"Out of the box" doesn’t mean "out of the woods." These essential first steps will tidy up Windows, lock it down, and get ...

I t's a lot easier to take care of a PC than it used to be. I'm old enough to remember DOS, and often, just getting PC games ...

In this example, we assume you want to defrag 4 drives. You need to edit the list to match the drives that you want to defragment using the batch file. If you want to defrag just one drive, then ...

One of the things that Windows does behind the scenes is run TRIM on an SSD in your PC. TRIM keeps the SSD in top shape and helps it run at optimal speed. This is done automatically but you can modify ...

There’s always some debate around what style of architecture is best for certain computing applications, with some on the RISC side citing performance per watt and some on the CISC side citing ...

IObit Smart Defrag is a powerful disk optimization utility that improves PC performance by intelligently defragmenting and optimizing HDDs and SSDs for faster. IObit Smart Defrag is a leading disk ...

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, which connects to the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, on a sunny afternoon in June 2025. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) The ...

Question: How do I add fonts to my computer and are they cross-compatible between Windows and Mac? Answer: Installing new fonts can give your digital projects a whole new personality, whether you’re ...

SANTA CLARA, California, March 19 (Reuters) - Synopsys (SNPS.O), opens new tab, which makes software used to design semiconductors, on Wednesday introduced a technology it said will pave the way ...

We all think of the CPU as the "brains" of a computer, but what does that actually mean? What is going on inside with the billions of transistors that make your computer work? In this four-part series ...