Whether you’re a power user or someone who dreads that update alert, knowing when to update your device has become less clear ...

Modern PCs, tablets and smartphones have an easy-to-use, graphical veneer that hides the complexity of the operating system software beneath that enables them work. While the developers of your device ...

A system software component that is external to the operating system kernel. If the phrase is used to refer to the operating system itself, it is redundant because an operating system "is" software.

Modern operating systems are all far more secure than their historic counterparts, but which operating system is the safest? That somewhat depends on how you use it — no operating system is “safe” if ...

When the major planets fall into alignment in the heavens, soothsayers prophesy upheaval and chaos. So beware the Ides of April. A similar portentous alignment is occurring this month in the personal ...