Whether it's a desktop or laptop computer, a smartphone or a video game system, every modern computer needs an operating system. That's the core software on the computer that sits between application ...

Running an operating system in your web browser is easier than you might think, and there are a few options you can try right now.

An operating system is a master control program that runs the computer system. In all environments, except for specialized scientific and process control applications, the operating system (OS) ...

Free and healthy. These two words sum up the exploding interest in Google's Android operating system (with over 300 million Android-based devices in use as of February 2012, along with more than ...

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...

Lauded for avoiding the typical vague, high-level survey approach found in many texts, earlier editions of this bestselling book removed the mystery by explaining the internal structure of an ...

Modern operating systems are all far more secure than their historic counterparts, but which operating system is the safest? That somewhat depends on how you use it — no operating system is “safe” if ...