Intel Drops MeeGo Mobile OS, Backs Tizen Against Android
PCWorld
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Linux Foundation and Limo Foundation are rebooting their efforts to compete with Apple and the Android camp by merging MeeGo and Limo into a new operating system called Tizen, with the backing of Intel and Samsung. ...
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Samsung Adds Mobile OS Options With Microsoft, Intel
Investor's Business Daily
By JASON MA, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 12:58 PM ET Samsung Electronics is seeking to lessen its dependence on Google's (GOOG) operating system by expanding cooperation with Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC) on the development of mobile software. ...
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Chinese operating systems 'no threat' to Google
Financial Times
By Robin Kwong in Taipei The success of Google's Android operating system in China is not under threat from a host of mobile operating systems being unleashed on the mainland as they will be “niche” products, according to a senior industry executive. ...
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Android OS blasts to the top in mobile ad network
Mobile bloom News
The month of August on the Millennial Media's mobile ad network shows that Android operating system has dominated with over 54 percent of the share of total users. With the amount of smartphones increasing each time a new one is released, the amount of ...
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Amazon Announces Kindle Fire, 7-inch Tablet with Android OS, Priced at $199
IBTimes
By Alistair Charlton | September 28, 2011 4:58 PM GMT Amazon has announced the Kindle Fire, a touchscreen tablet intended to rival the iPad and BlackBerry PlayBook, with a 7 inch screen, Android operating system and $199 price tag. ...
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Face-off: Windows 8 vs. Mac OS X Lion
ITvoir
The PC operating system wars have been raging for nearly 3 decades. Ever since IBM picked Microsoft's DOS for its PCs, other OSes have endeavored to push their way into the market. Undoubtedly, Windows continues to rule the roost, but Apple is fast ...
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Virtual memory encryption necessity in OS X
CNET (blog)
This is in essence how virtual memory works, and OS X makes extensive use of it to optimize RAM usage in the system and keep things running as smoothly as possible, especially if systems have relatively little RAM. The use of virtual memory is almost ...
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