With fancy buzz words going around, you start to wounder what Intel really means when they advertise Dual Core processors. Lets take a look into what it is and how well they really do.

Blue-Ray and HD DVD formats are next generation of optically burned disks. So far, I have seen a few brands of Blue-Ray drives available for sale. However, the competing HD DVD drives seem to be still a promise not yet to hit the market.

Okay, what does this really mean to you. Blue-Ray drives can write either to single or double sided disks, single sided being 25gigabytes and double sided at 50gigabytes. Rather surprising and you surely are asking, "Hey, Mystic... where can I get one of these new writer drives for my PC and what is it going to cost me?"

Confused by the -'s and +'s of DVD reading and writing? Find out what you need to know here!

A brief overview of the latest in multiprocessing technology: multiple core CPUs that perform well enough for a notebook.

Hey, road warrior, if you're beyond the reach of a cable or WiFi, your Internet connection hopes aren't dashed - a cell phone, a computer and a bit of technology will have you surfing before you can say GPRS!

The spirit of giving is in the air, and the time for shopping for those oh so important techy gifts is coming along with it! But what do people want or look for when shopping for someone? More inside!

Mozilla Firefox is known for its Extensions system. But then, how do you figure out if they really are what you want? Some people like myself horde them selfs with 30+ extensions, but some people have just plain old Firefox. Lets see what we can do about that!

Coming down to virtually a dead heat, both Microsoft and Mozilla have released new versions of their web browsing software, Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.0.

In a mind-twisting sort of way, Mozilla's has released it's first candidate for version 2.0 RC1. Perhaps that means Firefox 2.0 RC1 RC1. Or Firefox 2.0 RC1 RC. In any event, the race between Microsoft and Mozilla to be the first to release a new browser is tightening up.

Join the Windows Vista testing rollercoaster! All you need is a Microsoft Passport (your Hotmail address will work perfectly!)

Most people see an error message popup and have no idea what to do with it. Each error message has a code associated with it and here is a list of the top 30 errors you will run into. There are more of course, but they are far rarely seen.

Ultra-X's Professional Diagnostic Kit combines software and hardware to deliver a kockout punch to the problem of tracking down computer hardware problems. Carrying on the tradition of their previous products, this one delivers on its promises!

Fighting the battle of the broken machine? Micro2000 has a new weapon designed to troubleshoot and diagnose hardware that seems beyond repair!

Micro 2000's Universal Diagnostics Toolkit contains two diagnostic products: Micro-Scope and PostProbe. This hardware and software combo provides the means to troubleshoot almost any PC, working or not.

Check out this basic learning course for building and diagnosing PCs.

Setting up a home network and wondering what a MAC address is??? We explain MAC address, (Media Access Control). We explain how to determine a Mac address for your PC and how to use a MAC address.

The ability to predict surfing patterns of the common Internet user has the potential to be instrumental in solving many problems facing producers and consumers of web page content. Web site designs can be evaluated and optimized by predicting how users will surf through their structures. Web client and server applications can also reduce user perceived network latency by pre-fetching content predicted to be on the surfing path of individual users or groups of users with similar surfing patterns. Systems and user interfaces can be enhanced by the ability to recommend content of interest to users, or by displaying information in a way that best matches users' interests. Proper analysis of a web site's activity is therefore an important process that supports an enhanced and intelligent design of a web site.

Peer to peer networks are detested by the recording industry and loved by file sharers. If the courts don't get them for piracy, they eventually collapse under their own weight. But BitTorrent may have a different approach. Read on for more!

If you are experiencing a problem with your computer system being able to ping itself but, not anything else on the network try this.

Is your PC unable to ping other PCs on your network?