At the end of the day, connecting the smARtPULSE to any computer (be it Linux, Windows or OS X) will be pretty simple, and there will even be libraries available for Arduino, Raspberry Pi and Electric Imp.

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Of course, the growing profile of mobile editions of Windows, OS X and Linux opens up consumers to new security threats, too.

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Using hafnium insulators, Intel has built prototype chips that are 45 nanometers wide and run Windows, Mac OS X and Linux software.

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Games purchased can all be unlocked on Steam and each game is compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

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Developers of the Metasploit framework for hackers and penetration testers have released a module that should exploit the vulnerability on machines running Windows, Apple OS X, and Linux regardless of the browser they're using.

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It doesn't matter if you're running some flavor of Windows, UNIX, Mac OS X or Linux -- this isn't about OS wars.

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In a few short years, tablets have managed to shift momentum away from Windows PCs more than Mac OS X or Linux had in the previous 20.

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Without a fix, it could get worse, with Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek writing in a note to investors this week that more PC makers could start to evaluate alternatives to Windows, such as Apple's OS X and Linux.

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By contrast, Windows 7, Vista, OS X Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard and versions of the Linux kernel released after September 2009 are all 4K aware.

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