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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

Microsoft had already created its low-cost PC DOS operating system for IBM PCs, and was firmly positioned as a software company. PC manufacturers flocked to Windows, and the operating system attracted support from important software companies. Windows XP (2001). With Windows 1.0, Where it all began: Windows 1.0

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What Will Smartphones Be Like in 10 years?

Gizmodo

Recall that in 2001 the biggest thing in cell phone technology was the Nokia 8250, the chief selling point of which was its colorful display. If you’d asked a panel of experts 10 years ago what smartphones would look like in a decade, you’d have gotten all kinds of wild responses. Instead of black-and-white, this… Read more.

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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2004 the company paid a $611 million fine after the Commission found it guilty of illegally bundling media player software with Windows XP (launched in 2001), and then $357 million in 2006 and another $1.3 billion in 2008 for failing to comply with the 2004 ruling.

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Lawyer who helped Netscape in Microsoft antitrust lawsuit is representing Epic in its battle with Apple

GeekWire

On the legal team for Epic Games is Christine Varney , the lawyer who represented Netscape in its antitrust suit against Microsoft in 2001. The Microsoft case ended with an initial judgment to break up the Redmond-based software giant, a decision which later was walked back under a 2002 settlement agreement. Christine Varney.

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Back-to-Basics Weekend Reading - Staged Event-Driven Architecture

All Things Distributed

Matt Welsh s thesis work at Berkeley was on building high-performance internet services. SEDA: An Architecture for Well-Conditioned, Scalable Internet Services , Matt Welsh, David Culler, and Eric Brewer. In Proceedings of the Eighteenth Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP-18), Banff, Canada, October, 2001.

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The Back-to-Basics Readings of 2012 - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

Jul - 13 Hints for Computer Systems Design Proceedings of the Ninth ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, pp. Harris, Alex Ho, Rolf Neugebauer, Ian Pratt, Andrew Warfield, in the Proceedings of the 19th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, October 19-22, 2003, Bolton Landing, NY USA.

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Strategic positioning in the flow economy: 3 action steps

Trends in the Living Networks

Lonely Planet launched CitySync in January 2000, providing in-depth guides to four US cities plus Sydney for mobile devices running the PalmOS operating system. The software and content, including interactive maps, can be downloaded on the Internet or purchased on CD-ROM or preinstalled modules.