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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. Microsoft has been tweaking various parts of the operating system to refine it.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.

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Containers: Beginner-Friendly Basics

Linux Academy

They are a little bit like virtual machines in that they simulate an operating system, providing the software with all of the necessary components and configuration that it needs in order to run. Unlike virtual machines, containers do this is in a very lightweight fashion.

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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp update brings AR features for newer devices

The Verge

A particular problem appears to be the requirement for a 64-bit Android device, with some players reporting that they’re unable to run the game on their 64-bit hardware because of a 32-bit operating system. Image: Nintendo. While AR Camera lets you place objects and characters from the game in the real world. “In

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Salesforce seeks to unify automobile supply chain with Automotive Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

We’ve created tools to do this in a more declarative fashion, rather than custom coding.” Automotive Cloud is intended to help auto makers get closer to their customers by analyzing data not just about one person and their vehicle, Jajoo said, but their entire household and all interactions with dealers on one screen. CIO, Cloud Management

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Tag Heuer’s new Connected Calibre E4 offers better specs and a sleek, smaller 42mm model

The Verge

Unfortunately, the Connected Calibre E4 won’t ship with Wear OS 3, Google’s overhaul of its smartwatch operating system that it’s collaborating on with Samsung — instead, it’ll come with the existing Wear OS 2 platform, with Tag Heuer promising that a free upgrade will arrive in the future “when the update becomes available.”.

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Book excerpt: The monopoly power of Big Tech, and what Congress can do to correct it

GeekWire

Similarly, Google has leveraged its Android operating system to track usage trends and growth patterns of third-party apps on the Android platform, giving it key insights about various competitive categories of applications. In September 2019, Amazon Basics launched its own version of the office-chair seat cushion.

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