Samsung, by contrast, sells dozens of different phones running software built by Google, Microsoft, and its own engineers.
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Jolicloud is a stripped down operating system that, instead of running software, connects to Web services using their application programming interface (API).
It can already access remote machines running software more suitable for specific tasks, and can store most of its media outside the device itself.
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Bluestacks' Android-running software also works on Intel-powered devices, including Macs, but typically has to be installed after a gadget has been bought and booted up.
One such elusive item is a phone running software from Google 's (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) new Android mobile-software platform.
For example, in your car there are between 50 and 100 computer systems filled with CPU chips that are all running software every time you start your car.
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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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Once you've installed these "virtual" machines on your Mac, you can for the most part install PC applications on the virtual machine as though it were a real PC--though few software vendors will actually help you out running their software in an emulated environment.
Sun has recently yielded to this juggernaut, selling cheaper servers running Linux software on Intel chips.
Phones running the software will be showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week.
Those websites rely on running Adobe software code that doesn't reside on a user's device, which Apple's revised guidelines still prohibit.
Performance was a bit more sluggish than during our Mediatek hands-on -- then again, the Scribe HD we handled was not running final software.
This particular touch table now supports Ultra HD resolution (4K) and was shown running a software demo currently in use at Chicago's Museum of Science.
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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.
While dishwashers and cars have moving parts, they are starting to look more like iPhones in the sense that a large portion of the product is running on software.
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Whitehat Security's Grossman speculates that machines running that software were targeted because they allow several commands to be injected in a single user input field on the sites they host, making those sites easier to hijack.
Ensuring that their systems are set to operate as simple users rather than a having the powerful administrative rights of system administrators, can keep the attackers from running malicious software on their computers and stop the attacks.
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The wireless carriers have failed to warn consumers that the smartphones sold to them are defective, that they are running vulnerable software, and that other smartphones are available that receive regular, prompt updates to which consumers could switch.
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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.
Previously, dedicated application software was required for each OS when multiple OSes are running on the virtualization software.
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The recipient must also be running Series 60 software and accept the CommWarrior download to actually get infected.
Once running, the software will then automatically look for other Open Garden users.
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Microsoft in February lined up Flextronics, one of the world's largest phone manufacturers, to build phones running Windows Mobile software.
But this is the first time hardware fully dedicated to running the Watson software is being installed at a college.
Handhelds running its PocketPC software, such as HP's iPaq and the new T-Mobile smart phone, now claim 21% of the market.
When first announced Silverlight was portrayed as a rival to Flash and key to getting Microsoft software running on many different devices.
Doing that, they suggest eliminates the need for backups and updates and will act as a replacement PC running Microsoft Windows software.
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