The computer's master control program. When a computer is turned on, a small "boot program" loads the operating system. Although additional system modules may be loaded as needed, the main part, known ...

Using Ubuntu Linux to import and edit photos from a digital camera. By J. D. Biersdorfer Companies are starting to see the advantages of being able to do large amounts of computing with technology ...

For a short while, PC building was gloriously affordable. The cost of graphics cards and RAM finally dropped after 2018’s dark times, AMD kept cramming more cores into its CPU lineup without ...

We usually at least recognize old computer hardware and software names. But [Asianometry] taught us a new one: Pick OS. This 1960s-era system was sort of a database and sort of an operating system for ...

In brief: Everyone is automating everything these days, and military aircraft are no exception. The venerable UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, first used by the US Army in 1979, is set to receive upgrades ...

TOKYO -- Honda Motor and Nissan Motor have entered into discussions to standardize basic software that controls their vehicles to try to catch up to Chinese electric-vehicle makers and Tesla of the ...

A new Kickstarter project has launched this month, looking for backers to help build a power saving computer operating system and push RISC OS to more hardware platforms. German developer Stefan ...