Operating systems quietly control how computers manage apps, memory, files, hardware, and user commands. This video breaks down the essential concepts that make devices work smoothly behind the scenes ...

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...

Imagine turning on your PC and…nothing happens. No desktop, no icons, no apps. That’s what life would look like without an operating system (OS), the invisible star of every computer. An operating ...

We usually at least recognize old computer hardware and software names. But [Asianometry] taught us a new one: Pick OS. This 1960s-era system was sort of a database and sort of an operating system for ...

João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also love all things tech and videogames, especially Nintendo, which he's always ...

Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap I'll be honest — when I first heard about an operating system that runs entirely on a browser, I didn't take it seriously. It ...

What was Microsoft’s best Windows operating system of all time? If you’re like us, you have…opinions. Even if you’re not the type to parse through all of the little details that separated Windows 98 ...

A NeXTcube computer running the NeXTSTEP operating system. Simon Claessen / Flickr Today marks the 35th anniversary of the launch of NeXTSTEP, a computer operating system launched by Steve Jobs during ...

Suppose you were asked to design an abridged computer science (CS) program consisting of just three courses. How would you go about it? The first course would probably be an introduction to computer ...