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Windows 7 will be tops this year, says Gartner

...OS-agnostic applications for enterprises, as 50 percent of the applications will be OS-agnostic." Of course, even one or two vital Windows-only applications... Read more

9 August, 2011
Open Yahtzee

Open Yahtzee

...version of the classic dice game Yahtzee. Open Yahtzee is built to be OS portable, that means you can run it on many kinds of... Read more

14 June, 2011

Be stings Microsoft with lawsuit

Operating system maker Be says it is suing the software maker for 'the destruction of its business as a direct result of the illegal and anti-competitive practices of Microsoft' Read more

20 February, 2002 by Ian Fried

Microsoft settles another anti-trust lawsuit - $23m to Be

Remember the Be OS? Microsoft announced late on Friday that it will pay more than... Read more

8 September, 2003 by Ina Fried

Be OS goes mobile with Java

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11 November, 1999 by Sarah Left

Red Hat: Walking the Linux tightrope

European marketing director Paul Salazar admits there have been plenty of screw-ups along the way but that Red Hat is now working hard to please the open-source community and investors alike Read more

20 August, 2004 by Andrew Donoghue

Windows XP software compatibility

...have this software list, look for applications that have a tendency to be OS specific, such as: Antivirus software.Software relying on features that don... Read more

29 January, 2003 by Brien M Posey

Five years ago: Netscape plans end of month deluge

...In total, 17 versions of Communicator are slated for availability, including the Be OS. Also due end of month is version 3.0 of the... Read more

19 May, 2002 by Martin Veitch

HP gains on rivals in European PDA market

A timely introduction of Pocket PC 2002 devices helps drive HP's Jornada to a record quarter, while Palm lifts out of its inventory problems Read more

29 January, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Opera set to unleash Linux browser

...to run on a variety of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Macintosh, Be OS and the Epoc wireless system. The Mac version is still in... Read more

14 May, 2001 by Mary Jo Foley

Apple refreshes Mac OSX

...par with other mature operating systems, such as Linux, Windows 2000 and Be OS. Mac OS X is less crash prone than earlier versions and... Read more

17 April, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

"Fastest browser on earth" now free for Linux, Mac

...to run on a variety of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Macintosh, Be OS and the Epoc wireless system. The non-Java-enabled version of... Read more

1 February, 2001 by Mary Jo Foley

Intel's brave new home Pt II

The glue that will bring these initiatives together is high-speed broadband to the home, executives said Read more

26 July, 2000 by John G.Spooner

Computer Warehouse boss sees big Mac OS sales

...also plans to shortly announce plans to sell machiines based on the Be OS that was a purchase target for Apple until it bought Next... Read more

10 June, 1997 by Martin Veitch
Cyborg Mice Origin 1.1

Cyborg Mice Origin 1.1

...Please visit www.cyborgmice.com for more information.NOTE: Next update will be OS 2.2.1 compatible Read more

24 December, 2009

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