Just about every piece of technology has some form of an operating system – desktops, laptops, mobile phones, and servers, to name just a few. The Merriam-Webster definition of an operating system?

The quiet seaside town of Pacific Grove is a long way from Silicon Valley, but recently, it was recognized as the birthplace of a significant tech innovation. It’s where Seattle native Gary Kildall ...

More than a few operating systems have failed to catch on over the years. Here are a few that just missed out on being major ...

Buying a new computer can be a daunting task. The process involves numerous hidden factors that vary depending on your tech skill level, intended uses, and personal or business budget. One size does ...

One way or another, you’re interacting with operating systems. Your smartphone uses one, and your tablet and laptop do as well. However, little is said about how the ways we interact with our ...

Aditya Akella leads the project that aims to boost performance of OSes and help enable assistant robots, autonomous vehicles and smart cities. Research that will use artificial intelligence to boost ...

Windows 10 will have grabbed between 19% and 21% of the personal computer operating system market by its one-year anniversary, putting Microsoft a third of the way toward its goal of 1 billion devices ...

Even though Microsoft retired Windows XP two years ago, an estimated 181 million PCs around the world ran the crippled operating system last month, according to data from a web metrics vendor. Windows ...

QNodeOS is the world's first operating system designed for quantum computers and will enable connections between different types of quantum computers. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of computer visionary Gary Kildall showcasing CP/M, the first personal computer operating system to achieve commercial success. The demonstration took place in ...