IBM unveiled the architecture details for the upcoming IBM Telum® II Processor and IBM Spyre™ Accelerator at Hot Chips 2024.
IBM unveils new processors to accelerate AI on next-gen IBM Z Mainframes.
Category: Operating Systems
Here’s what’s new in Apple’s macOS Sonoma upgrade.
macOS Sonoma is now available as a free software update, providing a wide range of new features for the Mac that enhance productivity and entertainment. With macOS Sonoma, desktop widgets offer a fresh way to customize the Mac and increase efficiency, while impressive new screen savers, significant improvements to video conferencing and Safari, and enhanced…
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday breaks record with 129 patches including CVEs for 11 critical remote-code execution vulnerabilities.
Microsoft rolled out patches for a whopping 129 vulnerabilities in June’s Patch Tuesday. It marked the 4th month in a row that MS released patches for more than 110 CVEs. MS has already patched 616 CVEs – and it’s only June!
Windows 10 – rough around the edges but the future looks bright!
Gotta give props to Microsoft – they did well with Windows 10 both in terms of the design and implementation of the OS and especially the unique rollout via Windows update. I’s obvious that Win10 is going to be a spectacular OS in the future. Why are my comments so forward looking? Because Windows 10,…
Long live the X Window display server! Except on Ubuntu Linux where it is being tossed out and replaced…
After three decades of life, Unix’s X Window display server is showing its age and Ubuntu Linux creators have decided enough is enough. In order to power the Unity user interface in Ubuntu on tablets and phones, Canonical says that the 1980’s-era X Windows display server has to go and in its place we will…
Yes, there are at least five ways Windows 8 beats Apple’s iOS
PC World posted a list of five ways Windows 8 beats iOS and it is a pretty interesting eye-opener. The article was written by a long-term iPad user who has since moved to Windows 8 and lists not only features present in Windows 8 (and lacking in iOS) but discusses design considerations and why the…
Russian antivirus vendor, Kaspersky Labs, confirms development of ultra-secure industrial control system OS
Russian antivirus vendor, Kaspersky Labs, has announced their intent to develop a secure operating system for industrial control systems (ICS), which have been recent targets of hackers and nation-state sponsored cyberattacks. They note that recent attacks against hardware control systems for utilities and industrial equipment has increased during the past decade and as such, they…
Huge Windows 8 cumulative update rolls out prior to SP1 – promises performance improvements
Microsoft is rolling out a cumulative update today ahead of an official service pack for Windows 8. The update includes power and performance improvements as well as some driver fixes and updates to some core Windows 8 applications. It is unusual for Microsoft to roll out cumulative patches (other than service packs) but with Windows…
