Microsoft's much ballyhooed operating software "makes PCs easier to use, " says de Marcillac.
Six months after the operating software's debut, it isn't yet a hit by the accounts of some PC executives and research firms.
To do this, we used Data General minicomputers, from which we had stripped the operating software and replaced it with our own.
That gives Google a onetime opportunity to position Android, its mobile operating software, as one of the prime platforms for this transition.
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But with a 6-year head start in mapping and complete control of the hardware and the operating software, it is plausible bet.
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Microsoft announced plans in June for a Swahili version of its Windows operating software to cater for a growing number of users in Africa.
As consumers demand more powerful smartphones packed with features, device makers are rapidly improving processing speeds and the operating software that drives the phones.
We got a glimpse of it at Microsoft's booth during CES, and while it claims "Advanced Microsoft Windows operating software" it's not talking about SideShow.
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Still, more than seven of every 10 new smartphones sold world-wide in the first three months of the year were powered by Google's Android operating software.
Fewer than two in ten smartphones that shipped in the third quarter of 2012 ran on Apple's iOS operating software, according to researcher International Data Corporation.
The update announcement comes at a time when Google has been criticised by developers for not encouraging users, and handset makers, to adopt the latest operating software.
At the same time, Google has pledged to not give special advantages to Motorola, which like Samsung uses Google's Android mobile operating software to power its devices.
GELI, on the other hand, is building the operating software specifically for running energy storage equipment, and the operating system will enable batteries to perform many more tasks, Wartena said.
Google's strategy for years was to allow manufacturers to use its free Android operating software, helping them compete with Apple Inc. gadgets and ensuring that its search engine would be built into the devices.
John Sankus Jr of Philadelphia expressed regret in federal court on Friday for his role in operating software ring DrinkOrDie, which US authorities believe has cost the software industry billions of dollars each year in sales.
Mr. Cook also hinted that Apple's iOS software powering its iPhone and iPad, and the separate operating software for its Mac computers, are set for a major upgrade, to be discussed at Apple's software-developer conference in June.
With the new iOS 6 operating software released with the launch of the iPhone 5 last Friday, Apple introduced a new version of a feature that allows advertisers to track phones to serve targeted ads.
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IBM, as a global participant, with operating software and consulting services, and is able to, in our judgment, show improving operating margins, a rise in cash flow, and on a total return basis we think it can sustain a very healthy growth rate for the investor.
This information is subject to change, and software implemented according to this document should be tested with final operating system software and final documentation.
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Both phones are based on the new Microsoft Windows 8 operating system software.
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The machines will be designed to configure themselves by installing new operating system software and data automatically.
In January, the company announced a new version of its mobile operating system software called BlackBerry 10 (BB10) .
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Hewlett-Packard has finally figured out a viable option for WebOS, the mobile phone operating system software it bought in the ill-fated acquisition of Palm.
By way of demonstration, he was joined on stage by a representative from Applied MetaComputing, which makes operating system software for distributed peer-to-peer applications.
But he proved himself on the consumer-business side by handling the release of Apple's latest Mac operating system software that went on sale this summer.
Research In Motion this morning announced the release of an updated version of the operating system software for the PlayBook tablet: Playbook OS 2.0.
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Only the work horses of servers and its operating system software hold their primacy, but with computer hardware shipments in decline, even software profits could be challenged.
We focused on 28-year-old Linus Torvalds, a Finn who in 1991 wrote the first version of Linux, operating system software that has become the darling of hard-core computer users.
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.
On the department's behalf, he argued that Gates and his colleagues at Microsoft took advantage of their company's monopoly position in operating system software to disadvantage competitors, unfairly tying its Internet Explorer browser to Windows.
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