Operating systems are the invisible engines behind every computer, smartphone, and smart device, yet many people take them ...

What does operating system actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

Operating systems are the underlying software that actually run your computer. There are more of those than you might think, but for the purpose of this discussion, in the world of small and medium ...

From early in their company’s history, Google’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, wanted to develop a computer operating system and browser. They believed it would help make personal ...

BASIC for CP/M-86 was also stripped of graphics, making it difficult for developers to create software for operating systems other than MS-DOS. By December 1984, MS-DOS was the operating system leader ...

A new cloud-based operating system for all kinds of computer is being developed.

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 ...

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 ...