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How about an operating system for the Web? How about the Web? The idea of a Web operating system has been bandied about for some time, and a few systems are appearing. The central idea of a Web ...

There are only a handful of Web operating systems that are reasonably stable, few that approach mature, and even fewer that are open source. Fitting all of these categories is eyeOS, an open ...

A Google operating system, on top of which sit search and Web apps, could absolutely blow up in this evolving world of hungry Web users. How would Google distribute this?

The U.S. tech giant doesn’t have to divest but is barred from exclusive search engine contracts and must share some of its user data with competitors.

On the back end, developers can use Jadoos as a kind of cloud-based web operating system, the company claims. That sounds vague, for sure, but Jadoos is similar to any big social network that ...

Yet another Web Operating System launches. This one is from Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com, Linspire, and SIPPhone.

It’s been 35 years since the launch of the most important operating system you’ve never heard of -- and it was made by Steve Jobs himself.

Despite the potential privacy benefits, any European mobile operating system would struggle to go mainstream.