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New iPhone OS due on Wednesday
News A revised operating system for Apple's iPhone will be made available on Wednesday, adding functionality such as system-wide search and cut-and-paste to the popular handset.iPhone 3.0 was first shown off to developers in March.
[June 17, 2009, 17:14]
Itanium gives OpenVMS new lease on life
News Hewlett-Packard engineers on Friday got the OpenVMS operating system up and running on an Itanium-based computer, a crucial step to ensuring the venerable OS doesn't suffer the fate of many of its shorter-lived contemporaries.
[February 4, 2003, 7:52]
AMD turns big guns on 64-bit demo
News AMD is using a game CD running on a self-contained distribution of the Linux operating system to show off the gaming potential of its new 64-bit processor, the Athlon 64. The CD does not need a pre-installed operating system to work.
[October 6, 2003, 17:35]
Signed code: Security or censorship?
News A push by Microsoft to secure each program that runs on its next-generation PC operating system could easily be used to tighten its control over software developers, warned security experts last week.
[November 27, 2000, 15:54]
Penguins pick up certification
News Efforts to prevent the Linux from splitting into several incompatible versions -- a problem that has in the past hobbled Unix, the operating system upon which Linux is modelled -- moved several steps ahead last week.
[August 19, 2002, 8:00]
Wind River launches embedded hypervisor
News Wind River has released a hypervisor for embedded systems, a key part of its effort to enable multiple operating systems to run on single or multicore processors. The software supports single-core chips, but is designed primarily for device makers...
[June 18, 2009, 12:43]
Programmers fight government with M-o-o-t OS
News A team of cryptography experts plan to combat government email surveillance plans through a new super-secure operating system dubbed M-o-o-t. M-o-o-t is the blueprint for a simple operating system based on the BSD variant of Unix.
[December 11, 2000, 9:22]
Microsoft promises to be good
News Microsoft pledged on Wednesday that all its future operating systems, including Windows Vista, will abide by self-imposed rules aimed at bolstering choice and competition. In the broadest sense, I am here to pledge Microsoft's continued commitment...
[July 20, 2006, 8:35]
Linux won't run on Pentium 4
News A number of the pre-packaged versions of the open source operating system, including Caldera Systems' eServer desktop and server products, won't run on Pentium 4-based computers because the software cannot identify the chip, Intel officials...
[December 12, 2000, 8:26]
Symantec spots potential instability in Vista
News Some of Microsoft's efforts to make Windows Vista its most stable and secure operating system ever could cause instability and new security flaws, according to a Symantec report. Researchers at Symantec examined the new networking technology in...
[July 18, 2006, 17:25]
New Palm OS handhelds look for a niche
News Both Sony and Acer have recently unveiled new devices based on the Palm operating system, but the gadgets are on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to price and features. Both devices include a backlit monochrome screen with a resolution...
[August 20, 2002, 8:28]
Nokia sales and profits drop in Q2
News Nokia, the world's largest maker of mobile phones, reported on Thursday that its second-quarter operating profit fell 71 percent to €427m from €1.47bn during the same quarter a year earlier. As before, we are continuing to tightly manage our...
[July 17, 2009, 15:27]
Apple, Microsoft near OS updates
News Apple and Microsoft on Tuesday took steps toward releasing important operating system updates. Both companies are expected to release updates to their operating systems next month. Apple plans to release Mac OS X 10.2, and Microsoft is readying...
[July 24, 2002, 13:35]
FireWire IIDC Camera Driver
Downloads From the developer: "OrangeWare FireWire IIDC Camera driver is designed for FireWire web cameras on all Mac OS X operating systems version 10.1 or greater. OrangeWare FireWire IIDC Camera driver is designed for FireWire web cameras on all Mac OS X...
[July 24, 2002, 3:03]
Palmisano: Big Blue means business
News IBM's president and chief operating officer -- and the heir apparent to chief executive Lou Gerstner -- is one of IBM's biggest Linux advocates, placing the alternative flavour of the Unix operating system near the centre of a broad plan to catch...
[December 18, 2000, 9:02]
Accenture buys Symbian services unit
News The consulting firm Accenture is to buy the professional services wing of Symbian, the Nokia-owned mobile operating system company. Symbian Professional Services provides engineering and customer support for handset manufacturers that want to...
[July 20, 2009, 15:27]
Lindows faces a reality check
News Lindows.com, the operating system maker, is being forced to re-evaluate its strategy to lure the average consumer away from Windows. Our product does not target the user who wants to save a few dollars on the operating system, but then still run...
[August 21, 2002, 16:32]
Install Factory
Downloads Install Factory is a simple tool that allows you to build theft-resistant software installers for both Macintosh and Windows operating systems. In it's simplest form you can drag-and-drop your entire project into Install Factory and produce a...
[April 15, 2003, 8:00]
Symbian OS gets native Wi-Fi support
News Version 9.3 of the mobile operating system is an update release, and according to Symbian’s vice president of product management and strategy, Jorgen Behrens, the version is fully backwards-compatible with all other iterations of version 9.
[July 12, 2006, 12:45]
Z47 Virtual Processor (Palm)
Downloads The Z47 Processor is a Self-Contained Distributed Operating System (SCD-OS) which allows applications written in Z++ to run locally. Self-contained means it does not make system calls to any operating system.
[October 3, 2008, 21:23]
