 1990s, believes it is paying too much.

...Initial products at launch in Baltimore were confirmed to include embedded WiMAX laptops using Intel chipsets, the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition, a Samsung PC Card, a ZTE USB dongle and a ZyXEL CPE modem. Other vendors and products are expected to be approved by Sprint for use on the network and enter commercial availability in the future...