InterneTV, which is compatible with the Windows operating system, supports 480p and 720p, and delivers resolutions of 640 x 480, 800 x 600, and 1024 x 768.

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Microsoft recently announced that it will be introducing an ARM-compatible version of its Windows operating system.

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It will be half the size of Apple's iPad and will be compatible with Google's Android operating system.

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This operating system is not compatible with that of RIMM, and to alter course for either company at this juncture would likely be imprudent.

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In a contractual masterstroke, Microsoft was allowed to licence the operating system to other manufacturers, spawning an industry of "IBM-compatible" personal computers which depended on Microsoft's operating system.

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In developed markets like the U.S., TI says a range of phones would benefit from pico projectors. (The technology will run on any mobile operating system and is compatible with chipsets from companies other than TI.) Business-centric smartphones could include projectors for displaying PowerPoint projections or sales videos while high-end feature phones could incorporate them for social networking for teenagers.

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And all of a sudden your relatively old refrigerator or air conditioner doesn't work because the new operating system isn't backward-compatible with the systems in these devices.

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Its cameras will be fully compatible with video and photo editing software to be bundled with the new Windows XP operating system.

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And its next-generation operating system, Copland, which is designed to work with both Macintosh and IBM-compatible machines, is due to be launched next year.

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