In just about every computer science textbook, a computer consists of just three blocks: the hardware, the operating system ... it's important to note that almost all of these secondary OSes ...

Microsoft will stop supporting the operating system later this year. If you’re still running Windows 10, here are your options.

Editor’s note: Ahead of Microsoft’s ... was young won’t necessarily block today’s operating system from success, not when every major computer company is churning out compatible Windows ...

To some, an operating system is a burden or waste of resources, like those working on embedded systems and other low-power applications. To others it’s necessary, abstracting away hardware ...

Instead of worrying about what kind of scary viruses might overrun your local computer, Chrome OS leaves security to the people hosting websites and the online applications the operating system uses.

After introducing interrupts and the foreground/background architecture, I am finally ready to tackle the concept of a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). In this first lesson on RTOS (commonly ...

Researchers have announced the creation of the first operating system designed ... a wide range of applications. "The system is like the software on your computer at home: you don't need to ...