technology - "computer"

Washington - Computers hate heat. So this summer, be sure to think about keeping your computer cool. computer components themselves run hot, and yet they are not designed to operate above a certain temperature. When the temperature outside gets uncomf...

Apple's notorious secrecy when dealing with unreleased product is especially prevalent at conferences as journalists and the like are ferried around by Apple PR reps to avoid early leaks, heavily contrasting the easy-going image of actor Justin Long in the famous 'Get a Mac' commercials. Computerworld writer Matt Hamblen had a need at WWDC to repea...

Dude With An Afro writes 'What could have been a great Google project is now history. For those who never used it, Google Browser Sync was a Firefox extension that synchronized your bookmarks, web history, browser sessions and passwords across multiple computers by temporarily saving them to Google's servers. According to the Google Browser Sync team: 'It was a tough call, but we decided to phase out support for Browser Sync. Since the team has moved on to other projects that are keeping them busy, we don't have time to update the extension to work with Firefox 3 or to continue to maintain it.' For all of those who fell in love with Google's Browser Sync, our only hope now is to resort to poorly maintained 3rd party extensions without Google's blessing.' While it was undoubtedly a useful utility, the argument can also be made that it wasn't the most secure extension in the world, what with having your personal data kept on Google's servers and shot around the internet. of this

AMD 's ATI division on Wednesday announced a new external graphics solution, known as XGP, that will allow discrete graphics modules mounted in an external chassis to be connected to laptop computers. ATI's XGP is fully optimized for the new AMD Turion X2 Ultra notebook platforms, also announced...

Computer makers Acer and MSI computer on Tuesday introduced sub-$500 mini-notebooks powered by Intel's new Atom processor. The slightly larger MSI Wind, which stands for Wi-Fi Network Device, comes with a 10-inch display and weighs 2.6 pounds. Acer's Aspire One has an 8.9-inch display and weighs...