Before the World Wide Web became ubiquitous as the de facto way to access electronic information, there were many other ways of retrieving information online. One of the most successful of these was ...

How many times have you been asked what operating system version you use, and you haven’t got a clue? The question is often asked when you’re seeking technical support for software or hardware issues, ...

A University of Utah research team’s rare find in a storage closet is being called a huge, historically significant discovery after experts at the Computer History Museum verified its contents.

Various versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system have existed since the 1980s. While the operating system got its start on personal computers, today, versions of Windows are available for a ...

Learn how operating systems (Windows, macOS, and Linux) power your laptop, what makes them different, and why they matter for your next buy. If you own a laptop, you’re probably familiar with the OS ...

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 ...

Linux is an operating system that allows you to interact with the applications you need to use daily. In that respect, it's no different than MacOS or Windows. Although Linux might not be on the mind ...