Only the work horses of servers and its operating system software hold their primacy, but with computer hardware shipments in decline, even software profits could be challenged.

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That's in contrast to mainframe applications, or even versions of the "open" Unix operating system that were specific to a given computer manufacturer's hardware.

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The Canadian-based company, which was founded in 1999, plans to use this round of financing to build on its hardware success by developing more applications for its D-Wave One quantum computer system.

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An operating system to manage batteries would work much like an operating system for your computer or cell phone: it coordinates the communications between the hardware and the apps to make sure the various programs, such as those for taking photos and browsing the Internet in the case of cell phones, are running well and do not interfere with each other.

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The Henge Docks' design doesn't require any hardware, software or settings changes to your computer, and every current MacBook is compatible with the system, right from the factory.

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