It's been debated since the early days of smartphones, when devices such as the Treo based on Palm OS could not handle more than one task at a time, while handsets based on the Windows Mobile platform had the capability.

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This was the first public showing of an Unreal Engine 3-based application on the Windows RT platform.

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Agawi will be demoing their cloud-based games streaming platform on Windows 8 devices at the Cloud Gaming USA event in San Francisco next week, September 11-12, where Agawi will also be delivering a keynote speech.

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Microsoft Federal Systems will help design the ship's IT architecture based on the company's Windows 2000 platform.

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