Android grabs most-popular OS prize from Windows

Android last month slipped ahead of Windows to become the world's most popular operating system, an Irish analytics company said Monday."This is a milestone in technology history," said Aodhan Cullen, the CEO of Dublin-based StatCounter, in a statement. "It marks the end of Microsoft's leadership worldwide of the OS market which it has held since the 1980s."[ Further reading: 16 Android tips and tricks you shouldn't miss ]StatCounter measures usage share -- a proxy for online activity -- by tall