The venerable Intel 486 was released in 1989 as the successor to the extremely popular Intel 386. It was the minimum recommended processor for Windows 98. (Surprisingly, the Windows 95 minimum was a ...

Microsoft Corp. has detailed an upcoming Windows 10 feature that aims to thwart cyberattacks by making it impossible for hackers to edit sensitive parts of a computer’s memory. The feature is known as ...

The search giant is working to allow Rust code in the Linux kernel, a major technological and cultural shift after decades using only C. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...