Google Error Sends Warning Worldwide

Google’s Internet search service malfunctioned for nearly 55 minutes Saturday morning, upending users around the world with search results that carried false safety warnings and Web links that did not work. The company acknowledged Saturday that all searches produced links with the same warning message: “This site may harm your computer.” Clicking on any of [...]

Trick Out Your PC With Multiple Monitors

A video card, the right utilities, and an extra display or two can dramatically enhance the way you work, use multimedia apps, play games, or simply surf the Internet. Here’s how to tweak your rig.

Smartphone From Dell? Just Maybe

Dell and other personal computer makers face a major test as they contemplate entering the mobile phone market.

Japan’s Latest Woes Include Layoffs at NEC

The plight of Japan’s economy deepened as the computer maker announced 20,000 job cuts and Honda lowered its profit forecast.

Newcomer Claims 3rd Place In Thin Clients

Germany’s IGEL is less well known but is offering some redefinition of what a thin client can do and appears closely attuned to virtualization developments.

Scoop! 2010 Volkswagen Golf R Series Turbo Coming to America – Car News

The ultimate Golf gets 270 hp and may be called the R20. BY JENS MEINERS It’s no secret that we love the Volkswagen GTI—it’s a three-time reigning recipient of a 10Best Cars award, after all. But even the 210 hp of the upcoming sixth-generation 2010 replacement model leave the GTI at a distinct power disadvantage [...]

2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Confirmed for U.S.

Five-door reinforcements are coming for the Lancer and Lancer Ralliart. BY JARED GALL America is still not a hatchback-friendly place, but rising fuel costs and a plunging economy have several automakers hoping that tighter pocketbooks will have U.S. customers looking at smaller, more efficient ways to get the SUV/crossover feel. In the summer of 2008, [...]

2009 Mini Cooper S Convertible – First Drive Review

The weather was cold as ice—but we were willing to sacrifice. BY ERIK JOHNSON Top-down in a Mini convertible in negative-degree temperatures? It was probably the dumbest decision we’ve made since we decided to buy a 30-year-old school bus from a drunk guy with no bathroom. OK, so we had the Mini’s windows up, the [...]

2010 Volkswagen GTI Revealed – Car News

The new GTI stays slavishly close to the concept car. BY JENS MEINERS VW wants to hype the smallish Polo at the Geneva auto show this March, but we don’t really care. The significant news for us is the next-generation GTI, of which production-version pictures have now been leaked courtesy of worldcarfans.com. The GTI was [...]