Fix Windows 7 SP1 USB Storage Device Access Failures
In specific scenarios, customers attempting to access a USB storage device from Windows 7 will be unable to do so. In the eventuality that the process...
Read MoreThe fanless spinning heatsink: more efficient and immune to dust
There’s a fundamental flaw with fan-and-heatsink cooling systems: no matter how hard the fan blows, a boundary layer of motionless, highly-insulating ...
Read MoreAutomated Fix for Windows 7 SP1 Install Failures 0x8004a029, 0x80004005 - E_FAIL
A few months ago Microsoft confirmed that some customers were experiencing issues when attempting to install Service Pack 1 for Windows 7. Specificall...
Read MoreGoogle+ Identity Crisis: What’s at Stake With Real Names and Privacy
After a steady stream of angry blog posts and heated debate among its own users over the value of pseudonymity on the web, Google announced Monday tha...
Read MoreMozilla aims to play the OS game
Mozilla is plotting to join the operating system fray with an “open Web” twist. The group outlined a project called on its Wiki page: Mozilla believes...
Read MoreFacebook glitch exposes private videos
Just as our friends at and Link Removed are reporting about a start-up that rats you out to potential employers based on your drunken or otherwise ill...
Read MoreWindows everywhere, or Windows nowhere? What is Microsoft's "single ecosystem"?
In 1998, Ask Ars was an early feature of the newly launched Ars Technica. Now, as then, it's all about your questions and our community's answers. Eac...
Read MoreThese Aren’t the Droids You Are Looking For … No Wait … They Are
One of the earliest uses of the word Droid came in Star Wars when Obe-wan Kenobe when approached by some Storm Troopers said “These aren’t the droids ...
Read MoreIBM speeds storage retrieval with flash drives
IBM has demonstrated a high-speed storage system that uses solid-state memory and a parallel file system With an eye toward helping tomorrow's data-de...
Read MoreBest free Portable Applications.
This list provides a collection of portable apps from across Gizmo's Freeware and other sites. Portable freeware is an amazing development and is forc...
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