Apple's iOS doubles operating system market share
Network World
By Jon Brodkin, Network World Apple's iOS, the mobile operating system that powers the iPad and iPhone, has more than doubled its share of the worldwide operating system market over the past 10 months. When you count desktops, laptops, mobile phones ...
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Research In Motion unveils BlackBerry models, operating system upgrade
Winnipeg Free Press
The Canadian smartphone maker announced two new BlackBerry Bold models with an upgraded operating system and some software applications on Monday at its annual conference in Florida. However, it's not what analysts believe is critical to RIM's future. ...
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Open-Source Operating Systems Open Vast Profit Potential
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Proponents of an open-source operating system protest that their cause is not anti-capitalist. Rather, they say, it is about establishing industry wide standards and infrastructure that encourage innovation. The heart of the open-source movement is ...
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Desktop virtualization in action
Computerworld
By Kenneth Hess and Amy Newman Desktop virtualization, briefly, is moving a traditional desktop operating system from local hardware to a remote server system. The remote desktop is accessed by utilizing some lightweight client in the form of a small ...
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Apple press outdid itself on OSX figures
TechEye
The Tame Apple Press did its best to put a bizarre spin on Microsoft's figures last week, claiming that Ballmer's boys were losing the operating system wars to OSX. The headlines appeared after Gartner released statistics that suggested that Apple's ...
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Location Tracking Lawsuit Against Google (FULL TEXT)
International Business Times
Cellular phones using the Google Android Operating System are secretly recording and storing comprehensive details of all their owners' movements. According to security experts, the extensive location data is hidden from users but unencrypted, ...
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Altera, MIPS roll FPGA-optimized soft processor
EETimes.com
According to the companies, the MP32 processor is a MIPS-compatible applications class processor that inherits one of the largest ecosystems of software development tools and operating system support in the industry. The MP32 processor is the ...
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Nokia Still Rides Symbian Despite Mister Softee Deal
Forbes (blog)
Nokia recently announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft, in which it will adopt Windows Phone 7 as the main operating system for its smartphones. However, since the transition could take around two years, it is critical over the near-term that ...
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