But while Tegra will be powering devices running Microsoft software, Apple could offer the best example of where Nvidia and Intel see the future going.
And Bill Gates--who knows the value of a monopoly better than just about anyone--spent nearly half a billion dollars to make sure that it was running Microsoft software.
And once it was revealed that the Live Tile user interface would be coming to Windows 8, it became clear that Live Tiles had to be a great fit for the larger displays that are more often running Microsoft software.
Doing that, they suggest eliminates the need for backups and updates and will act as a replacement PC running Microsoft Windows software.
When first announced Silverlight was portrayed as a rival to Flash and key to getting Microsoft software running on many different devices.
Tellme's Paczuski confirmed that his group is working on similar applications for the iPhone and smart phones running Microsoft's Windows Mobile software.
In this case, the hundreds of thousands of attacked sites have something in common: They're all hosted on servers running either Microsoft 's Internet Information Services software or its SQL database software.
The application, published Dec. 13, suggests Apple could adopt something similar to Microsoft 's widely criticized Windows Genuine Advantage copy protection program, which checks a user's machine to confirm that it is not running a pirated version of Microsoft's software in exchange for access to certain software updates.
The application, published Dec. 13, suggests Apple could adopt something similar to Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) widely criticized Windows Genuine Advantage copy protection program, which checks a user's machine to confirm that it is not running a pirated version of Microsoft's software in exchange for access to certain software updates.
Samsung, by contrast, sells dozens of different phones running software built by Google, Microsoft, and its own engineers.
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Under pressure to defend its enormous Windows franchise from challenges by mobile devices running software from Google and Apple, Microsoft outlined plans for a Windows App Store Tuesday in San Francisco.
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Some Windows 8 laptops and PCs could end up running more Android apps than ones written for Microsoft's software.
Mobil hired IBM to do the data processing, shutting off Microsoft databases in favor of Oracle database software running on a shared IBM Z900 mainframe.
Now another company veteran, Julie Larson-Green, has been given the task of heading up Microsoft's most important division, running all of Windows software and hardware engineering.
Customers will soon have the choice of running Microsoft's business programs, such as its mail-server software, Exchange, on their own computers or in the cloud.
Microsoft also announced it would build a version of its Windows software for machines running processors built by Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, and Nvidia.
In that interview, he said Silverlight was still "core" to Microsoft but the company was looking to other technologies such as HTML to get its software running on devices people use to get at online sites and services.
In this case, the hundreds of thousands of attacked sites have something in common: They're all hosted on servers running either Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) Internet Information Services software or its SQL database software.
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