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 ...

Bon Adamson is a writer with a passion for technology and help desk experience, with a particular interest in Apple's product ecosystem. Bon has been writing for the majority of his life. He is ...

Developers talk a lot about “immutability.” Outside the technical world, it usually means something negative: unmoving, inflexible, and entrenched. However, in the technical field, these features ...

A computer cannot function without an operating system unless it is an embedded system. An operating system is a collection or suite of programs that manages and controls the computer. It keeps the ...

Without Microsoft, the world of modern computer technology would not be the same as we know it. Next year, Microsoft turns 50 years old, so it’s worth looking back at the megacorporation’s significant ...