Windows operating system comes with both Kernel and User modes, but not everyone knows the difference between both. In fact, most users have no idea these modes exist, but yet they’ve used them before ...

Kernel Mode Linux (KML) is a technology that enables the execution of user processes in kernel mode. I described the basic concept and the implementation techniques of KML on IA-32 architecture in my ...

When a CPU generates a trap or an exception, and the operating system kernel is not able to catch that particular trap, it gives out an annoying Blue Screen with the ...

The July tech outage that knocked out businesses worldwide renews scrutiny over why some companies have access to the very heart of a computer and, therefore, the ability to suddenly crash it. Access ...

In my post about Windows 7 back in January (""="">), I ended with a statement that deserves some follow-up: Those who are predicting that Windows 7 will include some radically stripped-down kernel ...

EA’s new system starts with FIFA 23 this fall EA’s new system starts with FIFA 23 this fall is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over ...

Linux is a tried-and-true, open-source operating system released in 1991 for computers, but its use has expanded to underpin systems for cars, phones, web servers and, more recently, networking gear.

__ 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 ...

However, SeL4 can be used, in theory, as a foundation for Linux and other Unix related operating systems. For example, it was briefly considered for use in Richard M. Stallman's still-born Gnu Hurd ...

In 2022, EA announced it is working on an in-house-developed anti-cheat system to implement on its published titles. Only the FIFA (or now EA Sports FC) franchise had been using EA AntiCheat until now ...