Operating Systems Stories for 2016

Microsoft Patent Suggests HoloLens Could Keep Track of Your Small Items 62
Microsoft Is No Longer Selling Any Lumia Windows Phones On Its US Store 85
OpenELEC 7.0 Linux Distribution Now Available For PC and Raspberry Pi 28
Microsoft Tests New 'Green Screen of Death' On Latest Windows 10 Builds 142
North Korea's Android Tablet Takes a Screenshot Every Time You Open an App 85
Windows 10 For PCs Build 14997 Leaks Online 102
FreeDOS 1.2 Is Finally Released 146
Microsoft Exec Admits They 'Went Too Far' With Aggressive Windows 10 Updates 254
Tesla Updates Autopilot To Make It Follow the Speed Limit On Roads 162
Pokemon Go Arrives On the Apple Watch 35
Raspberry Pi's Linux-Based PIXEL Desktop Now Available For PC and Mac 50
Barnes & Noble's Latest Tablet Is Running Spyware From Shanghai 63
Most Firefox Users Still Running Windows 7 210
GoboLinux 016 Released With Its Own Filesystem Virtualization Tool 47
Linux Mint 18.1 'Serena' Is Here For Christmas 62
A $300 Device Can Steal Mac FileVault2 Passwords 88
Android Things Is Google's New OS For Smart Devices 30
First Version of Sandboxed Tor Browser Available 28
Xbox One Games Arrive On Oculus Rift With New Streaming App 16
Linux Kernel 4.9 Officially Released 80
Fedora-based Linux Distro Korora (Version 25) Now Available For Download 31
Microsoft Likely To See a Boost in Windows 10 Sales This New Year 172
Doyodo RetroEngine Sigma Is a Linux-Powered Classic Video Game Emulation Console 91
Windows 10 'Home Hub' Is Microsoft's Response To Amazon Echo and Google Home 101
Google Is Rolling Out Android 7.1.1 75
Linux Mint 18.1 'Serena' BETA Ubuntu-based Operating System Now Available For Download 137
Canonical Sues Cloud Provider Over 'Unofficial' Ubuntu Images 47
Devuan's Systemd-Free Linux Hits Beta 2 338
Taking a Stand Against Unofficial Ubuntu Images 103
Holding Shift + F10 During Windows 10 Updates Opens Root CLI, Bypasses BitLocker 138
Jolla's Sailfish OS Now Certified as Russian Government's First 'Android Alternative' 98
Microsoft Exec Urges Linux Developers To Try Windows 10 403
Microsoft Is Working On a New Design Language For Windows 10 Codenamed Project NEON 66
Security Researchers Can Turn Headphones Into Microphones 122
Malicious Video Link Can Cause Any iOS Device To Freeze 53
Tor-Enabled Smartphone Is Antidote To Google 'Hostility' Over Android, Says Developer 39
Fedora 25 Now Available -- Makes It Easier To Switch From Windows 10 Or Mac 154
A Windows 10 Alternative: Ubuntu-Based Zorin OS Linux Distro 191
Slashdot Asks: Which Windows Laptop Could Replace a MacBook Pro? 315
Antivirus Firm Kaspersky Launches Its Own Hackproof OS, Based On Microkernel 108
iOS Devices Failed More Often Than Android Units During Q3, Says Report 95
Mozilla Launches Firefox Focus, a Stripped-Down Private Browser For iOS 35
Cryptsetup Vulnerability Grants Root Shell Access On Some Linux Systems 89
Samsung Really, Really Wants Developers To Build Tizen Apps 122
Google 'Strongly' Recommends Against Third-Party Fast Charging Technology On Android 90
Google Is Making Android Auto Available In Any Car 50
After Protest, Lenovo Releases BIOS For Loading Linux on Yoga 900, IdeaPad 710S 74
Mythbuntu Linux Has Been Discontinued 49
Windows 7 and 8.1 Are Gaining More New Users Than Windows 10 333
Nearly 9 Out of 10 Smartphones Shipped Run On Android 220
Google Security Engineer Claims Android Is Now As Secure As the iPhone 173
Microsoft Says Russia-Linked Hackers Are Exploiting Newly Discovered Flaw In Windows OS 111
Microsoft Stops Selling Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 To Computer Makers 275
NetBSD Project Releases NetBSD 7.0.2 22
Google's 'Project Zero' Hid A Major Vulnerability in Apple's OS and iOS Cores 88
Linux Marketshare is Above 2-Percent For Third Month in a Row 205
Apple Debuts New 'TV' Guide and Watchlist App For Apple TV, iPhone and iPad 20
WhatsApp Is Rolling Out Video Calls On Its Android App 42
Microsoft Unveils Windows 10 Creators Update, Coming in Early 2017 91
Apple Has Created 'Detailed Mockups' of iMessage For Android 143
Benchmark Battle October 2016: Chrome Vs. Firefox Vs. Edge 137
Rowhammer Attack Can Now Root Android Devices 100
Apple Releases iOS 10.1 With New Portrait Mode For iPhone 7 Plus 50
Linux Kernel 4.7 Reaches End of Life, Users Urged To Move To Linux 4.8 77
Fedora 25 Beta Linux Distro Now Available For Raspberry Pi 52
Canonical Names Ubuntu Linux 17.04 'Zesty Zapus' 67
Mirai and Bashlight Join Forces Against DNS Provider Dyn 56
Researchers Bypass ASLR Protection On Intel Haswell CPUs 72
OMGUbuntu: 'Why Use Linux?' Answered in 3 Short Words 269
Apple Rumored To Remove Old-School USB Ports On Next MacBook Pro 316
'Cultlike' Devotion: Apple Once Refused To Join Open Compute Project, So Their Entire Networking Team Quit 239
Report: Apple To Unveil New Macs At An October 27th Event In Cupertino 142
There's Bugs In The Windows 10 Implementation of Bash 163
Android Trojan Asks Victims To Submit a Selfie Holding Their ID Card 25
KDE Turns 20, Happy Birthday! 127
Android Devices That Contain Foxconn Firmware May Have a Secret Backdoor 95
Evernote Confirms a Serious Bug Caused Data Loss For Some Mac Users 31
You Can Now Claim Your Cash In the PS3 'Other PS3' Settlement 85
Ubuntu 16.10 Released, Ready to Download 78
Chrome 54 Arrives With YouTube Flash Embed Rewriting To HTML5 76
Fedora 25 Beta Released With GNOME 3.22 and Linux Kernel 4.8.1 37
Cyanogen Gets a New CEO, Shifts Away From Selling a Full Mobile Operating System 49
FreeBSD 11.0 Released 121
After 22 Years, 386BSD Gets An Update 83
Linux Foundation Shares LinuxCon Highlights 50
Microsoft Is Redesigning the Paint App For Windows 10 118
Prominent Pro-Patent Judge Issues Opinion Declaring All Software Patents Bad 294
Unity 8 Desktop Session Arrives in Ubuntu 16.10 56
Android 7.1 Nougat's Changelog Reveals Pixel-Exclusive Features Not Available To Nexus Devices 116
Linus Torvalds Says 'Buggy Crap' Made It Into Linux 4.8 294
BadKernel Vulnerability Affects One In 16 Android Smartphones 58
KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS Desktop Officially Released 72
The Microsoft Band Is Dead 58
Apple To Make macOS Sierra Available As Automatic Download Beginning Today 132
Ubuntu 16.04 Available in Latest Insider Update To Windows 10 127
Linus Torvalds Officially Announces the Release of Linux Kernel 4.8 95
Multiple Linux Distributions Affected By Crippling Bug In Systemd 508
Microsoft Bungles This Week's Windows 10 Anniversary Update 172
LastPass On Mobile Is Now Free 10
Raspberry Pi Foundation Unveils New LXDE-Based Desktop For Raspbian Called PIXEL 47
Vladimir Putin Is Replacing Microsoft Programs With Domestic Software 277
Microsoft Partners With Bank of America On Blockchain Trade Finance 43
Windows 10 Will Soon Run Edge In a Virtual Machine To Keep You Safe 172
Windows 10 Now On 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft 153
Boot Linux (or OpenBSD Or Oberon Or FreeDOS) In Your Browser 92
Tuesday Was Microsoft's Last Non-Cumulative Patch 222
Google Play Starts Bringing Android Apps To Chromebooks 14
TypeScript 2.0 Released 89
19-Year-Old Jailbreaks iPhone 7 In 24 Hours 97
GNOME 3.22 Desktop Environment Officially Released 121
Microsoft Signature PC Requirements Now Blocks Linux Installation: Reports 491
Google Allo Messaging App Launches For iOS and Android 98
Microsoft Will 'Solve' Cancer Within The Next 10 Years By Treating It Like A Computer Virus, Says Company 259
macOS Sierra Is Now Available For Download 202
Microsoft Unveils $37 Nokia 216 Feature Phone 57
Google Launches 'Google Trips' Personalized Travel Planner 38
Run Android 6.0 Marshmallow on Your PC With Android-x86 6.0 90
23 Years Later: the Apple II Receives Another OS Update 81
Windows 10 Haters: Try Linux On Kaby Lake Chips With Dell's New XPS 13 234
Over 500K People Have Installed a Pokemon Go-Related App That Roots and Hijacks Android Devices 57
Microsoft Has More Open Source Contributors On GitHub Than Facebook and Google 118
Xiaomi Can Silently Install Any App On Your Android Phone Using A Backdoor 97
Google Is Offering $200K To Hack Android Phones Using Email and A Phone Number 49
Windows 10 Anniversary Update Rollout May Not Be Done Until Early November 88
Microsoft To Kill The Lumia Brand In Favor of a New Surface Phone, Says Report 177
Linux Kernel 3.14 Series Has Reached End of Life 99
Ubuntu-Based Elementary OS 0.4 'Loki' Achieves Stable Release 72
Apple iPhone 7 Plus Packs 3GB RAM, Early A10 Fusion Benchmarks Look Very Strong 324
Microsoft Is Bringing WebVR To Microsoft Edge On Windows 10 30
Linux Mint 18 KDE Now Available 54
Amazon Launches Updated Fire HD 8 Tablet Now With Alexa Voice Services 61
Super Mario Is Coming To The iPhone 108
Modified USB Ethernet Adapter Can Steal Windows and Mac Credentials 82
HP Enterprise Reaches $8.8 Billion Deal With Micro Focus For Software Assets 31
Apple Announces Apple Watch Series 2 With GPS, Water-Resistance and Faster Performance 88
Google Uses Surface Books To Show Off Chrome Battery Improvements 37
Why Intel Kaby Lake and AMD Zen Will Only Be Optimized On Windows 10 276
Pokemon-Themed Umbreon Rootkit Targets Linux Systems On ARM and x86 96
Ask Slashdot: What Are Anonymous Ways To Pay For Goods and Services? 212
Meet URL, the USB Porn-Sniffing Dog 299
'Catastrophic' DDoS Attack Hits Linode Servers Over Labor Day Weekend 36
Japan To Develop 3D Maps For Self-Driving Cars 25
Adobe Resurrects Flash Player On Linux 153
Penetration-Testing Distro Kali Linux 2016.2 Released 54
Florida Man Arrested For Hacking Linux Kernel Organization In 2011 37
PC-BSD Follows a Rolling Release Model, Gets Renamed To TrueOS 132
OpenBSD 6.0 Released 94
Microsoft Deprecating 'Obsolete' SmartScreen Spam Filters In Outlook and Exchange 29
Apple To Remove Abandoned Apps From The App Store 67
HP Builds One Desktop PC Around a Speaker, Another Modular PC In Slices 78
Baidu Open-Sources Its Deep Learning Tools 27
Samsung Unveils Gear S3 Classic and Frontier Smartwatches Powered By Tizen 27
Lenovo's 'Yoga Book' Laptop Is So Thin It Needs A Touchscreen Keyboard 115
Fedora 25 Alpha Linux Distro Now Available 35
Slashdot Asks: What Are Your Favorite Java 8 Features? 427
Google Integrates Cast Into Chrome, No Extension Required 43
C Programming Language Hits a 15-Year Low On The TIOBE Index 232
Linus Loves GPL, But Hates GPL Lawsuits 238
ReactOS 0.4.2 Released: Supports Linux Filesystems, .NET Applications, and Doom 3 145
Ubuntu Linux 16.10 'Yakkety Yak' Beta 1 Now Available For Download 92
Linus on Linux's 25th Birthday 110
Apple Patenting a Way To Collect Fingerprints, Photos of Thieves 90
Latest Windows 10 Update Breaks PowerShell 212
Microsoft Buys AI-Powered Scheduling App Genee 28
Microsoft Details Its 24-Core 'Holographic Processor' Used In HoloLens 113
Google Search Removes 'Mobile-Friendly' Label, Will Tackle Interstitials Next 79
Linux Turns 25, Is Bigger and More Professional Than Ever 316
Interviews: Ask Raspberry Pi Founder and CEO Eben Upton a Question 134
Systemd Rolls Out Its Own Mount Tool 541
KDE Edition Beta Released For Linux Mint 18 'Sarah' 36
Ask Slashdot: Is KDE Dying? 515
Microsoft Announces 'Cumulative' Updates Will Become Mandatory For Windows 7 and 8.1 275
Google Will Kill Chrome Apps For Windows, Mac, and Linux In Early 2018 102
iOS and Android Combined For Record 99% of Smartphone Sales Last Quarter 191
Linux Kernel 4.6 Has Reached End of Life, Users Urged To Move To Linux 4.7.1 67
Malware That Fakes Bank Login Screens Found In Google Ads 120
Windows UAC Bypass Permits Code Execution 79
Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Bad Programming Ideas That Work? 674
Tim Cook: Privacy Is Worth Protecting 120
New RancherOS Offers Lean Linux Functionality Within Docker Containers 49
New FreeBSD 11.0 Release Candidate Tested By Phoronix 61
Google Working On New 'Fuchsia' OS 146
No Man's Sky Launches On Steam and GOG and It's Off To A Rocky Start 157
Google Play Store Drops Google+ Integration 45
Linux 4.9 Will Be the Next LTS Kernel Branch, Says Greg Kroah-Hartman 30
Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.14 For Ubuntu With New Rust Plugin, Improvements 44
Arch Linux Is Now Officially Powered by Linux Kernel 4.7, Update Your Systems 54
Apple Said To Plan First Pro Laptop Overhaul in Four Years 304
Annoying 'Open PDF In Edge' Default Option Puts Windows 10 Users At Risk 118
Microsoft Disables RC4 In Internet Explorer 11 and Edge 40
Google: Chrome 53 Will 'De-Emphasize Flash In Favor of HTML5' Next Month 68
Google: Unwanted Software Is Worse Than Malware 149
Iran Bans Pokemon Go Over 'Security Concerns' 71
Linux on Windows Exposes a New Attack Surface 228
Ask Slashdot: Share Your Experiences With Windows 10 376
Microsoft To Release Two Major Windows 10 Updates Next Year 150
Waze's New Safety Feature Reminds Drivers Not To Forget Their Child In the Car 76
CP/M Creator Gary Kildall's Memoirs Released As Free Download 157
Microsoft, Google, Apple Could Be Requested To Actively Block Pirated Downloads, Says Report 207
LibreOffice 5.2 Officially Released 103
Microsoft's HoloLens Is Now On Sale To Anyone In The US Or Canada 53
One Year Later: Windows 10 Now Runs On Over 21% of All Desktops 272
PSA: Windows 10 Is Still Free For Those Who Use Assistive Technologies 91
Apple Replaces The Pistol Emoji With A Water Gun 246
All Windows 10 Kernel Mode Drivers Must Be Digitally Signed By Microsoft 440
Onion Debian Services Are Now Available 40
Xen Vulnerability Allows Hackers To Escape Qubes OS VM And Own the Host 73
SwiftKey Bug Leaked Email Addresses, Phone Numbers To Strangers 29
Ask Slashdot: How Transparent Should Companies Be When Operational Technology Failures Happen? 93
Microsoft To Lay Off Another 2,850 People In the Next 12 Months 162
Office 365 Gets New Word, PowerPoint and Outlook Features 99
Nintendo NX Is a Portable Console With Detachable Controllers, Says Report 158
Tesla Model S In Fatal Autopilot Crash Was Going 74 MPH In a 65 Zone, NTSB Says 623
Windows 10 Anniversary Update: the Best New Features 375
Linux Kernel 4.7 Officially Released 60
Turn Your Android Phone Into a Laptop For $99 With the Superbook 126
Cyanogen Inc. Reportedly Fires OS Development Arm, Switches To Apps 124
Apple: Pokemon Go Sets Record For Most Downloads In Its First Week 35
NVIDIA Drops Surprise Unveiling of Pascal-Based GeForce GTX Titan X 134
Apple To Make $3 Billion From Pokemon Go 79
BlackBerry CEO 'Disturbed' By Apple's Hard Line On Encryption 202
MIT's Ori Robotic Modular Furniture Is Designed To Make Small Places Feel More Roomy 68
Library of Congress Hit With a Denial-Of-Service Attack 23
Safari Browser May Soon Be Just As Fast As Chrome With WebP Integration 105
Pokemon Go Doubles Nintendo's Stock Price 108
Facebook's Android App Can Now Save Offline Videos 30
RNC Is Preparing For Cyberattacks 96
Slashdot Asks: Do You Install Preview Version Of An OS On Your Primary Device? 151
How (And Why) FreeDOS Keeps DOS Alive 211
Microsoft 'Patch' Blocks Linux Installs On Locked-Down Windows RT Computers 141
Intel ChromeBooks Can Now Run Wine and Steam 45
Microsoft Store Offers Free Laptop If They Can't Upgrade Your PC To Windows 10 126
Google Decided To Nix Its Oculus Rift Competitor 50
Elon Musk: Autopilot Feature Was Disabled In Pennsylvania Crash 166
Microsoft: Windows 10 Won't Hit 1 Billion Devices By Mid-2018 104
Null Island: The Land of Lousy Directional Data 91
A Smaller Version of Raspberry Pi 3 Is Coming Soon 89
NVIDIA's Releases Its First VR Game, Along With An Interactive Screenshot Tool 'Ansel' 20
Google's New Emoji Aimed At Promoting Gender Equality Are Coming 200
Apple Launching Reality TV Show Called 'Planet of the Apps' 62
Windows Malware Poses As Ransomware, Just Deletes Victims' Files 118
Ex-Google Engineer Launches Blockchain-Based System For Banks 62
Microsoft: Only Microsoft Edge Will Play Netflix Content At 1080p On Your PC 237
Mozilla Will Ship Its First Rust Component In Firefox 48 167
Vulnerability Exploitable Via Printer Protocols Affects All Windows Versions 78
Google To Train 2 Million Indian Android Developers 360
PSA: Pokemon Go Has Full Access To Your Google Account Data 104
Ubuntu's Unity desktop environment can run in Windows 170
Nintendo Stock Price Up 9% After Pokemon Go Launch 46
Researchers Develop A Way To Stop Ransomware By Watching The Filesystem 102

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