Category: Computer

We are in a world where installed apps are second nature. Be it on a phone, tablet, or computer, a few taps or clicks and out pops a new tool, game, or utility which is at your service. What transpires behind...

When you turn on your computer or your smartphone, you may think that only the applications you open are what’s active. You fire up your browser, word processor, or maybe a game, and that is what you see on the screen....

While you are in the middle of important work the program may freeze or close out of nowhere. But why is it that some programs crash more often than others? It is easy to point the finger at the computer but...

When you get a computer, you think of it as a good buy, which is meant to last for years, and in the main it will — but not forever. Within a computer, each component has a set lifespan that may...

When we look at what determines computer speed, we often see a term that comes up frequently: RAM. You may have noticed specifications like “8 GB RAM” or “16 GB RAM” on laptops and smartphones which makes you wonder what it...

If at any point you’ve taken apart a computer or have seen a CPU built from the ground up, you may have noticed a gray or silver substance applied in between the CPU and the cooler. That material is thermal paste,...

When you’re tuned into a high-def video, playing the latest in video games, or designing 3D models, you’ll notice that your computer’s performance is mostly a result of one component — the graphics card. While the brain of the computer is...

Over the years, your electronics, including your phone, laptop, headphones, and game controller, will accumulate grime. We bring them with us everywhere we go, we are in constant contact with them, and we don’t always give them the care in terms...

Every time you hit the power button, your computer goes through a series of in-depth processes in the background. What we see as a simple action — the screen lighting up and the desktop appearing — is in fact a very...

In a world that is becoming more digitally based, we see that the way we connect to, charge, and transfer data is more important than ever before. A technology which has become very universal and easy to recognize in this respect...