Word: os
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most important changes in the new OS are the hidden upgrades under the hood. Win 98 learns which files you use most often and sorts your hard drive to open them more quickly. Another trick cuts down wasted memory, speeding programs you're working with and freeing space for those running in the background...
...line. Future Microsoft PC operating systems will be based on Windows NT, the OS first designed for business machines. NT, a more efficient and secure product, marks the company's long-overdue break from the antediluvian MS-DOS. It will also supposedly run most current Windows programs. It had better...
...bear the thought of waiting any longer for a copy, don't worry. Contrary to previous reports, Klein is not planning to keep the new Windows OS off the shelves altogther. At most, say sources close to the case, he will ask a federal court in Washington to order that Internet Explorer be extracted -- which, after this January's unbundling debacle, would not be entirely unexpected. What should worry Bill Gates is that Klein appears to have got hold of a juicy Microsoft memo with such impolitic quotes as: "We should have absolutely dominant browser share in the corporate space...
...betting that owning all the Sunday-night and Monday-night games will make Disney a more powerful viewing and advertising force. The new contract will allow for additional 30-second spots during the games. And since ABC owns and operates 10 stations (O&Os, in the jargon) it can recoup some of its money in big markets like Chicago...
...perfect opportunity for Apple to salvage its tired old Newton handheld operating system, a surprisingly powerful technology for word processing and Web browsing. But Apple has made two mistakes: it never managed to make Newtons' handwriting recognition anything less than laughable, and it couldn't fit the OS into a box as small as 3Com's wildly successful PalmPilot...