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Six steps small businesses can take to protect their Macs

Touch-based technology isn't just for the iPhone and iPad.

Learn how to get perspective and the technology you need to put yourself on the path to smoother backups.

Your business--and the computers that power it--may have started with an idea that popped into your head while you sat in front of your laptop, freeloading off of the local coffee shop's wireless network. But you can't work out of the Java Hut forever.

A growing number of entrepreneurs are deciding a Mac is the right computer for them.

Here's how to find emergency care for your ailing laptop.

Microsoft resorts to subterfuge to get people to try Windows Vista, as Steve Bass recently found. Plus, tips for Outlook and Windows passwords.

Does your PC hang, complain, or flat-out blue-screen when you start it up or shut it down? PC World's Lincoln Spector has answers to readers' most perplexing boot and shutdown questions.

Whether you're building a new PC or overhauling an old one, a new motherboard is the place to start. Here's our advice for choosing the right one.

New versions of two of the world's biggest Linux distributions have hit the street. How do they match up?

Say good-bye to annoying red (and yellow) Windows warnings, stop USB device problems, replace your Clipboard, and Webify your mail.

Even the most fervent PC enthusiast has to admit that Apple is on a roll. Riding on the coattails of the iPod's dominance and the iPhone's cachet, sales of the company's Macintosh personal computers are rising.

Dead Net connection? Use the power of the Windows command prompt to get back online fast.

Blindingly fast chips, flexible displays, nanotube cooling, and more: Tomorrow's technologies will change everything about computing, whether you're at home, at work, or on the road.

A few simple tweaks to the BIOS and to Windows' power settings can cut your PC power bill by more than half.

With these programs, you can eliminate a lot of annoying Windows limitations, and enhance your computing fun cheaply--or even for free.

Meet the web applets that interact with your desktop 24/7/365.

Worried about protecting computer data? With a tape backup drive, your worries may be over.

Prices keep dropping--giving you more computer than ever for your money.