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

One safe technology prediction for this year is that we’ll see new operating systems and new user interfaces on personal computers. Mac OS X (referred to as “10”), Microsoft’s code-named “Whistler” ...

A traditional operating system (OS) such as Windows, macOS and Linux facilitates user interaction with hardware through a graphical user interface and manages tasks like memory allocation and process ...

Apple’s tvOS is the best smart TV operating system, while Hisense's VIDAA is the worst. Here’s how the other TV operating systems compare to these two.

The computer's master control program. When a computer is turned on, a small "boot program" loads the operating system. Although additional system modules may be loaded as needed, the main part, known ...

It’s not finished yet, and Microsoft still has plenty of work ahead of it, but one thing is clear: Windows 8 is a genuine, uncompromised tablet operating system. It was a long time coming. For many ...

What's really the most popular operating system? That depends on how you look at them and who's doing the looking. For example, Net Applications shows Windows on top of the desktop operating system ...

The /e/OS Foundation has been offering a de-Googled version of Android since 2018, with an emphasis on privacy and security. Now developers have introduced the biggest update in years. Among other ...

Apple unveiled a new operating system interface called Liquid Glass at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, calling it the company’s broadest design update ever. The company also announced that ...

While Microsoft has demonstrated early versions of the Xbox One user interface and base operating system in the past, previous demos have been carefully choreographed affairs operated completely by ...