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Unlike the older operating system, Palm OS 5 has built-in support for Bedford, Mass.-based RSA Security Inc.’s RC4 encryption algorithm, not a third-party add-on.
Palm says it will create a separate subsidiary for its operating system business. The change may ease confusion for its software customers and hardware competitors--who are often one and the same.
Palm is hoping a beefed-up version of its operating system will give it a shot in the arm. The company announced Monday that the unit responsible for creating and licensing the operating system ...
Palm wants developers to get started on version 5 of its operating system for handhelds. The upgrade to accommodate faster models may leave old programs in the dust.
Analysts are praising Palm's new CEO David Nagel for the company's latest operating system. Palm OS 5, expected for summer release, is faster and more robust in its multimedia offerings than the ...
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Palm on Tuesday showed developers a test version of a new operating system designed to make handhelds more powerful and secure, as well as better able to connect to wireless and ...
This is news, but it’s anything but unexpected: Palm CEO Ed Colligan says that the company won’t be making any new devices that run the Palm OS.The operating system which was synonymous with the ...
Word that the newest version of the Palm operating system, Palm OS 6, won’t start showing up on devices until sometime in the middle of next year, and that it’ll put a big emphasis on wireless: ...
Palm OS fans can once again rejoice -- the Treo 700 now comes in a version for them. ... journalists began asking if that meant the end of the Palm operating system.
Palm Inc., a pioneer in handheld devices, took a vital step toward expanding its reach Monday when it announced the release of its latest Treo smart phone with a Microsoft operating system. The ...
The new Palm operating system, the beta version of which will be unveiled Tuesday, could make or break the company, analysts say. By Elisa Batista.