Microsoft just showcased the developer preview of Windows 8, its next generation operating system for computers and tablets.
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And its next-generation operating system, Copland, which is designed to work with both Macintosh and IBM-compatible machines, is due to be launched next year.
Another entrant, Jolla, says its 'Sailfish' platform is a second-generation operating system like BlackBerry's BB10 and is easy to use because it has a gesture-based user interface and is designed to avoid patent litigation.
Google has unveiled its next-generation Android operating system, called Ice Cream Sandwich, on a new Galaxy Nexus phone made by Samsung.
Apple in June previewed the capabilities of its next-generation mobile operating system, including a messaging service called iMessage and wireless storage and music syncing through the iCloud service.
Microsoft, meanwhile, is counting on new versions of its flagship Windows operating system to power a new generation of smartphones, tablets and PCs as it competes against Apple and Google.
Microsoft is readying the next generation of its operating system for release.
Quite: that Apple was not developing the next generation of phone and operating system would be news.
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The next-generation of computer operating-system interfaces from Microsoft and Netscape is dispensing with most metaphors in favour of something that looks more like the typical text-and-image Web article than like the Mac's faux office.
Stephen Baker, an analyst at research firm NPD, said Google is "certainly out in front of a number of trends that will be impacting the market, " but the Chromebook Pixel's price tag was "a big jump" from the earlier generation of Chromebooks and the Chrome operating system doesn't appear ready to compete head-on with Apple laptops or those powered by Windows 8.
VMware wants to build the next generation applications independent of a general purpose operating system.
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The XPS 18 is based on third-generation Intel Core processors and Windows 8 operating system for no-compromise performance, whether docked or on the go.
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Last year, RIM bought the developer of a powerful operating system called QNX and has long planned to migrate its next-generation phones off of its current BlackBerry OS to QNX.
Both iPad mini and fourth generation iPad come with iOS 6, the world's most advanced mobile operating system with over 200 new features.
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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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