Computers News

New MIT research points the way to a technology that might make it possible to harvest much of the wasted heat produced by everything from computer processor chips to car engines to electric powerplants, and turn it into usable electricity.

Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their computer skills so they can improve their lot in the work force.

Asia's stock markets mostly retreated Friday following a glum session on Wall Street as evidence of a weak economic recovery continued to pile up.

As the year comes to an end, you probably must be making plans as to what to get for the festive period and where to spend the holiday. Office 10 and Chrome are two great pieces of software for late 2009.

Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar.

A software problem that caused flight delays across the country today was not the first serious hiccup Federal Aviation Administration computer systems have suffered in recent years.

Air Canada said Thursday it has begun trial offers of Internet service onboard some flights between Los Angeles and the cities of Toronto and Montreal.

Google expects lightweight computers powered by its new operating system to be on sale in time for next year's holiday season.

Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their travel plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.

The situation often occurs in which you would like to access your work computer from home or vice versa. This guide can help you do this with the Windows remote desktop program.

The European Ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros, has gone public in saying he has found the European Commission Competition Directorate guilty of maladministration on one count in a complaint brought by Intel Corp.

The fad for mini desktop computers and/or small media centres has blossomed over the last 12 months and Dell is looking to take advantage after giving an official launch to the Zino HD .

Opera Mobile 10 beta for Windows Mobile phones is now available for immediate download on a smartphone near you.

Have you ever wondered what cache memory is and what the differences between L1, L2, and L3 cache are? If so, check out this detailed article that tells you all you need to know about cache memory.

BlackBerry and smartphone security in general hasn't garnered much attention or concern over the past few years--at least from a consumer, or user, perspective; enterprises have been invested in mobile device security since the advent of the PDA.

Apple's line of laptops ranked fourth in a multi-year reliability survey of nine notebook makers, according to a study of 30,000 portable computers published today by a company that provides after-sale warranties.

Stung by an embarrassing electronic leak last month revealing ethics investigations into dozens of lawmakers, Congress moved Tuesday to prohibit federal employees from using the same type of Internet file-sharing software blamed for the disclosure.

Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain - an effort that tests the limits of technology.

Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating system.

Researchers from the universities of Bristol and St. Andrews in the UK have found that the color of a person's skin affects how healthy and therefore attractive they appear, and have found that diet may be crucial to achieving the most desirable complexion.