On the other hand, some viruses have caused so much damage that a simple reinstallation of the operating system was insufficient to repair them.

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If you want competition in operating systems, why not do the simple thing and break up the Windows company?

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Thanks to its simplicity, gOS Cloud boots in mere seconds, allowing people to check their e-mail and perform other simple web tasks without having to boot a full operating system.

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With guidance from Jean Duboc, a veteran of Carrefour's hypermarket division, CBD has reduced construction and operating costs of its hypermarkets by 30% since 2000 by making simple changes like renting out space at store entrances.

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Powered by the latest Windows Operating System, Windows 8, the Nokia Lumia 820 is a speedy handset that's beautifully simple to use.

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But experiments using EEG have allowed people to do simple things like pressing buttons on a computer screen by moving a cursor and clicking it, and operating the flippers on a pinball machine.

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