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 ...

Reader Dan loves his Asus netbook–but not its clock. Every time he turns the machine off, it seems to lose a couple hours. But the minutes, he notes, remain accurate. There are a number of reasons a ...

If your computer's clock is 10 minutes slow, you can manually change the time by opening the system clock and adjusting the time forward by 10 minutes. You can also have your computer automatically ...

We’ve gotten used to the fact that the clocks on our internet-connected computers and smartphones are always telling the right time. Time servers, provided by a variety of government agencies as well ...

SymmTime lets you synchronize your PC's internal clock to a time server over the Intern PC clocks are notorious for not keeping good time. SymmTime, a free Windows application from Symmetricom, lets ...

Surrounded by computer screens in a modern office, you may check your monitor instead of a wristwatch to verify the current time. However, an incorrectly set system clock can cause more problems than ...

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 ...

A subtle tweak to how RAM keeps time is paving the way for higher memory speeds. Here's what that means for you.

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For years, clock speed ruled the roost. It was the one metric you could point to, devoid of context, to say one component was "faster" than another. It's literally right there in the name. Clock speed ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.— Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has developed a universal clock generator that supports processors and chipsets from multiple vendors, including Intel, AMD, VIA and Silicon Integrated ...