Microsoft has been demonstrating a new tablet at Computex 2010. The 8.9-inch concept device uses the Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system-- a cut-down version of Windows 7, designed for tablets ...

BeagleBone, a low-cost, small and powerful development platform that runs embedded applications, is the best open-source development value for hobbyists, developers and engineers. It delivers bare ...

Microsoft has repeatedly stated that it has no plans to turn the upcoming Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system into a tablet-style OS. But that doesn’t mean that it’s Windows 7 or bust for ...

Microsoft's ARM-compatible version of Windows has been released, Windows Embedded Compact 7, intended for tablets, phones, medical devices, industrial systems and retail appliances. The new OS – which ...

Is Microsoft’s mobile operating system strategy confusing anyone yet? First Microsoft was touting the benefits of running a full-blown version of Windows 7 on devices like the HP Slate—a strategy that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Up until now, we'd heard and believed that Windows Phone 7 would be based on Microsoft's time-tested Windows CE 6 kernel -- aging, ...

While Microsoft is pushing Windows 7 and its upcoming Windows 8 software as a solution for tablet PCs as well as desktop and notebook computers, the company also has another operating system that ...

Computex 2010 is underway and yesterday Microsoft held its keynote speech and talked about the business opportunities for hardware makers using the Windows platform. Several of the interesting tablets ...

German board maker congatec has launched a Windows Embedded Compact 7 version of its QMX6 Qseven module based on the Freescale i.MX6 ARM Cortex A9 processor. Windows Embedded Compact 7 (WEC7) is the ...

The latest version of Microsoft's operating system (OS) for embedded devices, Windows Embedded Compact 7 is now available on a 180-day free trial. Windows Embedded Compact 7 is the latest operating ...

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