Rust is the new hotness in programming languages because of how solid its memory protections are. Race conditions and memory ...

If you're looking for a Unix-like, POSIX-compatible, real-time kernel, there's no shortage of projects trying to build one.

Yesterday, we asked for advice, short of erasing a disk, for solving a data corruption problem that occurred after a kernel panic was triggered by launching iTunes. We received numerous suggestions: ...

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Google's browser-centric Chrome OS hasn't reached the market yet, but development is progressing and the platform is attracting the interest of a growing number of hardware makers. Although the ...

When a new piece of hardware is launched, hackers see it as an open invitation for them to dive in and try to find a way to break the device for pirates and emulators. Now it appears those hackers ...

For the last decade or so, I have heard much about the 'superior' BeOS. To this day, a successor lives on in 'Haiku'. Couldn't most of the feel of BeOS be achieved with the proper Desktop Environment, ...

DVD disc at startup causes kernel panic? Aaron Smith writes: "Under OS X 10.0.2 on my 500 MHz Single Processor G4, a kernel panic occurs if I have a DVD disc inserted in the drive at startup.

Over the past year, Google has been working on a wholly new operating system named Fuchsia. Back in May, we got our first look at the current UI for Fuchsia OS, while we also know a bit about the ...

Last week's OS X 10.10.3 update is in some cases triggering kernel panics when previewing large JPEG image files, leading to crashes and reboots, according to complaints on Apple's support forums.