At the heart of all computers is a clock, a dedicated timepiece ensuring that all of the parts of the computer are synchronized and can work together to execute the instructions that the computer ...

The inventor of this head-pounding “alarm clock” is admittedly a bit quirky (“Hi Mom!” cliche, check!), but I’ll be damned if I don’t give him kudos for inventing the most violent, aggressive alarm ...

Is the clock on every computer system in your organization set to the correct time? If your answer is no, you’re not alone. According to a 2007 study by Florian Buchholz and Brett Tjaden, both ...

I'd like to set an alarm on my computer, but instead of a beep I'd like to assign a preset online radio so I can wake up to music every morning. Do you know how to do this? If you don't mind paying ...

The Online Alarm Clock web site is a very simple web app that lets you set a web-based alarm from any browser.

If your company's computer clocks aren't in sync, forensics, backups, and much more can suffer. Simson Garfinkel on getting the time right. Is the clock on every computer system in your organization ...

When the German computer pioneer Konrad Zuse built the world’s first programmable computer in war time Berlin, it performed floating point arithmetic at a clock speed of between 5 and 10 Hz. The ...

The computing world is on the cusp of a transformative leap forward, as researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have unveiled an all-optical computer capable of achieving clock ...

On most modern computers, you can either set the clock manually or have it automatically sync with an internet clock server that will tell it what time it is. You may find your computer clock wrong if ...