Do Antivirus Suites Impact Your PC's Performance? By William Van Winkle published 11 October 11 Most of us are now fairly confident that our antivirus scanners are doing their main job of protecting our systems from malicious pests. But what are those scanners doing to system performance behind the scenes? Are some scanners better than others?
Windows 8 In Videos: An Operating System Reimagined? By Andrew Ku published 3 October 11 Microsoft showed off a pre-beta build of Windows 8 at its BUILD conference in last September. We got our hands on a copy and took it for a spin in the lab. Is the company's effort to unify PCs, phones, tablets, and its gaming console actually coherent?
Web Browser Grand Prix 7: Firefox 7, Chrome 14, Opera 11.51 By Adam Overa published 30 September 11 Mozilla released the hotly-anticipated Firefox 7 two days ago. Does it deliver on the promise of speed and memory improvements? Does Firefox 7 have what it takes to dethrone current Web Browser Grand Prix champion, Google Chrome? Read on to find out!
Web Browser Grand Prix VI: Firefox 6, Chrome 13, Mac OS X Lion By Adam Overa published 29 August 11 Chrome 13, Firefox 6, Safari 5.1, and Mac OS X Lion (10.7) have all emerged since our last Web Browser Grand Prix. Today, we test the latest browsers on both major platforms. How do the Mac-based browsers stack up against their Windows 7 counterparts?
Web Browser Grand Prix 5: Opera 11.50, Firefox 5, And Chrome 12 By Adam Overa published 7 July 11 Three major released have landed since our last impromptu Web Browser Grand Prix (WBGP4): Chrome 12, Firefox 5, and Opera 11.50. Can Chrome or Opera regain the WBGP championship? Will Mozilla Firefox ever overtake Microsoft's IE9 in the rankings?
Web Browser Grand Prix 4: Firefox 4 Goes Final By Adam Overa published 4 April 11 It's official! After four months of delays, twelve betas, and two RCs, Firefox 4 has gone final. But after all that, does this fox still have teeth? Can Internet Explorer 9 retain the WBGP title, or will it become the shortest-lived champion to date?
Web Browser Grand Prix 3: IE9 Enters The Race By Adam Overa published 21 March 11 With highly-anticipated Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 now available, along with recently released Google Chrome 10, superb Opera 11, newly updated Apple Safari 5.04, and rock-steady Mozilla Firefox 3.6, this is going to be quite an interesting race.
Sponsored: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 for Serious Web-Based Apps By David Strom published 23 June 10 Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 includes a range of new and improved features to make application programming and implementation faster and easier.
System Encryption: BitLocker And TrueCrypt Compared By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 28 April 10 Now that Intel offers hardware-based AES acceleration in a number of its mainstream processors, it's time to take a look at two of the most popular system encryption tools, BitLocker and TruCrypt, both of which are able to harness the hardware feature.
Do You Need A New Hard Drive With Your Windows 7 Upgrade? By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 31 December 09
Quick Look: Notebook Performance With Windows XP, Vista, And 7 By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 18 December 09
Tom's Hardware's 2009 Gift Guide: Part 2, System Add-Ons By Bestofmedia Team published 14 December 09
Windows 7 And Windows Vista: Performance Compared By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 11 December 09