Stories tagged "computers"

How the biology of gray matter is having an increasing influence on computer design.

Instead of rolling out of bed and stumbling over to your computer in the morning, why not stay in bed all day? This list of 70+ hacks will show you how it's possible to spend virtually the entire day working from home, because let's face it: sitting up is

Every Star Wars geek who is also into computers and tech has always wanted a custom designed computer made with a Star Wars theme. There have been several made, and can be found online. Here are a few favorites from DayoftheJedi.com

This computer rivalry has been elevated to a cultural divide on par with Pepsi versus Coke. Taking it beyond personal taste, Popular Mechanics crunches the numbers—with some surprising results (and detailed benchmark scores).

An Apple support file unearthed on the weekend confirms that at least two portables will get an update in short order.

The internet has changed the way people think and communicate as much as the Gutenberg Bible did in the fifteenth century. Gutenberg's movable type made the printing and distribution of books possible in a...

We all know that leaving your computer on 24/7 will release up to 1,500 pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere every year. But if you absolutely must leave your computer on, here's a way you can make up for it...

WinDefender is just the latest in a series of malware attacks designed to look like legitimate Windows components. But people have finally started to wise up to those smallish "alert" pop-ups, so malware creators are upping the ante

Computers are an integral part of our everyday day lives and help us accomplish the most simple of tasks, right down to getting a needed phone number. Do we really appreciate and know how the computer was first developed and where it came from?

The Internet is an Internet lover's paradise, a gamer's haven, a business's lifeline, and a hacker's playground. Over the past two decades, hundreds of worms have devastated the infrastructure of millions of computers around the world.