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Researcher: Operating systems inherently flawed
News Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems are all inherently flawed due to the nature of their architecture, according to a leading security researcher. Phil Dunkelberger, chief executive officer of security firm PGP, said that to completely re...
[September 18, 2007, 11:20]
Operating systems boost the bottom line for Apple and Microsoft
Blog While I’ve been away on holiday and doing work things, both Apple and Microsoft have brought their long-awaited new desktop operating systems to market, along with a decent set of financial results. Over half shipped with the new Snow Leopard...
[October 27, 2009, 11:07]
operating systems
Talkback Completely agree .operating systems should be improving as they evolve, not becoming hungrier! Microsoft is leading the 'why buy just new software when you can buy a whole new system' campaign . All the more reason to get rid of the desktop culture.
[February 23, 2007, 18:41]
2008 The Year of Open Source Mobile Operating Systems
Blog 2008 The Year of Open Source Mobile Operating Systems Beginning in October (2007), the future of open source mobile Operating Systems (OS) began looking like an imminent reality. With companies such as Motorola, Apple, and Google leading the way...
[January 1, 2008, 21:47]
Mobile Operating Systems: MOPS At a Glance
Blog Mobile Operating Systems: At a Glance Since posting my blog exposing the security Google G1 security issue, I have received a few emails asking about MOPS (Mobile Operating Systems) basics. Simply put all Operating Systems for mobile handsets fall...
[November 17, 2008, 22:23]
Forensic Analysis for Unix-Based Operating Systems
White Papers As the use of Unix-based operating systems grow, the need for forensic investigators to broaden their knowledge and understanding of the type of users and the processes they use, greatens. Increasingly, users are discovering more ways to hide...
[October 22, 2008, 1:01]
An Innovative Tool to Benchmark Smartphone Operating Systems
White Papers Jakajima, a knowledge and information provider for the telecom, ICT, and consumer-electronics trade chain, noticed that no real benchmark has been developed for Smartphone Operating Systems, while the importance of the smartphone and its' OS is...
[March 12, 2008, 0:01]
Microsoft Webcast: The Microsoft Perspective on Windows Server and Linux for Server Operating Systems (Level 100)
White Papers On x86 servers, the two most commonly considered server operating systems are Windows Server and Linux. But how do these operating systems compare when it comes to core requirements such as cost, reliability, security, and interoperability?
[April 16, 2008, 23:12]
Sub-Operating Systems: A New Approach to Application Security
White Papers The structure of current operating systems and user applications makes solving this problem challenging. Users regularly exchange apparently innocuous data files using email and ftp. While the users view these data as passive, there are situations...
[February 5, 2009, 0:00]
Cars to navigate via multiple operating systems
News Microsoft has recently persuaded several carmakers to use its slimmed-down Windows CE operating system for a variety of in-car electronics, from navigation systems to music players to information devices.
[December 12, 2003, 10:40]
TechNet Webcast: Deploying Operating Systems With System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Level 300)
White Papers The attendee of this webcast will learn how to perform large-scale deployments of Windows operating systems, including Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, in an enterprise environment using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007.
[June 26, 2009, 1:06]
Sun middleware embraces rival operating systems
News System server software now supports the Windows and HP-UX operating systems. While adding support for rival operating systems, Sun also sees momentum for its own Solaris 10. More than 534 systems from various hardware makers support Solaris
[October 26, 2005, 9:20]
OpenOffice bug hits multiple operating systems
News But typically it would affect all operating systems. In June, OpenOffice users were warned about a worm called "Badbunny" that was spreading in the wild through multiple operating systems, including Mac OS, Windows and Linux.
[September 25, 2007, 10:00]
Microsoft: Don't sell PCs without operating systems
Talkback Computers should come with a variety pack of operating systems or people who want a computer should be allowed to just buy the hardware without third party intervention by some sort of trust.
[April 5, 2006, 18:49]
Memory Bottlenecks Are Holding Operating Systems Hostage
White Papers The key reason for the slowdown in system performance is due to the design limitations of modern operating systems that have key components that were created prior to the demanding load requirements necessary to conduct business today.
[May 4, 2005, 3:00]
Towards Application Security on Untrusted Operating Systems
White Papers Complexity in commodity operating systems makes compromises inevitable. Consequently, a great deal of work has examined how to protect security-critical portions of applications from the OS through mechanisms such as microkernels, virtual machine...
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
Windows Operating Systems = Bloatware
Blog Since Microsoft has stopped supporting MSDOS, Win 3.1 & 3.11, and WIn9X directly, why continue to support them in the new operating systems? but come on, can't that stuff be supported in a download and only on the users' systems that need it?
[October 19, 2009, 5:35]
How Open Is Open? The Mobile Open Operating Systems Landscape
White Papers With all of these operating systems available, how do operators, handset vendors, semiconductor manufacturers, application developers, and other ecosystem stakeholders work together to bring compelling, differentiated, high value solutions to market?
[January 10, 2009, 0:00]
Using Linux Kernel Modules for Operating Systems Class Projects
White Papers Instructors of operating systems classes have long desired to incorporate programming projects into the class that will give the students an appreciation for the source code of the kernel of a real operating system.
[April 3, 2007, 1:00]
UEFI Support and Requirements for Windows Operating Systems
White Papers This paper provides information about Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) support in Windows operating systems. Firmware and system designers can use the guidelines and requirements in this paper to ensure proper functionality of Windows operating...
[September 16, 2009, 1:22]
