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5 defunct computer operating systems that failed to take off

More than a few operating systems have failed to catch on over the years. Here are a few that just missed out on being major ...
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A Brief History of Operating Systems

One way or another, you’re interacting with operating systems. Your smartphone uses one, and your tablet and laptop do as well. However, little is said about how the ways we interact with our ...
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PC software pioneer Gary Kildall's life and mysterious death at a Monterey bar

During *** time of drastic change in the world of technology. *** story of triumph lost opportunities and *** mysterious death after *** fight at *** bar in Monterey 50 years ago in Pacific Grove in ...
Digital Trends

35 years ago, Steve Jobs launched an obscure operating system that changed everything

A NeXTcube computer running the NeXTSTEP operating system. Simon Claessen / Flickr Today marks the 35th anniversary of the launch of NeXTSTEP, a computer operating system launched by Steve Jobs during ...
Journalism in the Americas

NSF Funded Expedition Project Uses AI to Rethink Computer Operating Systems

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 ...