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. (Thanks to ZDNet blogger @Manan for the ...

In this paper, the authors aim at providing a complete survey of distributed operating systems. This paper also explains in detail about various key design issues involved in the building of such ...

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 systems ...

In response to the continuous compromise of networks, multiple countries have begun developing secure platforms and operating systems. Computer companies, university researchers, defense R&D ...

An operating system is the essential software that's needed to run your computer's suite of software. Everything from video ...

Apparently this new-age software-defined networking (SDN) stuff is already in danger of becoming yesterday's news, if start-up Apstra Inc. has its way. Emerging from stealth, the Menlo Park, Calif., ...

The Eclipse Foundation today announced the launch of a top-level project to develop a new open-source, vendor-neutral OS designed to provide an alternative to existing IoT and edge operating systems.

After months of conflicting statements from Huawei executives, the Chinese networking giant on Friday officially unveiled HarmonyOS, the much-anticipated microkernel-based distributed operating system ...

What Is an Operating System? An operating system (OS) is the fundamental software that acts as the brain of your computer. It's the master program that orchestrates all the computer's operations, ...