Many conversations comparing Linux and Windows OSes focus on market share, software compatibility and cost. While these are certainly valid concerns, it is important to consider the differences ...

Why it matters: The kernel space is the core component of a computer operating system, where critical hardware management and device driver code reside in memory. If a kernel-level driver malfunctions ...

Maybe don't give unrestricted access to your PC.

Following the massive Windows outage in July caused by a defective CrowdStrike update, Microsoft is working on a way to allow security products to ‘run in user mode just as apps do,’ Microsoft’s David ...

The CrowdStrike incident that affected more than 8.5 million Windows PCs worldwide and forced users to face the “Blue Screen of Death,” made Microsoft sit down and revisit the resilience of its ...

In the aftermath of the devastating CrowdStrike outage this July, Microsoft vowed to do better even though it insisted that the event was an aberration. Evidently unwilling to take chances (or risk ...

‘We’ve heard the feedback loud and clear,’ David Weston, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of enterprise and OS security, said. Microsoft will release a series of security and resilience services ...

Lots of bug fixes all around.

Linux Mint and Zorin OS are both popular Linux distros - but which one should you use? Here's my advice after weeks of ...