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Microsoft has applied for a patent for a distributed operating system that matches the description of one its researchers have been developing, known as Helios.

The longer term implications of communications integrated with a blockchain ledger are also open to helping us democratize the way we do business. This is what a blockchain operating system ...

Microsoft's researchers are working on yet another operating-system research project which can trace its roots to the company's Singularity project. This new operating system, known as Helios, is ...

Writing your own operating system can be anything from a summer hobby project to a full-fledged commercial endeavor taking many years to complete. One might think that with so many operating ...