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    Google Chrome OS: Rounding Up The Rumors  Nov 19, 2009
    However, this second batch of images did exhibit some interesting ideas as to how the new windowing system could be implemented, borrowing the Chrome browser's tab interface to display information. For example, Picasa, Google's photo management software, is seen running in its own independent browser-like tab. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    The Future of Linux is Google  Nov 18, 2009
    Chrome OS, which will use a new windowing environment with the Chrome browser as its main interface, won't compete with Windows on familiarity. Instead, it will focus on two things Windows still lags in that are critical to success on small-form devices: simplicity and cloud connectivity. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    OnScreen Media Summit: Meyer Urges Industry To Value Its Content  Oct 22, 2009
    He also pointed to the importance of "windowing" content. By not making all programming available at the same time on all platforms, the industry can preserve the value of each unique part. (Multichannel News)

    Tech.view: On the web at warp speed  Sep 12, 2009
    To transform Chrome and Gears into a lightweight operating system, Google will have replaced the rest of Linux with a slimmed down windowing and application manager that integrates with Chrome and Gears for running applications on the web and with the Linux kernel for running the computer hardware. That is no trivial exercise. (The Economist)

    Disney chief: online content is valuable  Aug 1, 2009
    But he talk a bit about the windowing possibilities. It s a little rambling but worth paying attention to when it comes to understanding Disney s strategy. (Guardian Unlimited -- Media)

    Walt Disney F3Q09 (Qtr End 6/27/09) Earnings Call Transcript  Jul 31, 2009
    No, we havent gotten specific about it but we -- just the fact that we believe we will continue to see value from some of the existing windows, including the pay window, suggests that we won't do something that we think, you know, necessarily destroys that value, although there were definitely opportunities from a windowing perspective and there are also what Ill call definitional opportunities, where you sell the one entity the ability to exploit or to leverage our product in one way and... (Multichannel News)

    Cover Story: Global Goal  Jul 20, 2009
    Were still determining the windowing for our VOD, said Univision Network executive vice president and operating manager Alina Falcon, who said World Cup content was a key component in the various retransmission-consent deals the company reached with distributors in 2009. This will give fans a chance to watch the games at their leisure, or relive all the excitement. (Multichannel News)

    Will Google's OS Make the Desktop Safe?  Jul 10, 2009
    It will be, Google says, a "lightweight" OS that will run on x86 or ARM processors and have a new windowing system. Furthermore, the Chrome OS will be positioned for use on netbooks, which are designed primarily for Internet use. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    Google aims new PC OS at Microsoft jugular  Jul 9, 2009
    "The software architecture is simple Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform.". It is clear Google is targeting the planned operating system at Microsoft with the goal of gradually reducing the stranglehold the world's biggest software company has on the technology market. (EETimes)

    dived headfirst into the desktop operating system game  Jul 9, 2009
    Chrome OS will introduce a new windowing system, presumably along the lines of or KDE, atop the kernel. In a post, Sundar Pichai, VP of product management and engineering director Linus Upson explained, "All Web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite Web technologies.". (InformationWeek)

    Google Takes Aim at Microsoft, Introduces OS  Jul 9, 2009
    The Chrome operating system will run in a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel computer coding that has been the foundation for the open-source software movement for nearly two decades. Google has already introduced an operating system for mobile devices, called Android, that vies against various other systems, including ones made by Microsoft and Apple Inc.. (Fox News)

    FROM GOOGLE: Company statement on its plans  Jul 8, 2009
    The software architecture is simple Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. (USA Today -- Tech)

    A Date with Destiny  Jun 30, 2009
    Klofenstine used a "windowing" technique to fix many of Modine's Y2K problems. For example, references to 00 through 50 are read as 2000 through 2050, thanks to reprograming. (Racine Journal Times, WI)

    Disney Takes Stake In Hulu Video Site  May 3, 2009
    In terms of windowing, Hulu will have access to the ABC content at the same time ABC.com has it (typically early the next morning after it airs on the network). From the cable networks, the material Disney currently makes available online and what will be available through Hulu doesn't really neatly mirror what is on-air, according to an executive familiar with the deal. (Multichannel News)

    FX To Release 'Sunny' Special Straight-to-DVD  Apr 13, 2009
    Nets continue to tinker with home-video windowing ... With DVD sales for television shows slowing more precipitously with the struggling economy (See , March 30), networks are getting more creative with the content and windowing of home video. (Multichannel News)

    Dauman Encouraged By Kids' Upfront  Mar 19, 2009
    "Our industry has lived on windowing - we test, we experiment."He pointed to MTV's The Hills, which has an online site dedicated to the program where fans can interact, chat and view material that has never been aired. Despite that free content ratings for the show continue to grow. (Multichannel News)

    Comcast Exec: Internet TV Plans Preserve Cable Model  Mar 18, 2009
    MTVN's Clayman added that Netflix will be dealing with windowing restrictions for the next few years. "Will you get to the point where Netflix financially can compete for those windows? Maybe," he said. (Multichannel News)

    HBO Opens Syndie Sales  Mar 9, 2009
    Sex and the City was the first series HBO sold into syndication, and was done so in a then-unusual windowing between cable network TBS and local stations. TBS got the show exclusively for 18 months, during which time the basic cabler had rights to run two episodes in primetime, then repeat them the next day. (Multichannel News)

    Moonlight 1.0 puts Silverlight on Linux  Feb 12, 2009
    Moonlight is offered as a plugin that can be used in Firefox 2 and 3 on Unix systems using the X11 windowing system. As Microsoft expands its RIA platform's reach, it is also. (InfoWorld)




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