So as you may have noticed from last episode, computers keep getting faster and faster, and by the start of the 1950s they had gotten so fast that it often took longer to manually load programs via ...

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 ...

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 ...

Everything you do on your computer is the direct result of hardware and software working together. The hardware provides the raw power and functionality that enables the computer to work, and the ...

Google offers a free, lightweight operating system that essentially turns any machine into a Chromebook. It's a great way to ...

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 ...

Dodge7's recent thread about how he expected more from computers given the Amiga, Atari in the 1980's got me thinking about the next, possibly mythical evolutionary step in computing. And as I sit ...

NEW PROVIDENCE— Dennis Ritchie was supposed to travel to Tokyo last month to receive the prestigious Japan Prize for his role in inventing the UNIX computer operating system. The earthquake and ...

Q: My 10-year-old Samsung laptop had a catastrophic crash. I took it to a local repair shop and the tech/owner said the entire drive and data could not be recovered. He also said the operating system ...

Saudi-based AI startup Humain, set up by the kingdom's sovereign wealth fund, plans to launch a computer operating system ...