Asynchronous replication technology is the latest approach to providing fault tolerance for server and network storage. Unlike the replication technologies that preceded it, asynchronous technology ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a new hardware security initiative, dubbed Secured-core PC. The short version of what “Secured-core PC” really means is a defense against attacks at the firmware layer.

If you haven’t been paying a lot of attention, you might have missed the rise of a new form of virtualization, based at the operating system level, called “containers.” While there are many specific ...

With cybersecurity threats on the rise and data breaches occurring almost every week, it’s natural to ask: What is the most secure operating system (OS)? Unfortunately, the answer isn’t ...

The UK Home Office has demanded Apple and Google implement default OS-level nudity blocking and biometric age verification on ...

Last week, we ran a syndicated piece from The Wirecutter on what the best consumer-grade SSD is for most people to buy. In it, guest author Nathan Edwards issued this caveat about adding third-party ...

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 ...

To some, an operating system is a burden or waste of resources, like those working on embedded systems and other low-power applications. To others it’s necessary, abstracting away hardware so that ...

Linux. This not so well-known but widely used operating system is often too scary for beginners to even want to try. This article is intended for those of you who would like to know a bit more about ...

It’s not Half Life 3. Not yet, anyway. Valve announced details of SteamOS on Monday, the first of three announcements the company has promised this week concerning its Steam games retail service and ...