It's an age-old question: When you're done using your laptop, or just taking a break from work, should you put it to sleep, let it hibernate, or turn it all the way off? Allow me to answer by way of ...

It's becoming increasingly easier to make your PC setup more eco-friendly, thanks to a wide range of both software and hardware solutions available to help you go green. The green-computing ...

Gary Fung founded BitTorrent search engine isoHunt.com in 2003 when he was a 19-year-old student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. With the demise of The Pirate Bay , ...

Steam, it seems, may finally have tromped across the proverbial bridge too far. The online PC games storefront with the sales leverage of a lion but the transparency of a two-way mirror reportedly ...

If you love Black Friday bargains, but hate the idea of pre-dawn lines, surly shoppers, and the risk of bodily harm just to score a bargain Blu-ray player or Xbox console, major U.S. retailers have ...

So, you've got your spiffy new Motorola Droid phone from Verizon. Now what? When it comes to applications, the Android ecosystem is pretty different from that other far more controlled alternative. ...

What does Google know about you and when did they know it? Those are the questions Google claims it's trying to answer with the new Google Dashboard unveiled yesterday. Simply put, the Dashboard ...

Back in August, Apple entered the era of Snow Leopard. Today, Macworld's Speedmark test suite enters the Snow Leopard's den. Speedmark is Macworld Lab's standard test tool for benchmarking new and ...

It's a natural thing to want to improve one's self, no matter which aspect of it needs enhancement. And for a cosmetics and skin care firm like Forever Flawless, helping others improve their ...

One of the better painting and drawing apps on the iPhone, and one of the most useful creative tools I've seen, SketchBook Mobile is an indispensable tool if you are a real artist. For everyone ...

Initial sales numbers for Windows 7 are in and it seems that the operating system is delivering the redemption for Windows Vista that Microsoft was hoping for. Lower revenue and lower PC hardware ...

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed federal antitrust charges against Intel this week, with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission expected to follow suit. Security problems yet again snagged a ...

It had to happen eventually. The launch of Motorola's Droid makes room for a new kind of fanboy in the tech world: The Droid fanboy, armed at last with a phone that fits with any anti-iPhone ...

As you know, Photo Booth includes a collection of image-altering effects you can use to distort your photos; just click the Effects button to see the collection of 24 effects, and to apply them to ...

Last week I began documenting the pandemic of craziness that is sweeping the globe.In that column it was Japan and All Nippon Airways trying to improve their carbon footprint by asking their ...

The numbers are in and Windows 7 sales are strong, but with lagging PC sales and increased competition from other operating systems, is Windows in trouble? Apple recently reported one of its best ...

I've upgraded quite a few Mac minis over the past several years, from the original 2005 model to the latest version, released last week, and some in between. We've also covered the topic of Mac mini ...

When it comes to security, using Windows can feel like living in the heart of a big city--the kind of place where you can install all the locks and alarms you want, but you still worry. The vast ...

These days, buying a Mac doesn't mean you have to leave Windows behind. In 2005, Apple started building Macs with Intel processors. Among the other benefits of that switch: You can run Microsoft's ...

When you're switching from a Windows PC to a Mac, there's one piece of good news: Most of the peripherals you used with your PC--including printers, digital cameras, networking equipment, external ...

Though neither Microsoft nor Apple would care to admit it, Windows and OS X are in many ways strikingly similar. That's good news for switchers: If you're familiar with Windows, adjusting to OS X is ...

If you've been using a Windows PC but now want to move to a Mac, you likely have files--documents, PDFs, photos, music, and videos--that you want to bring with you. If you've had that PC for a while, ...

[Editors' note: We asked Harry McCracken, the former editor of PC World and the editor of the Technologizer blog, to write a guide to switching to the Mac from Windows. We hope that it's a good ...

The Vostro 320 is Dell's contender for a business all-in-one PC. Minimalistic, simple, and well-designed, it is ideal for businesses primarily interested in a space-saving, clutter-free desktop ...

Skype users can breathe easier, now that one of technology's greatest business blunders has been fixed. The outside chance of a Skype shutdown has gone away, messy lawsuits have been resolved, and ...