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How Will Microsoft’s Workstation Operating System Mandate Impact CAD Professionals?

Microsoft has added a new version to its Windows 10 lineup — one that could find value in the upper reaches of the workstation market, but could also put a damper on workstation buying decisions. The company asserts that Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, launched in conjunction

The most important features in Apple’s new High Sierra operating system

If you’re over 40 you can skip this first paragraph; you lived it. Microsoft grew rich and powerful by selling an expensive operating system (OS) that ran on cheap computers that other companies made and sold. Apple bet on a free operating system that ran on expensive computers it built

What comes after the iPhone: smart glasses and the “reality operating system”

After years of speculation, Apple’s iPhone X is finally out in the wild. That means the media, analysts, and the rest of the world now need a new unreleased Apple product to obsess over. And we’ve found one. Bloomberg reported today, following up on previous reporting, that Apple is

Baidu launches new operating system dedicated to conversational AI

Chinese search giant Baidu Inc. today officially launched a new operating system dedicated to advancing conversational artificial intelligence capabilities, as the company aims to take on similar efforts from competitors such as Google Inc. Called the “Duer OS Prometheus Project,” the operating system is a conversation-based AI platform that is

34 Years Ago, 28 Year Old Bill Gates Launched An Operating System That Made Him The World’s Richest Man Today

This story’s a modern day fairytale, the stuff of legends. One nerd who wrote some code which ended up impacting the whole wide world — before even the Internet was up and running! That’s the story of Bill Gates and Microsoft’s first truly user-friendly operating system —

The incredible shrinking operating system: How containers and serverless computing are changing the cloud

Mark Russinovich, CTO, Microsoft Azure. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Hang around enterprise computing types long enough, and you’ll wind up talking about “the stack” at some point. It’s a term used to refer to the complicated layers of software that run in modern data centers, and

Update your operating system, but you really should back it up first

Do you pay attention to the nagging popups to install updates to your computer’s operating system? Apple and Microsoft both have some pretty decent upgrades to their respective operating systems rolling out this fall and if your hardware can handle it, you really should upgrade. Why? Well,

How to Get Started with the Linux Operating System

What operating system do you use? For some, that question may as well be posed in Latin or Sanskrit. For others, it’s an invitation to have a heated debate about the benefits of GUI vs. command line, modern day UI vs. old school metaphor, the pros/cons of

What is the Android operating system and what is an Android phone?

Google unveiled its new Pixel 2 devices this week (Picture: Google) Google unveiled their latest flagship phones on Wednesday: the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. The new phones follow the highly successful Google Pixel phone last year, after Google rebranded their Nexus range. Android is also

US SEC Corporate Filing System Said to Be Vulnerable to DDoS Attacks

HIGHLIGHTS US SEC found a vulnerability in its database that can cause its collapse The discovery came when the SEC was testing EDGAR EDGAR database was last breached in 2016 The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Wall Street’s top regulator, has discovered a vulnerability in its corporate