TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Google Inc. is taking its competitive efforts directly to the core of software giant Microsoft Corp. , by introducing a competing computer-operating system for PCs. In a blog ...

Google is developing a new computing platform equal to the Internet era. Should Microsoft be worried? From early in their company’s history, Google’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, wanted to ...

Today’s operating systems are conceptually upside-down. They developed the hard way, gradually struggling upwards from the machinery (processors, memory, disks and displays) toward the user. In the ...

As the forerunner to the graphical user interfaces in Microsoft’s Windows platform, MS-DOS helped set the stage for the company’s dominance in the PC software market. When MS-DOS was released in 1981, ...

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, ...

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 ...

The use of technology in business can be a complex issue that requires a tremendous technical expertise and should be left to qualified professionals. In some cases, network and computer systems ...

10 things that can go wrong when you upgrade your operating system Your email has been sent Upgrading to a new operating system — whether it’s one personal computer at home or an office full of ...

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...