Briefly: Nokia buys Symbian, Australia gets TV shows, Mac OS X 10.5.4

Here is a brief catch-up with the news of this week:

Nokia buys Symbian

Nokia announced yesterday it will buy the makers of its mobile phones' operating system which it has been paying a few hundred thousand dollars per year to use. The company said it will open the source of Symbian to developers and will let its competitors use it without charging them any fees.

iTunes Australia gets TV shows

After the U.S.A., the U.K., Canada and France, Australians can now enjoy movie content such as movies and TV shows through on their Apple TV.

ABC, Disney and MTV are part of the deal among others, bringing 21 shows to Australians for $2.99 per episode.

Mac OS X 10.5.4 seeded

Apple has seeded a new build of the Mac OS X 10.5.4 Update to developers earlier this week.

The build which is numbered 9E17 appears mature enough to make some of us start expecting it to arrive pretty soon. It lists "no known issues", which usually means the release should be expected in a matter of days or at most two weeks.