If ever source code can be said to have helped launch an empire, the code behind the Apple II DOS would qualify. And now it's available to everyone. Last spring, CNET was first to report on the ...

SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS, Calif. -- In the common retelling of Apple's history, it was Steve Jobs' and Steve Wozniak's second computer, the Apple II, that launched their fledgling company toward ...

After five tries in 10 years, Microsoft may be getting the hang of it. Version 5 of the company’s Disk Operating System (DOS) for IBM-compatible computers is not only much easier to use than the older ...

The author behind Game of Thrones "hates" spell-checking software Game of Thrones author George RR Martin has explained why he does all his writing on an obsolete disk operating system (DOS) computer ...

In context: Back in 1980, Tim Paterson was creating a new operating system he called QDOS or Quick and Dirty Operating System. The system was later renamed 86-DOS, as it was being designed to run on ...

Some things we don't think much about; we just accept them. But have you ever wondered why the hard drive on a Windows system ...