Most computer operating systems and software in Swahili-speaking areas are in English or French.
This is an emerging area that will reshape operating systems and software for many years to come.
The long time frame is required because current operating systems and software don't take full advantage of the benefits of multi-core processors.
Supposedly corporations and households have not been keeping up with the latest computer models, operating systems, and software from Dell, HP, Apple, and Microsoft, etc.
The products segment includes desktop and mobile PCs, monitors, printers, imaging equipment, servers, storage products and systems, motherboards, networking products, operating systems, software applications and related supplies.
Its near monopoly on operating systems and office automation software assured it a high cash flow.
Instead of paying for operating systems and other proprietary software, users will spend their money on services or add-ons to free programs.
Perhaps the biggest gain may be in dual storage computers where a flash memory device is used for storing operating systems, software and frequently accessed content (and maybe even for write caching) while a hard disk drive provides much less expensive mass storage of user data.
Small businesses can also minimize risk by restricting employee access to sensitive company or customer data and by keeping software and operating systems current to defend against the latest malware and viruses.
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The segment offers operating systems, network services and workgroup computing software solutions based on the Linux open source operating system.
In 1998, Microsoft was the unstoppable juggernaut, dominating markets for PC operating systems, business software, and Internet browsing.
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Today only two lawsuits remain of the ten filed soon after federal judge Thomas Penfield Jackson declared in 2000 that Microsoft had abused its monopolies in software operating systems and desktop applications.
Though the Washington wonks worry about Bill Gates and his operating systems, word processors and spreadsheets, when it comes to software these days, consumers prefer fun and games.
That would alarm the entire tech industry, because pcs drive sales of software and operating systems, printers and scanners and modems, servers and networking gear and more.
That would be especially alarming for the entire tech industry, because PCs drive sales of software and operating systems, printers and scanners and modems, servers and networking gear and more.
These new interfaces will lead to fundamental changes in the way that computer systems are controlled using operating system and general software.
The company has long been a contributor to the Linux and open source software communities and is well known for its work on open operating systems as well as the open cloud.
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The new executive could equally propose that Nokia focus on developing own software products and other operating systems like Meego or WindowsPhone 7, so it may boil down to what Elop wants.
Either way, the incorporation of buddy-list programs into other software such as browsers and operating systems is already under way.
Wind River (nasdaq: WIND - news - people ) specializes in so-called device software, the fast, small operating systems and middleware that go into all sorts of noncomputer smart devices, from digital video recorders to industrial robots and the Mars Rover.
Although VMware is the leader in so-called virtualization software, which lets servers run many operating systems and applications at the same time, the company hasn't come up with a strategy to remain on top, especially as Microsoft has begun ramping up its virtualization offerings.
In April 2010 RIM bought QNX Software Systems, a maker of operating systems for cars and medical devices.
In fact, antivirus firms in general have yet to prove that mobile devices even need extra security software, given the fractured operating systems on smart phones and the low rate of infection on the relatively new platforms.
But after parting ways with the software company that developed the operating systems for successful programs like Boston and London, PBSC developed a new operating system before launching the New York, Chicago and Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Software now covers a maze of different industries, including applications software, operating systems, databases, the Internet, computer-aided design and networking.
Google's operating systems can be found in partners' booths, running on phones, tablets and TVs, but the software giant does not run a booth.
Mr. Page's comments come one day before the start of Google's annual conference in San Francisco for software developers who create applications for Google's Android and Chrome computer-operating systems.
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Balsillie has a fleet of 150 developers in Waterloo, Ont. keeping RIM's software working on a slew of phones running, in some cases, other operating systems and multiple applications.
Samsung has been able to vault past former market leader Nokia by embracing multiple operating systems and, when Android emerged from the pack, by putting more resources behind products that use that software.
Open source software such as Apache Web server and the Linux server operating system have become popular systems to run not only on network servers, but also on server appliances (servers dedicated to single tasks such as e-mail and Web site hosting).
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