The antitrust concern apparently surrounds the conditions of Microsoft's Corel investment, and whether or not Microsoft bullied Corel to drop its Linux-based applications, because the Linux operating system competes with Microsoft's Windows operating system.
Both phones are based on the new Microsoft Windows 8 operating system software.
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LUmia is also based on the Microsoft Windows 8 operating system which is just coming to market.
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Interestingly, Microsoft (MSFT) stock has not seen strong money inflows along with Nokia even though Nokia Lumia phones are based on Microsoft Windows Phone operating system.
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"In part that's testament to the level of influence that you have when you reach millions and millions of desktops" through ownership of the Microsoft Windows PC operating system, says Knook.
The Microsoft Windows 8 operating system will bring the Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs, the basis of storage device-based encryption security as well as additional security features) to wider use for enterprise applications.
All Inspiron laptops announced today will offer options with Intel's new 3rd Generation Core i processors (Ivy Bridge), Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system, and will be eligible for the Microsoft Windows 8 upgrade program.
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The dominance of Microsoft's Windows operating system means it is the preferred target of hackers.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer, or IE, has an 85% global share and comes loaded on every PC with Microsoft's Windows operating system.
The PC evolved, so Microsoft evolved the Windows operating system to adapt.
Many firms are working to use Linux behind software, such as Lotus Notes, that has traditionally run on Microsoft's Windows operating system.
The battle was joined last year when the commission launched a probe into alleged discriminatory licensing practices for Microsoft's Windows operating system.
And if you think of it like Microsoft Windows is an operating system that runs on several computers, like HP, Dell, and Toshiba...
"Apple has set its eyes on the dying infrastructure of the PC industry and Microsoft's Windows operating system business, " writes Dan Rowinski of ReadWriteWeb.
The BeOS is not intended to compete with Microsoft's Windows operating system, but rather coexists with Windows under a dual boot-up and dual operating systems strategy.
Microsoft's Windows operating system is on more than 90% of the world's 1 billion or so personal computers, of which around 80% are powered by Intel chips.
Most investments so far, particularly those in Linux companies, are fairly speculative: venture capitalists want to be covered in case Linux turns into a serious competitor to Microsoft's Windows operating system.
The shift away from PCs also has posed a problem for Microsoft, whose Windows operating system powers most PCs but hasn't made much of a dent with other types of devices.
At Apple's annual Macworld event on January 10th, Steve Jobs, the company's chief executive, unveiled what many fans had been expecting: the first Macintosh computers based on chips made by Intel, which also power the vast majority of personal computers that run Microsoft's Windows operating system.
Ballmer and Windows senior product manager Ryan Asdourian touted the success of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, which has won favorable reviews since it was released last year.
Windows pricing for PC makers refers to the average price that Microsoft charges for its Windows Operating System to PC manufacturers like H-P and Dell.
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Back in 2004, the commission fined Microsoft and forced it to offer a version of its Windows operating system without Microsoft's own media player.
In August he began shipping a version of Teradata to run on Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.
Thousands of computers running Microsoft's Windows XP operating system were unable to connect to the internet after installing an anti-virus update.
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This could be a problem, especially when servers running Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system offer industrial-strength computing for the first time.
Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, which came out last fall, enables touch-screen controls so desktop and laptop computers work more like tablets.
The challenge for Rose now is to shift the old Digital customers over to new Compaq servers utilizing Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.
The first product based on the design, the SH7729, was also unveiled Thursday and will support Microsoft's Windows CE operating system, Hitachi said.
The challenge for Rose now is to shift the customers Compaq inherited from Digital over to new Compaq servers utilizing Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.
Analysts say Linux and other open source software pose a growing threat to Microsoft's dominant Windows operating system, which is used on more than 90% of the world's computers.
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