In OS X Lion (which I and many others are still using) the App Store and Software Update exist side by side.
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Filenames are case-insensitive in OS X but case-sensitive in iOS. This can lead to problems when using iCloud to share files between the two platforms.
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In OS terms, VMware can now control hardware and run applications.
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For all of Mountain Lion's iOS-derived goodness, one highlight plenty of folks would love to see in OS X is still missing in action: Siri, the voice-controlled personal assistant.
Moving on, the external touchpad is a Magic TrackPad competitor if ever we saw one, with support for all the multi-finger gestures you're used to making in OS X.
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Ok, then what about the code that enables video call support in OS 3.2 or that protected engineering prototype we saw just one day before launch showing a cutout at precisely the same spot so as to not obscure whatever was underneath?
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Sun is also working to improve SSD support with its next-gen ZFS file system, which in addition to powering its Solaris OS should be making an appearance in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, at least in the server version.
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Microsoft had previously been unable to generate the type of success in the smartphone OS market that it did in the PC OS market.
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In between there were regular interim fixes in the OS, particularly in its security, that would take over your PC for up to half an hour.
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We think the decline in Widows OS sales during Q1 will be temporary and expect a slight increase in market share due to the Windows 8 release.
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If there is a critical flaw in any OS, a fix should be able to reach the majority of customers in a short timescale and be easily installed.
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Microsoft is desperately looking to increase its presence in the smartphone OS market, in which it continues to lose market share.
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The pen works anywhere in the OS, but it's best-suited to the graphics and various other creative apps, including OneNote.
Dave Burke, engineering director, is now giving a demo of Project Butter, improvements in the OS that include triple buffering.
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And having a large apps ecosystem is regarded as one of the necessary declarations of being a real player in the OS marketplace.
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In the OS wars, Android continued to grow its market share up to 72.4 percent, with iOS taking the second spot with 13.9 percent.
This gives the attacker the ability to bypass anti-exploitation technologies in the underlying operating system and exploit flaws in the OS that otherwise would not be exploitable.
Interest in Android OS will continue to rise among mobile virus writers, whose efforts will be focused primarily on creating malicious programs that target this specific platform.
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Not even the third-party multitasking in iPhone OS 4.
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While you might not see Android 4.2 before Google moves on to the next letter in its OS alphabet, you can get Jelly Bean's Quick Settings feature via a new app from AntTek.
Alternatively, anywhere in the OS you can perform a V-shaped gesture on the LCD display to bring up a replica of the current screen (even the home screen, if you wanted) in E Ink.
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The product can work as a DLNA and iTunes server, but doesn't yet ship with any network backup software and -- unlike the Stora -- can't integrate with the built-in backup programs in Mac OS or Windows.
But regardless of how many displays are hooked up to it, there genuinely are some interface niggles in this OS. Despite having mastered the basic shortcuts, I'm still having to reach for my mouse way too often, and the arm ache is starting to dampen the good vibes left over from my last diary post.
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For now, PalmSource will develop the Linux-based OS in concert with its existing operating system, offering it as "another flavor" of the Palm OS. There are no plans to stop development of PalmSource's latest "Cobalt" OS 6, though Limp concedes it could be eliminated at some point in the future.
Linux is still viewed by the majority of gamers in the same light as OS X in terms of its viability as a gaming platform.
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In addition, the selling prices for the Windows OS in emerging market tend to be lower than prices in developed markets.
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For the traditional reason for the traditional surge in PC sales on the release of a new OS is that none of the old machines would ever run the new OS in anything under geological timescales.
Even among the emerging markets, the strategy seems to be focuses on introducing Firefox OS devices in less penetrated markets such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, although first Firefox OS devices are expected to be launched in Brazil.
Mozilla has yet to get developers very interested in developing for Firefox OS, but improvements in the performance of web apps overall (see my recent story on Famo.us for an example of how far this has come) may change that sentiment quickly.
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Twitter is now integrated in iOS and OS X Mountain Lion, and I would guess will be in the next version of the iTunes and App Stores and Apple TV, as well.
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