Could there be a day when the desktop or mobile operating system you use and developers program to don't matter? The age-old question may not be answered any time soon and don't expect to see any of ...

In OS X, user accounts are structured so that most user settings and resources that applications need are located in the Library folder. As a result, when troubleshooting various problems with ...

The Library folder changed from being visible in Mac OS X Snow Leopard to being invisible in Mac OS X Lion. Apple decided to hide the Library folder from users to protect them from damaging the ...

At Microsoft, what comes after the "Singularity" microkernel? The answer may be "Drawbridge," a cousin of the exokernel concept. Microsoft researchers have built a "library" operating system (OS) ...

Microsoft has begun taking the wraps off its hush-hush "Drawbridge" application-virtualization project. "Drawbridge" is a Microsoft Research project developed by some of the same folks who helped ...

Back in OS X Lion and then again in OS X Mountain Lion, Apple hid access to the user Library folder to prevent neophyte OS X users from messing around in the areas of the file system that could cause ...

Apple’s latest app Photos is now available for free as part of OS X 10.10.3 for Mac. The new app is the future of photo management from Apple with support for iCloud Photo Library, burst photos, ...

The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. IncludeOS is a unikernel, a special type of library operating system that allows developers to write ...