Their joint research and development body, CableLabs, has written specifications for an operating system and chosen a number of software languages in which applications software for the boxes may be written.

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When released, the handheld, which once carried the code name of Helix but now will apparently be called the Zodiac, will run on the Palm (nasdaq: PALM - news - people ) operating system, and from the bare specifications the company has let slip so far, it looks impressive.

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Additionally, Broadcom's standards-based software stack implements NFC Forum specifications, including NFC Controller interface (NCI), to support multiple operating systems.

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