Powered by the latest Windows Operating System, Windows 8, the Nokia Lumia 820 is a speedy handset that's beautifully simple to use.
Microsoft Corp. today announced the global availability of its popular Windows operating system, Windows 8.
The device will work with multiple flavors of Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people) Windows operating system, including Windows 98, NT 4.0, 2000 and ME.
It has, after all, appealed to the Seoul High Court to try and reverse a directive by South Korean regulators to sell the Windows operating system and Windows Media Player separately there.
NetDisplay uses the Windows CE operating system, but enables full Windows NT workspace functions on a thin client.
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The antitrust concern apparently surrounds the conditions of Microsoft's Corel investment, and whether or not Microsoft bullied Corel to drop its Linux-based applications, because the Linux operating system competes with Microsoft's Windows operating system.
Just last week, Microsoft rolled out its Windows 8 operating system for tablets, suggesting that Windows-based tablets could be making a serious run.
And, just this week, Microsoft rolled out its Windows 8 operating system for tablets, suggesting that Windows-based tablets could be making a serious run.
Mr. Ballmer styled the new tablet device as a vehicle to exploit its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, and a variant called Windows RT that relies on different kinds of computer chips.
The keynote address also highlighted other Microsoft efforts, including Windows Phone 7 and the Windows PC operating system, which is in the process of being upgraded to work on a range of devices, including buzz-worthy tablet computers.
Windows 8 was a dramatic departure from the traditional Windows operating system.
With its Windows operating system platform, the company succeeded Windows 98 and Windows 2000 with Windows XP and then the oft-criticized Windows Vista.
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The BeOS is not intended to compete with Microsoft's Windows operating system, but rather coexists with Windows under a dual boot-up and dual operating systems strategy.
For original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers, Windows Embedded 8 delivers the power, familiarity and reliability of the Windows operating system to create advanced commercial devices.
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Though Surface is clearly a tablet device, Sinofsky pointed out that the process of developing Windows 8 (on which Surface's Windows RT operating system is based) started in the summer of 2009, when there was no Apple iPad as a reference point (though it remains unclear if Microsoft began working on its tablet at that time).
Nearly a quarter of Microsoft's revenues, and half of its operating income, came from its Windows operating system division at the end of 2008.
The company is integrating its Internet Explorer browser and Microsoft Network content into its Windows operating system, a process that will culminate with the "Active Desktop" planned for Windows 97, due out in a few months.
Windows pricing for PC makers refers to the average price that Microsoft charges for its Windows Operating System to PC manufacturers like H-P and Dell.
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The data show that Microsoft has a clear edge over rivals Apple when it comes to computer operating systems, as most PCs are run on Windows operating system.
Ballmer and Windows senior product manager Ryan Asdourian touted the success of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, which has won favorable reviews since it was released last year.
The next crop will run the new Windows 8 operating system, but this first, less expensive, line will run the stripped down Windows RT on an ARM chip.
All Inspiron laptops announced today will offer options with Intel's new 3rd Generation Core i processors (Ivy Bridge), Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system, and will be eligible for the Microsoft Windows 8 upgrade program.
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All of three run on the Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition operating system and come with the new mobile version of Windows Media Player 10 pre-installed (but you can use it to listen to stuff besides Joss Stone).
Nearly every one is designed to run on Windows, and they can't run on the Mac operating system, unless you install Windows on the Mac.
That's helped Apple's iTunes software crush Microsoft's alternative among users of the Windows operating system.
Microsoft recently announced that it will be introducing an ARM-compatible version of its Windows operating system.
Finally, Microsoft could integrate the Skype calling service into its own operating system Windows Phone 7.
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Twelve years after it settled with the government, its Windows operating system still dominates the market.
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