A Web OS, sometimes called a Webtop or a cloud computer, is a virtual machine that lives online–but when you’re logged in to one, it can be nearly indistinguishable from a regular desktop OS.

Making a new operating system is always an exciting prospect, for everyone from university computer science students to large companies like Microsoft—the latter's Singularity research OS ...

Linux finally has an impressive cloud-like OS in Ubuntu Web Your email has been sent Jack Wallen has discovered a Chrome OS-like Linux desktop distribution that makes it possible for users to cut ...

Chrome OS and life in the cloud. When you talk about Chrome OS, words like “app” and “program” are all relative. Nearly every app opens in a browser window and is based in the cloud.

Space OS reimagines your desktop, your apps, and the way your cloud data works. The Berlin startup behind it, Deta, thinks it could be the future of PCs.

If it meets expectations of users and developers, Google's Web-based operating system may trigger overhaul of current device and services delivery ecosystem, new report notes.

At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced the launch of Visual Studio Code, a lightweight cross-platform code editor for writing modern web and cloud applications that will run ...