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China Challenging Google and Microsoft in OS War Thanks to a lack of trust in the United States' surveillance policies, China hopes to replace massively popular properties such as Windows and Android as the leading OS in the country, both on mobile and desktop devices. The current target date for release is October. |
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Mobile Technology Companies Switching Platforms Samsung recently announced the release of its Tizen-based smart watches, which means it ditched Android. About the same time, there was news that Nokia embraced Android when announcing its Nokia X series of phones. What's causing established mobile vendors to switch their underlying platforms? |
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Time to Learn Linux? Try (Free) Online edX The Linux Foundation has announced it is building a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) program with edX, the nonprofit online learning platform launched in 2012 by Harvard University and MIT. "Introduction to Linux will be the first class available as a MOOC and will be free to everyone, everywhere." |
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Is There Room for a Third Mobile Operating System? iOS and Android have a dominating presence in the mobile operating system world and in their associated app stores. The market shares for each of them keep varying over time, but the two together have such a strong hold that the question remains: Is there space for a third player? |
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The Good, Bad, and the Ugly of Windows 8 Windows 8 has been released and the world did not come to an end, as many think should happen when Microsoft releases a new OS. Joe Townsend takes a look at the reviews of Microsoft's flagship OS, including the good, bad, and, yes, even the ugly. |
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Ten Things to Know about Blackberry 10 Research in Motion is looking to win back some market share with its upcoming Blackberry 10 release. Here are ten things developers should know about the new platform—and why you shouldn’t discount BB 10 just yet. |
