The hardware provides the raw power and functionality that enables the computer to work, and the operating system controls the bulk of the hardware's activity.

An operating system that is designed to work in a computer that processes 64 bits at a time. Most personal computers today are 64-bit, and mobile devices are expected to begin using 64-bit CPUs in ...

New York Times writer Joe Nocera argues that the Windows operating system doesn't matter any more, because webapps are rendering all operating syste ...

The Ubuntu operating system is about more than just powering your computer -- its proponents want to change the world. Quick: what multisyllable word is associated with the spirit of South Africa?

Operating systems are the invisible engines behind every computer, smartphone, and smart device, yet many people take them ...

Travel back in time 15 years and the idea that Apple would make the best operating system for developers would have sounded faintly ridiculous. Before OS X arrived, and Apple switched to Intel ...

China has launched its first homegrown open-source operating system for computers, state media said on Thursday, as Beijing seeks to reduce its foreign dependence at a time of increased rivalry ...

An operating system designed to work in a network. More complex than a centralized or decentralized architecture, each computer in a distributed system operates and scales independently but is ...

Text: SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft is trying to reverse slumping PC sales and quiet growing criticism of its flagship operating system with the release of a revised version of Windows 8.

But there is one operating system that never fails to show off exactly what a desktop should be. That platform is Zorin OS. Zorin OS is as functional as it is beautiful.