Tag: operating systems

The disk ‘Format’ dialog in Windows was only meant to be a temporary solution but it’s still chugging along, 30 years later

Just imagine that you’re a software developer and you’ve got an enormous list of tasks to do. One of them happens to be creating an interface for the formatting of storage drives, so you’d probably just knock something together, just so it can be tested and ensure it all works. You’d maybe even think that […]

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The new Windows update made me think I’d installed malware, but it was just Microsoft’s latest attempt to try and fool me into using Bing

Not for the first time, Microsoft has struck upon a winning formula for irritating the hell out of Windows users: pop-up ads in your browser! The latest Windows update was released several days ago, though I only got around to it today, and after installation inserts pop-up adverts into Google Chrome. I couldn’t believe what […]

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PostgreSQL and Databricks founders join forces for DBOS to create a new type of operating system

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Is it time for a new type of operating system? The founders of DBOS think so. Back in 1986, Michael Stonebraker started the open-source PostgreSQL database project, which to this day remains one of the […]

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