A fundamental overview of operating systems (OSes) with an emphasis on practice. Topics covered include: OS structure, OS models, OS abstractions, concurrency sources, concurrency challenges, ...

Apple on Thursday gave us another sneak peek at what’s in store for the next major release of Mac OS X, dubbed Lion, due out this summer. Between the iOS-inspired features we saw in the first Lion ...

While I was waiting for my client this morning in a busy area of her organization, I reflected on some of the observations I was making with regards to conversations going on, emotional triggers, ...

As I recently mentioned, I picked up a 2014-era Toshiba Chromebook 2 a few months ago (which I promptly took apart). While my fundamental aspiration for the acquisition was its pending embrace of ...

When do you need to use a real-time operating system (RTOS) for an embedded project? What does it bring to the table, and what are the costs? Fortunately there are strict technical definitions, which ...

The Mac OS X Administration Basics Exam Cram is the essential study guide for the Mac OS X Administration Basics Exam (9L0-500). This exam is common to both the Apple Certified Technical Coordinator ...