Rumor has it the Third Eye Blind song "Jumper" was originally an ode to jumper cables, but the record company executives made the band change the subject matter to appease "big car battery." Alright, ...

In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...

An average car dies many deaths, but with the right owner, it can always live to drive another day. When something fails, a DIY diagnosis and fix can save money and eliminate the inconveniences of ...

Microsoft Start doesn’t seem drastically different from the already-available Microsoft News, which it will replace, but it will deliver news, weather, sports, stock quotes, and more to Windows, the ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for ...

Every drive begins with a 12-volt battery starting the car, even in electric vehicles. Without that essential spark, the trip can’t even start. AAA reports that battery-related roadside service calls ...

You can get it back in the left corner, but you still won’t have your old familiar menu back You can get it back in the left corner, but you still won’t have your ...

Windows 95 launched exactly 20 years ago today, and though the operating system is long dead many of its ideas still live on. In celebration of 95's 20th birthday, we're revisiting our piece on the ...