On the backend, GoInstant essentially views the web page on its server and adjusts it so that it looks the same for everyone who is viewing that page, no matter what web browser or operating system they are using.
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Last week Google announced updates to its Chrome operating system, browser, and Web Store offerings.
Sundar Pichai, head of Google's Chrome division, which operates a Web browser and fledgling operating system, will take over the Android unit.
Its enemies fret about the fact that Windows 98 fully integrates Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser with the operating system for the first time.
" On the other hand, if Microsoft is allowed to embed its Web browser into its operating system in a manner that maintains its monopoly, Reback warns, "where will it stop?
Microsoft crushed upstart browser company Netscape in the late 1990s by building a free Web browser into its ubiquitous operating system.
Tests were performed used a Macintosh computer running Apple's operating system (OSX Lion) and Web browser (Safari version 5.1.3) with the default settings enabled.
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That flexibility has allowed the company to survive and thrive, hanging its hat on various operating systems and winning fans with its Firefox web browser.
Mr Weadock replied that his sample was not scientifically determined, and said: "No-one outside Microsoft has ever viewed a Web browser as being part of an operating system".
The not-for-profit organisation behind the Firefox web browser has announced handsets based on its operating system for mobile phones.
Speaking of smaller players, Mozilla, makers of the Firefox web browser, is creating a mobile phone operating system and is expected to show off the hardware it will run on at its press conference.
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That court overturned a previous ruling by Jackson that barred Microsoft from requiring PC makers licensing Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system to also take the software vendor's Internet Explorer Web browser as part of the license.
Not only is the operating system no longer managing the hardware, thanks to the work of VMware and Citrix, but as applications continue move to the Web operating systems are also losing relevance on the software side to the browser.
Jackson ruled Microsoft had engaged in illegal conduct by tying its Windows operating system--in which it had a clear monopoly--with its Explorer Web browser.
Google also developed a new operating system called Chrome OS that is derived from its browser technology and designed to run only Web-based software.
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Just as Microsoft used its dominance in operating systems to get its browser onto millions of computers, it now can rely on that browser to offer Web software.
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