The News Review:
- Week in Apple: Ramp up to WWDC with rumors Software Updates and more
- Intel ‘Braidwood’ chip targets snappier software
- Preview: Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference
- Tech M&A Clouding Boundaries Between Hardware Software
- Microsoft’s software vision chief embraces future horror
Week in Apple: Ramp up to WWDC with rumors Software Updates and more
Ars Technica
That’s not all though—it was also spiked with software updates to iTunes QuickTime iWork and MacBook Pro firmware as well as news about changes to Apple’s ne to ne program and Google Chrome on the Mac. Come catch up on what you missed.
Intel ‘Braidwood’ chip targets snappier software
CNET News
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Preview: Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference
InformationWeek
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Tech M&A Clouding Boundaries Between Hardware Software
Wall Street Journal
–>Tech M&A Clouding Boundaries Between Hardware Software ArticleCommentsmore in. n Thursday Intel Corp. (INTC) said it would buy Wind River Systems Inc. (WIND) for $884 million. Among Wind River’s products: Software used in mobile devices something that dovetails with Intel’s interest in pushing its Atom processor for portable consumer electronics gear.
Microsoft’s software vision chief embraces future horror
Register
Speaking at the Churchill Club in Palo Alto California on Thursday zzie said we’ll continue to need an operating system to abstract the hardware in servers PCs and devices that attach to the cloud. According to zzie it’s the programming model that’s changing not the need for an actual operating system. Some cloud evangelists have imagined a virtualized future where operating systems disappear. zzie – who took over the chief architect role from the departing Bill Gates – did indicate that Microsoft might not make as much money from cloud-based services as it does on software.