Teaching little kids to use computers is a great idea, but the thought of exposing innocent minds to the drek that flies across the Internet is enough to make a sane parent think about relocating to ...

Free operating systems based on the Linux operating system kernel invented and published by Linus Torvalds are now a serious alternative to Windows, not least due to the wide range of open source ...

WWDC 2025 kicks off on June 9, and Apple is expected to announce new software features at the event. Over the course of Apple's five-day developer conference, we will get to see new features coming to ...

Would you believe that almost all of the technology you use today is here because of a misbehaving printer? Believe it. In the early 1980s, an MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory programmer named ...

In August 1991, a student at the University of Helsinki posted a request to an Internet discussion group asking for help on a project to build a free computer operating system (OS). Linus Torvalds ...

The last time I spent much time thinking about the QNX operating system was when Lee spent a few weeks in 2011 figuring out how to root a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet running the QNX-based PlayBook OS, ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. Chinese telecommunications, data and cloud company Huawei also makes software. Logically, its smartphones, ...

HexOS is another newcomer to the DIY NAS scene, but takes a page out of Unraid’s playbook. Instead of being free, like ...

There’s no doubt about it, Microsoft is a behemoth. It has permeated the computer industry and has an enormous amount of clout. So, what’s to rain on Microsoft’s parade? Actually, a threat is emerging ...