Operating systems are designed to work on $200 laptops and $5,000 workstations and everything that comes in between, so you can count on their defaults to be a tad ill-suited. As you'd expect, Windows ...

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Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years ...

The Tiny Core Project offers up the tiniest of Linux distros, shipping three variants on which you can build your own environments. The lightest edition is Core, weighing in at just 17MB, which comes ...

Sonos doesn’t make computer speakers. And despite how closely some of its speakers look the part (specifically the Era 100, as well as the older Play:1, One and One SL), that’s not how they were ...

NEW YORK, June 11 - “The United States of America is never going to default, that is never going to happen,” said U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on June 1. History suggests that, when it comes ...

Your antivirus will protect you from many online threats, but no antivirus is perfect. Truth is, your PC can still be hacked even if you’re using reputable security software with a solid track record.

I had to help a friend with his computer over the weekend. It seems his PC forgot he had Adobe Acrobat installed and instead it was opening PDF files in Google Chrome. I wasn’t quite sure how his ...

Ever since IBM released the first ThinkPad in 1992, businesses all around the world have depended on the rugged laptops for use on the road. If you look at buying guides from many respected computer ...

Adam Benjamin has helped people navigate complex problems for the past decade. The former digital services editor for Reviews.com, Adam now leads CNET's services and software team and contributes to ...