Microsoft has outlined why its new breed of Secured-core PCs, such as the Surface Pro X, are equipped to fight off ransomware and other malware that attack vulnerable hardware drivers to compromise a ...

While Apple has complete control over the hardware and operating system, Microsoft historically has not. But now Microsoft is aiming to bring its control over hardware up to Apple's level through ...

Up until now, we'd heard and believed that Windows Phone 7 would be based on Microsoft's time-tested Windows CE 6 kernel -- aging, yes, but still considerably newer and more technically modern than ...

Windows 11, the most-used consumer desktop operating system in the world, undoubtedly has its problems. Yet, despite those problems, it's the most refined version of the company's operating system, ...

Despite the similar names, Windows Mobile / Windows Phone and the Windows we use on desktops don’t share the same kernel. While the Linux kernel used in Android devices and the one used in desktops ...

It's not a complete surprise, but it's still a little bit shocking that it's actually happening -- Windows Phone 8 will be borrowing much of its code base, including the kernel, from Windows 8. At the ...

Microsoft has issued guidance on how to resolve problems loading drivers in Windows 10 that are being blocked due to virtualization-based security protections. If your PC has a 64-bit processor and ...