Computers
Computers
10% of desktop PCs now run Windows 8
Pete Pachal Microsoft Windows 8 is slowly but steadily spreading to more of the world's PCs, though its predecessor Windows 7 is still the version of choice for most users.
Computers
Chromebook sales up sharply in 2013
Salvador Rodriguez While Apple and Microsoft's share of laptops sold in the US decreased in 2013, Google dramatically increased its portion of sales.
Computers
Brain-like computers are learning from experience
John Markoff Computers have entered the age when they are able to learn from their own mistakes, a development that is about to turn the digital world on its head.
Computers
Apple Mac Pro review: a sleek computer with power inside
Molly Wood The Mac Pro is daring, extravagant and elite - or maybe it's just for the elite.
Review
Google Chromebooks do the simple things well
Paddy Wood Google's Chromebooks are no-frills laptops. They're light, simple, fast and cheap.
Privacy
Researchers activate Apple iSight webcams without warning light
Ashkan Soltani, Timothy B. Lee If a laptop has a built-in camera, then someone can access it to spy on the user at any time, and the user would never know.
Computers
LG unveils Chromebase, an all-in-one Google Chrome OS desktop PC
Salvador Rodriguez The new LG Chromebase is the first Chrome OS desktop PC with a built-in monitor.
Computers
New menu for custom-built PC connoisseurs
BLEEDING EDGE Building your own PC has become even better value, as specialised components filter down to the mainstream.
Computers
Windows 8 a certifiable flop
Will Oremus "You'll Hate Windows 8," my former colleague Farhad Manjoo predicted last June. He was right.
Overheating reports suspend HP, Google Chromebook 11 sales
Aaron Ricadela and Brian Womack Google and HP halt sales of the Chromebook 11 laptop after some users reported overheating power supplies.
Computers
Limelight for Apple's MacBook Pro
MACMAN As iPads continue their invasion, desktop PC sales are assuming the trajectory of a brick.
Computers
Dell offers to fix laptops that smell like cat pee
Salvador Rodriguez Everyone knows the internet is all about cats, but Dell may have taken that too literally with one of its new computers.
Computers
Apple iPad Air, OS X Mavericks review
MACMAN Ten days into my marriage with the iPad Air, the euphoria of the honeymoon remains.
Computers
Asus Transformer Trio: some heavy hardware
KATIE CINCOTTA Asus's new Transformer Book Trio can change between a laptop, a tablet and a desktop PC.
Computers
Apple Mavericks OS X: top 10 features to try
Salvador Rodriguez Even though Apple's new Mavericks OS X - the latest version of its operating system for Macbook laptops and Mac desktop computes - is seen as an evolutionary upgrade, there are a few cool new features you'll want to try.
Computers
Windows 8.1 update offers desktop choice
ADAM TURNER Microsoft has curbed some of its more radical changes with the free Windows 8.1 update.
Computers
Microsoft releases Windows 8.1, a year in the making
Ryan Nakashima Microsoft is releasing its long-awaited Windows 8.1 upgrade as a free download starting Thursday night.
Gadgets
Google unveils new HP Chromebook 11
Anick Jesdanun Google's new plastic Chromebook is a cheap gateway into its cloud services that borrows features from higher-end models.
