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Web OS Posted By : Chris Holgate

December 13th, 2010 | No Comments

I’m not sure I understand the point of web based Operating Systems but here is an article about them to keep the general public informed.

March 24, 2001: Apple Unleashes Mac OS X

March 24th, 2010 | No Comments

2001: Apple gives birth to Mac OS X — the beating heart of today’s Macs, iPhones and, soon, the iPad.
Fired and then rehired by his own company, Steve Jobs drove a near-broke Apple Computer to profitability with the success of the iMac in 1998. But arguably the reacquisition of Jobs would prove even more valuable [...]

March 8, 1955: The Mother of All Operating Systems

March 8th, 2010 | No Comments

1955: Computer pioneer Doug Ross demonstrates the Director tape for MITâ€™s Whirlwind machine. It’s a new idea: a permanent set of instructions on how the computer should operate.
Six years in the making, MIT’s Whirlwind computer was the first digital computer that could display real-time text and graphics on a video terminal, which was then just [...]

Aug. 25, 1991: Kid From Helsinki Foments Linux Revolution

August 25th, 2009 | No Comments

1991: Linus Torvalds, a 21-year-old university student from Finland, writes a post to a user group asking for feedback on a little project he’s working on. He’s built a simple kernel for a Unix-like operating system that runs on an Intel 386 processor, and he wants to develop it further. The kernel eventually becomes Linux, [...]

Will Google Chrome OS Security Be Tough Enough?

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

There has been no shortage of speculation on the security of Google Chrome OS, even as Google remains quiet on exactly what its plans are. What is certain is that Google’s focus on the cloud means the security requirements of Chrome OS will be significantly different from those of traditional operating systems.
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