Windows only: LookInMyPC generates a complete report of what’s going on in a computer—from hardware to software, and everything in between. After playing around with it, this writer wouldn’t start troubleshooting a PC without it. I’m not kidding. Whether... 

Windows only: Ever wish you could set an automatic time limit on how long you (or someone else) can use your computer to play games or browse the internet? Romaco Timeout lets you do exactly that. This free app takes parental controls on your Windows operating system to the next... 

On Tuesday we asked you which you used more regularly as your main computer—a desktop or laptop. Nearly 18,000 responses later, the results are in: And here we thought the desktop was dead! It was a close race, but desktop users outranked laptops 51% to 49%. The main reasons... 

Despite being flooded with a deluge of CES news, there are other happenings around the world of technology too, you know. Case in point, Acer has issued a recall for approximately 22,000 notebooks due to the risk of overheating and burns. While there were no injuries reported... 

We’re not used to thinking of Iomega as a software company, but with EMC — the maker of VMWare — in the background now, some sort of synergy was bound to happen. Iomega’s new v.Clone software is the result, and it sounds pretty great. Basically it backs... 

Anyone can go down to the local bike shop and pick up a crappy bike computer that tells you how fast and far you’ve ridden. But there’s a whole new breed of wireless bike computers, ANT+, that not only track how fast or far you’ve gone, but also things like... 

It’s great to see that virtual reality technology is actively being worked on, after all, we’d all love to ditch our computer monitors and actually enter World of Warcraft ourselves, right? Folks over at the National University of Singapore have come up with a design... 

That video we showed you yesterday made it appear that the HP MediaSmart PC with facial recognition doesn’t work with black people. HP responded to that assertion, blaming bad lighting for the PC’s inability to follow the face of that cool guy who demonstrated it... 

Maybe you’d like to match the wood of your desk to your keyboard. Maybe you need just the right look for your steampunk workshop. Either way, with this tutorial, you can craft a wooden case for your keyboard. Woodworking enthusiast Matthias Wandel didn’t want a keyboard... 

Wow – talk about a convergence device! The Track Ball Mouse Numeric Keypad Hub will offer a slew of computer interconnected goodness, where your thumb will fondle the trackball as you control the cursor on the screen with it, while the numeric keypad ensures you are able...