PCs is not so much the hardware and operating system, but the application software.
By controlling the hardware, operating system and many of the peripherals, Apple made the Mac easy to use, but also much more expensive.
Cloud may be a workable approach, however, if only one of these elements (hardware, operating system, or application layer) are based on custom technology.
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In the Mac world, where Apple controls hardware, operating system, software, and all my iOS devices, an upgrade can make them all work better together.
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After delays and a software preview, RIM BlackBerry finally pulled the wraps off of it's new hardware and operating system that we'd been looking for the end of January to bring.
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Nowadays the newest things being fitted into your hand aren't hardware and operating-system innovations at all.
In addition, we are working across the mobile industry with operators, hardware manufacturers, operating system providers, and developers to improve the Facebook experience on mobile devices and make Facebook available to more people around the world.
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The challenge with Big Data is that it includes everything from hardware, through operating system, databases, analytics and business intelligence technologies, visualization software, post-graduate level mathematics and statistics, and innovative approaches to business and social problems.
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Family Bank has recently implemented an Oracle FLEXCUBE core banking system running on IBM hardware and the IBM AIX operating system.
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While Apple can link its hardware to its own operating system, Samsung uses Android like most other smartphone manufacturers.
Once a few glitches and more transit applications become more prevalent, iOS 6 is top of the line and the iPhone 5 is some extraordinary hardware to match the operating system.
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Microsoft sets parameters for all the hardware companies that utilize its operating system, including Nokia.
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It has a killer processor and other great hardware features, but the operating system doesn't take advantage of any of that.
The company has filled the new tablet with a Windows 8 operating system and hardware based on suggestions from fans and consumers.
For one thing, Microsoft beat up on Palm the same way it took out many of its competitors in the desktop OS space: by putting pressure on hardware vendors to use its operating system, and offering it at a price they couldn't refuse.
Having used Windows 8 on a number of hardware platforms, I do believe that if the operating system has a chance of success, Microsoft needs to be working with hardware partners to get as many touchscreen devices out to market as possible.
Apple found the sweet spot in terms of matching up the Operating System and the Hardware, and then let people go and play in the space.
All of this is possible because of virtualization, a process which increases effectiveness by inserting a level of software between the operating system and the hardware.
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It's as if Microsoft is eating itself, trying to catch up with the mobile revolution while still packaging its new operating system in pricey hardware that's clearly declining in popularity with consumers.
The executive said the Android devices suffer in part because different elements come from multiple companies, whereas Apple is responsible for all its mobile hardware and as well as its iOS operating system.
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To safely operate in the mobile industry, a company needs to have substantial portfolios in the three main patent areas involved in the design of smartphones: operating system and software, hardware and wireless patents.
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"So instead of building a phone, which seems like a desperate move, Facebook should partner with every operating system and carrier and hardware maker it can to try to embed this social platform within every mobile platform, " Blodget said.
That's not surprising as it's been among the few where the software giant has controlled "the whole widget" -- choosing the processor, designing the hardware, and developing not only the operating system and user interface, but a host of licensing standards, services and infrastructure supporting Xbox Live.
That's why most non-Intel hardware vendors originally chose Unix for their default operating system.
He then indirectly uses this analogy to announce that virtualization, today, replaces the hardware and that the application platforms replace the operating system.
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Not only is the operating system no longer managing the hardware, thanks to the work of VMware and Citrix, but as applications continue move to the Web operating systems are also losing relevance on the software side to the browser.
Everything from the operating system to the applications to the hardware will need to be simplified before the smart home becomes a reality.
It combines latest smartphone hardware and functionality with the innovative Windows Phone 8 operating system to enable quick and easy access to people, information and entertainment.
Long focused in personal computers on supplying operating system software, while leaving the hardware side to others, a move into the hardware side of the business would be a bold shift in direction.
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