Now another company veteran, Julie Larson-Green, has been given the task of heading up Microsoft's most important division, running all of Windows software and hardware engineering.
Jolicloud is a stripped down operating system that, instead of running software, connects to Web services using their application programming interface (API).
The Register is reporting that PA Semi had a close relationship with Apple in the months prior to the switch, and that the two companies were working together to gauge the feasibility of running native PowerPC-coded software on 2GHz dual-core chips that PA Semi claims run at only a third of the 21 to 25 watts consumed by Intel's Core Duo models.
Samsung, by contrast, sells dozens of different phones running software built by Google, Microsoft, and its own engineers.
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He has worked in Silicon Valley since 1981, putting in time at Digital Research and running one of the few longtime software survivors, Symantec, from 1983 to 1999.
Mobil hired IBM to do the data processing, shutting off Microsoft databases in favor of Oracle database software running on a shared IBM Z900 mainframe.
Hadoop is open source, Java-based software running on racks of commodity servers that are wired together using a standard, low cost 1 Gb Ethernet fabric.
Although a record of every bitcoin transaction is stored on every computer running the bitcoin software, bitcoins nevertheless provide a significantly greater degree of anonymity in online payment.
While dishwashers and cars have moving parts, they are starting to look more like iPhones in the sense that a large portion of the product is running on software.
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In the beginning of the day's proceedings, before the jury was brought into the court, Lucy Koh, the presiding judge, expressed frustration as Apple and Samsung's lawyers argued over which phones would be shown and whether they were running specific versions of the Android mobile software.
Balsillie has a fleet of 150 developers in Waterloo, Ont. keeping RIM's software working on a slew of phones running, in some cases, other operating systems and multiple applications.
Larson-Green and Sinofsky are showing the software on running a variety of form factors, some with touch screens, and some conventional laptops.
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The application, published Dec. 13, suggests Apple could adopt something similar to Microsoft 's widely criticized Windows Genuine Advantage copy protection program, which checks a user's machine to confirm that it is not running a pirated version of Microsoft's software in exchange for access to certain software updates.
The application, published Dec. 13, suggests Apple could adopt something similar to Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) widely criticized Windows Genuine Advantage copy protection program, which checks a user's machine to confirm that it is not running a pirated version of Microsoft's software in exchange for access to certain software updates.
For the effort against smallpox, IBM is contributing a fleet of its eServer p690s running its DB2 database software.
From 8am until 3:30pm, five days a week, the CEO of Spigit is busy running his idea management software firm.
Microsoft also announced it would build a version of its Windows software for machines running processors built by Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, and Nvidia.
Once computers have essentially become bits of software, getting new ones up and running takes minutes, not weeks.
McAfee founded his namesake computer security software in 1987, running it initially out of his home in California.
McAfee founded his namesake computer security software in 1987, initially running it out of his home in California.
But while Tegra will be powering devices running Microsoft software, Apple could offer the best example of where Nvidia and Intel see the future going.
Separately, another Army division is testing phones running a specialized version of Google's open-source Android software, officials say.
Ensuring that their systems are set to operate as simple users rather than a having the powerful administrative rights of system administrators, can keep the attackers from running malicious software on their computers and stop the attacks.
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Not surprising, since most of the computers will already be running the company's Windows software.
This particular touch table now supports Ultra HD resolution (4K) and was shown running a software demo currently in use at Chicago's Museum of Science.
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"All the monitors observed during the study would connect to file-sharers and verify that they were running the BitTorrent software, but they would not actually collect any of the files being shared, " he said.
The testing phase for new software consists of three steps: developing the tests, running the tests and evaluating the results.
It can already access remote machines running software more suitable for specific tasks, and can store most of its media outside the device itself.
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To graph a malware file, VERA observes the software running in a virtual sandbox and identifies the basic blocks of commands it executes.
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