Hardware
Stay current with the components, peripherals and physical parts that constitute your IT department.
Articles about Hardware
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DIY desktops are dead in business and dying in the home
Declining PC sales, fewer discrete components, and the proliferation of mobile devices are pushing the homebrew PC market into obscurity.
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Google Glass teardown reveals hits and misses on repairability
Bill Detwiler cracks open Google Glass and discovers the wearable computer's sturdy construction also makes repairs impractical.
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Screenshots: Install Virtual CloneDrive
Virtual CloneDrive makes using ISO files in Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, just as easy as it is in Windows 8.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 teardown reveals redesigned interior, easier-to-fix phone
Bill Detwiler cracks open the Samsung Galaxy S4, explores the redesigned interior and shows you why it's easier to repair than previous Galaxy phones.
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Pricey Chromebook Pixel: Built well but impractical to upgrade
Bill Detwiler cracks open the Google Chromebook Pixel and shows you why it's easy to open and service, but nearly impossible to upgrade.
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Difficult-to-repair Surface Pro built more like an ultrabook than a tablet
Bill Detwiler cracks open the difficult-to-repair Microsoft Surface Pro and shows you how it's built more like a laptop or ultrabook than a tablet.
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Nexus 4 teardown: Easy-open case hides LTE hardware surprise
Bill Detwiler shows you how to crack open the LG-built, Google Nexus 4 and uncovers a hardware surprise inside.
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Ease of Access on Windows RT
Tony McSherry gives a run through of the applications that come with Windows RT for ease of use.
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Samsung: Exynos 4 processors are vulnerable to serious attack
Gina Smith reports on the recent vulnerability of Exynos 4 processors, found in Samsung smartphones.
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Control Android's LCD backlight programmatically
In this Android tutorial, William J. Francis demonstrates how to read and write to the LCD backlight brightness control.
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Tools for mitigating time and money lost to poor document management
Significant time and money are spent recreating, managing, collaborating on, and pushing documents around and outside most organizations. The tools needed to mitigate this are already here; they're ju...
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Nanophotonics: What's light got to do with IT?
IBM announces a breakthrough in nanonphotonics, one it says will speed the creation of affordable silicon/optical chips to speed data through servers and data centers.
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HP Z820 Workstation: Tool-less case makes teardown a snap
Bill Detwiler cracks open the HP Z820 using nothing but his hands and shows you what's inside this desktop powerhouse.
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Siine Keyboard: A unique, effective mobile keyboard
Find out why Jack Wallen thinks that once you've tried the Siine Keyboard, you'll have a hard time going back to the standard method of text input on your mobile device.
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Discover the benefits of the Microsoft Touch Mouse in Windows 8
Greg Shultz has gained a new appreciation for the Microsoft Touch Mouse features now available in Windows 8. Perhaps you will too.
