You probably never saw the NES as a productivity machine, but some clever developers beg to differ. Hackaday and Ars Technica note Inkbox Software has released a graphical operating system, NESOS, for ...

KolibriOS packs a full graphical desktop into ≈1.3MB and boots almost instantly. Built in Assembly, it's incredibly small, snappy, and includes many apps and games, even Doom. Internet is limited: ...

Depending on how you count them, there have been 15 major versions of Windows, with Microsoft's inconsistent naming scheme resulting in the current version of Windows being Windows 11—go figure. A lot ...

When I was introduced to the original Macintosh early in 1984, I looked at the device on the table in front of me with a sense of wonder. It wasn’t because I was blown away by the technical innovation ...

Microsoft got its start on PCs in 1981with MS-DOS First graphical interface came out in 1985 First big Windows launch was Windows 95 in August 1995 NEW YORK (AP) — With Friday's release of the ...

Lordy, lordy, look who’s 40! Happy birthday, Unix — you’re looking great for your age. You certainly weren’t the first operating system on any platform, but you managed to stride from the minicomputer ...

CAMPBELL, Calif. – October 22, 2008 – Amulet Technologies, a leader in graphical user interface (GUI) electronics, today announced the introduction of its first color Graphical OS Chip™ for LCDs and ...

With Friday's release of the touch-centric Windows 8 software, Microsoft continues more than three decades of making operating systems for personal computers. Microsoft Corp. got its start on PCs in ...