To some, an operating system is a burden or waste of resources, like those working on embedded systems and other low-power applications. To others it’s necessary, abstracting away hardware so that ...

Writing an operating system for a computing platform is one of those non-trivial tasks few people actually need to do, regardless of whether it’s for a small microcontroller or a larger ...

I've used nearly every possible desktop operating system known. I've experienced nearly every incarnation of Windows and MacOS, I've used just about all the various Linux distributions over the years, ...

Josh Clark, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's vice president of quality and safety operating systems, oversees design and implementation of the IHI Care Operating System, a system of ...

From its meat-and-potatoes search engine to its superhyped Android mobile operating system, Google gets plenty of love. But few tech-bloggers' hearts are throbbing after the preview of the Chrome OS ...

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An international research team including the group led by Tracy Northup has developed the first operating system designed for ...