Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Linux, the free and open-source operating system, has fewer desktop ...

For those looking for the ultimate in portability and security in their computing, there's the option of running a system straight from a USB drive you can carry around in your pocket. Plug this into ...

Use the following suggestions if your Windows computer shuts down when plugging in a USB device. Let’s see all these fixes in detail. 1] Has your computer not turned on again? Has your computer not ...

A computer stick is a single-board, palm-sized computer that resembles a media streaming stick (such as the Amazon Fire TV Stick or Roku Streaming Stick). They are sometimes referred to as compute ...

Download Windows ISO Create a Bootable USB or DVD drive Boot from the media and choose “Repair your computer.” Under Advanced troubleshooting, choose Startup Repair If you cannot boot into Windows ...

A Hong Kong-based technology manufacturer, USBKill.com, has taken data security to the “Mission Impossible” extreme by creating a USB stick that uses an electrical discharge to fry an unauthorized ...

A Russian security researcher known as “Dark Purple” has created a USB stick that contains an unusual payload. It doesn’t install malware or exploit a zero-day vulnerability. Instead, the customised ...

Now that so many of us are signed up to cloud storage services, USB drives aren't as ubiquitous as they once were, but they still have their uses. One of those uses is running an entire computer ...