The computer's master control program. When a computer is turned on, a small "boot program" loads the operating system. Although additional system modules may be loaded as needed, the main part, known ...

There's a flaw in Apple's newest computer operating system that allows someone to gain administrative capabilities without a password.The flaw, discovered by developer Lemi Orhan Ergan and his ...

A new cloud-based operating system for all kinds of computer is being developed. A new-cloud based operating system for all kinds of computer is being developed by researchers in China. Details of the ...

Google has surprised the tech world with an announcement that it will launch its own operating system, aimed initially at the cheap, portable computers known as netbooks. It's the first-time Google ...

They're three words you never want to see when you turn your computer on: missing operating system. When I saw them, and nothing else, on my computer screen a couple of weeks ago, my worst fears were ...

As the forerunner to the graphical user interfaces in Microsoft’s Windows platform, MS-DOS helped set the stage for the company’s dominance in the PC software market. When MS-DOS was released in 1981, ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -China has released its first homegrown open-source desktop operating system, named OpenKylin, state media said, as the country steps up efforts to cut reliance on U.S. technology.

Hang around enterprise computing types long enough, and you’ll wind up talking about “the stack” at some point. It’s a term used to refer to the complicated layers of software that run in modern data ...

Firewalls scan data sent to your computer for malware and attempt to block files or other data they deem suspicious. Like ...

A new-cloud based operating system for all kinds of computer is being developed by researchers in China. Details of the TransOS system are reported in a forthcoming special issue of the International ...