There is a serious deadline facing computer users at the end of this calendar year, one that places countless businesses, non-profit companies and individual users at high risk of becoming a victim of ...

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 ...

Everything you do on your computer is the direct result of hardware and software working together. The hardware provides the raw power and functionality that enables the computer to work, and the ...

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 ...

Aditya Akella leads the project that aims to boost performance of OSes and help enable assistant robots, autonomous vehicles and smart cities. Research that will use artificial intelligence to boost ...

Q: My 10-year-old Samsung laptop had a catastrophic crash. I took it to a local repair shop and the tech/owner said the entire drive and data could not be recovered. He also said the operating system ...

NEW PROVIDENCE— Dennis Ritchie was supposed to travel to Tokyo last month to receive the prestigious Japan Prize for his role in inventing the UNIX computer operating system. The earthquake and ...

Microsoft Vista comes to ASC By Barbara Toner ASC Public Affairs ASC headquarters employees are beginning to see changes in the way they use their computers, thanks to the migration from the Microsoft ...

(TNS) — Austin sophomore Sydney Brown said computer science never interested her until this month when the CyberPatriot Camp taught her to delve into the anatomy of computer operating systems, fix ...