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Get step-by-step instructions for determining the operating system (OS) version on your devices and why it is so important to keep the OS updated.

The operating system (OS) is the backbone of your computer. If the OS is compromised, attackers can take over your computer -- or crash it. Now researchers have developed an efficient system that ...

Microsoft battled Digital Research’s CP/M-based operating systems for the next few years, but as Ruffer and Waldman note, Microsoft was the leading producer of computer languages and had control over ...

The next-generation operating system will make it vastly easier to find and use information, according to Yale professor and Mirror Worlds Technologies chief scientist David Gelernter.

Building a Network-Attached Storage server is one of the most common ways to repurpose old computing systems, and ...

Called ZARDOS, the operating system is built to run on an Arduino MEGA although a smaller version is available for the Uno. The Arduino is connected by a serial cable to the Minitel terminal.

Kazeta is a new Linux-based operating system that brings that kind of experience to modern PCs. Developed by the founder of ChimeraOS over the past six months, the operating system was introduced to ...