Operating Systems

Past practice hints that Oct. 23 is the upgrade's likely launch date.

Red Hat on Tuesday announced new subscription offerings for Red Hat Enterprise Linux that are designed to make the company's flagship product a better fit for a mix of cloud, physical and virtual environments.

Will Apple provide OS X Mavericks free of charge? Plus: Will the retina iPad mini be delayed until 2014? And Apple's smartwatch might have a flexible display.

Processing payments may not be sexy, but Stripe lets you seamlessly hitch rides and order takeout.

It was 30 years ago today -- which is to say Sept. 27, 1983 -- that the seeds were planted for both Linux and the open source software movement, though neither is called that name by the man who help set both of them into motion, the irascible Richard Stallman.

Analytics and advertising firms tracking Apple's new mobile operating system iOS 7 said today that its uptake has been 14% faster than last year's iOS 6.

iOS 7 is more than just a pretty face: Get to know it a little better with these ten not-so-obvious features and tricks.

You're probably familiar with using Siri to make calls on your iPhone, as well as to open apps on your iOS device, get information, and set up appointments. But you may be less familiar with iOS's other dictation feature, the one that lets you talk to your iOS device while it converts your words into text.

There are many thousands of apps. Whatever your goal, as Apple's erstwhile advertising campaign proclaimed, "There's an app for that." But some apps are simply must-haves--whether for their functionality, their interface brilliance, or just their entertainment factor. Here are ten apps your new iPhone shouldn't be without.

Microsoft last week painted Windows XP consumer and small business customers into an even smaller corner when it said it could not recommend that they upgrade to Windows 8.1, the update to Windows 8 slated to ship Oct. 18.

Kernel dev highlights the tricky problem of USB support in LinuxCon talk.