Microsoft's Windows 95 has dominated the U.S. desktop market because of its compatibility: users buy the operating system that has the most software available, and third-party developers produce software for the system that has the most users.
The housing ministry was unable to get new software for the new system running in time.
At that time, we were installing our POS systems for our clients or were simply providing the software for our customers to install the system themselves.
Research In Motion this morning announced the release of an updated version of the operating system software for the PlayBook tablet: Playbook OS 2.0.
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The program could be used by anyone who knew the password, and he had picked an especially weak one: "pos, " a common nickname for the cash-register software that was also the system's user name.
According to AICPA rules for auditor independence, PwC can support software development and implementation for its audit client if that system is not the financial accounting software that produces the books and records the firm will audit.
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Sonos also released a free software update for the Sonos Wireless HiFi System.
GELI, on the other hand, is building the operating software specifically for running energy storage equipment, and the operating system will enable batteries to perform many more tasks, Wartena said.
Recognized as the undisputed industry leader, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. markets the PlayStation family of products and develops, publishes, markets and distributes software for the PS one game console, the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, PLAYSTATION 3 and the PSP system for the North American market.
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Corona's software includes an embedded Java operating system and a new variant of the old X-Windows software, which allowed for the creation of hardware-independent graphical user interfaces much like those of Windows or the Macintosh operating system.
While Google provides their system software for free, the search giant keeps a cut of app and digital media sales made via its Google Play marketplace.
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Virtual Console for Wii U: A spring system update will add Virtual Console software to the Nintendo eShop for Wii U. The service will launch right after the spring update and will include a selection of NES and Super NES games, with Game Boy Advance games to be added in the future.
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"I have been told that British Airways had severe reservations about the software that is being used on the baggage handling system - they found out later that the software problems were such that if the system had been tested correctly and for long periods of use they would have been spotted, " he said.
The PlayStation's software advantage--it has by far the largest number of games for any system--has helped it fend off a concerted attack by Nintendo and its N64 system.
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.
The Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has a rating system for developers, called the Capability Maturity Model, that takes into account ability to produce quality software on time and on budget.
The computing giant, with 14 retail stores across the U.S., is diving into the post-Thanksgiving shopping madness with a slew of substantial new discounts on laptops, phones, software, games and its Kinect gaming system for the Xbox 360 console.
Microsoft's commitment to PC technology has kept it investing in operating system and office automation software for the last decade while losing more than two-thirds of its market share in smartphone operating systems and delaying its entry into the fast-growing tablet business--places where Apple has had astoundingly profitable revenue growth.
But McKee Foods still uses Oracle for its financial system, and Oracle, it turns out, has acquired the software firms McKee uses for manufacturing.
Also like some others in our industry, our business benefits from the growth of the market for system-level design, which is outpacing the market for chip design software.
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Like it or not, the Internet has become the operating system of choice for software developers.
If only the software industry could have a system for reporting and resolving their problems like this.
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Paired with voice recognition software, the driver could even ask the system for directions or more details.
"The integration of the hardware, software and services necessary for system-wide security has been slow, " said Warren East, CEO, ARM.
But after parting ways with the software company that developed the operating systems for successful programs like Boston and London, PBSC developed a new operating system before launching the New York, Chicago and Chattanooga, Tenn.
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The operating system will not use the new Blackberry OS 6 but has instead opted for QNX software, which was recently acquired by RIM and has extensive expertise in embedded systems for the car.
Mr. Dotcom charged people for access to the system and the pirated software, which was mostly games, Mr. Bogk adds.
Hewlett-Packard has finally figured out a viable option for WebOS, the mobile phone operating system software it bought in the ill-fated acquisition of Palm.
Indeed, services, support and software tools are where the money is for Linux, since the operating system can essentially be had for free.
Since it was acquired by Reynolds and Reynolds, a large supplier of customer-relationship software, the CAReader remote-diagnosis system has looked destined for bigger things.
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