As far as I know, the Mac mini is the first Unix computer from a major manufacturer (if Apple can be called that) to be this small and cheap. This is a full multi-user operating system and reasonably ...

Just because you can name the remote end of a socket with an IP address and port number pair doesn’t mean the other side can or even wants to talk to you. Making yourself appear interesting (and ...

The choice between UNIX and Linux is not an easy one. These operating systems both have their upsides and downsides. There are certain things you need to consider before deciding which operating ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Dennis Ritchie and Kenneth Thompson, the world-renowned computer scientists who invented the UNIX operating system at Bell Labs in 1969, are the recipients of this year's Harold Pender ...