One of the oft-repeated reasons for using alternative operating systems is the suggestion that alternatives to Windows are more secure because malware is not produced for these minority systems—in ...

An operating system is the essential software that's needed to run your computer's suite of software. Everything from video ...

With money for budgets scarce and new funding for IT projects scaled back, many of you will be tempted to embrace lower-cost alternatives to existing products and standards. In particular, you might ...

since having gotten my blackjack a few months ago, i have discovered a sense of freedom and flexibility i've not known could come from a phone. back in the olden days i was using a dell axim x5 (great ...

After playing with a NextStep VM, Haiku, and a few other "alternative" Operating Systems, I've decided to pick up a used G5 to play with OS9. I came into the Mac world with the Public Beta; Before ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

REUTERS - You may have heard of the operating system Tizen (you may even know how to pronounce it: tie-zen, not tee-zen or tiz-zen). But the chances of it running your smartphone are slim, about the ...