OpenMediaVault is a popular alternative NAS operating system you might use in place of Unraid or TrueNAS, or whatever OS your ...

Even though the need to have local content online has increased the demand for software, access to genuine software is limited due to the high costs of acquiring them. But the market is not entirely ...

With money for budgets scarce and new funding for IT projects scaled back, many of you will be tempted to embrace lower-cost alternatives to existing products and standards. In particular, you might ...

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei on Friday unveiled its proprietary operating system for phones and other devices, as US trade restrictions imposed in May threaten to cut the Chinese firm’s access to ...

It’s been over 10 years since Windows 10 was released to the public. This iteration of Microsoft’s ever popular operating system also faces a shutdown on October 14 – after which the operating system ...

Google has released the source code for the Pebble watch on GitHub. This comes a little over 8 years after Pebble ceased operations. With the source code, developers can not only implement alternative ...

After playing with a NextStep VM, Haiku, and a few other "alternative" Operating Systems, I've decided to pick up a used G5 to play with OS9. I came into the Mac world with the Public Beta; Before ...

since having gotten my blackjack a few months ago, i have discovered a sense of freedom and flexibility i've not known could come from a phone. back in the olden days i was using a dell axim x5 (great ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.