I’m trying to determine the technical details of why software produced using programming languages for certain operating systems only work with them. It is my understanding that binaries are specific ...

After introducing interrupts and the foreground/background architecture, I am finally ready to tackle the concept of a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). In this first lesson on RTOS (commonly ...

Back when Ars Senior Products Editor Andrew Cunningham was forced to work in Mac OS 9 by his colleagues in September 2014, he quickly hit a productivity wall. He couldn’t log in to his Ars e-mail or ...

OS vendor Cyanogen Inc., on Monday announced an open source Modular OS program that can allow smartphone manufacturers to put bits and pieces of custom Cyanogen builds into "Mods" on stock Android or ...

Programming Systems & Software Engineering research at Drexel University's College of Computing & Informatics (CCI) focuses on improving the design, construction, and maintenance of software systems, ...

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...

The latest Echo Show 5 is running a completely new software platform — even if it looks and feels the same as Fire OS on Amazon’s other devices. The latest Echo Show 5 is running a completely new ...

Open-source software tools are increasing in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower up-front software and hardware costs, lower total cost of ownership, lack of ...

Each June, Apple previews the next software that will power the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro and Apple Watch. This year, it’ll unveil the new software on Monday, June 9. Apple Watch's new ...

Nothing is preparing to roll out a new version of its operating system, Nothing OS 4.0. The upcoming version is based on Android 16, and the company first teased it during the launch of the Nothing ...