Hey all again I'm wondering about building a hacked Mac OS X computer in the future some time. What kinda hardware do I need. Is there anything I should consider. Also is it hard to do. And is it worth it. if you guys could give me some tips and help on what needs to be done that would be great. I w...

In the Windows 7 beta, the Windows Experience Index of Primary Hard disk is rated lower than Windows Vista. This is not possible as the Windows Experience Index (WEI) is up to 7.9 in Windows 7 and its 5.9 in Windows Vista. Maybe this is a small bug or something in the beta version and I hope it will...

Putting idle servers to sleep when they're not in use is part of University of Michigan researchers' plan to save up to 75 percent of the energy that power-hungry computer data centers consume. Data centers, central to the nation's cyberinfrastructure, house computing, networking and storage equipme...

Everyone knows that Microsoft is trying to put Windows XP out to pasture to usher in the latest windows operating system, Windows Vista 7, the last date that direct OEM and retail license availability ended on June 30, 2008 and the System Builder license availability ended on January 31, 2009. But d...

Media files, data synchronization, and remote backups, oh my! Home computing has advanced to a point where it's practical to run your own home server, and we're running down the five best tools for the job. Photo by Rudolf Schuba. Earlier this week we asked you to tell us what software you used to p...

I've been contacted twice recently by teachers running out of hard drive space on their Mac. The teachers are being good stewards of public resources and have used their laptops to their fullest potential! Unfortunately, when the hard drive is......

Hi I am trying to figure how to change the folder location for the exchange server. I partitioned the hard drive so that programs would run on the C drive and I could send saved information like documents and email folders to the D drive. I am not sure what folders I need to move and if I need to go...

Yesterday I downloaded a copy of Safari 4 Beta for Windows, and I have to say that the speed increase was obvious. Just a little playing around with the browser [especially in developer mode] tells me that Apple has something good. Real good. However, my experience when installing the Safari4.0BetaL...

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes and I duke it out over at ZDNet regarding Apple and their (lack of) netbook strategy. I say they should license Mac OS X to Dell and the Chinese/Korean netbook manufacturers , and he says that I’m a whiny cheapskate and that Apple should stay on target . Head on over to ...

Microsoft is talking innovation. This is so amazing I’m almost dumbfounded (I said almost.) News from VNUNet is that there will be a new browser called Gazelle, ostensibly like no other browser now available. Microsoft researchers are working on a new browser called Gazelle which it promises w...