With the dozens of electronic devices commonplace in just about every modern household, a small amount of electricity is constantly being leeched from the grid—day in, day out, twenty four hours per day, seven days per week. As more and more high-tech devices are purchased, this “Phantom Load” continues to increase.

Icrontic's Rob Hallock shows us how to make a bootable USB flash drive.

The nature of the Core 2's design may be baffling, particularly to users exiting the era of synchronized Athlon XP buses, and we intend to cut through the haze and serve it straight - Icrontic style.

Web site owners and bloggers take note - Cracked.com has obviously nailed the Digg formula

"HELP! Forgot my Windows password! WHAT DO I DO??" You crack it, of course.

Engines have belts, Windows has Winsock, and humans have brains. The relation between all three, of course, is that they're all apt to get completely fouled up without explanation or prior warning.

Top 5 things I learned at An Event Apart: Boston (Day 1)

Sometimes you just gotta do whatever it takes to get the job done. And when all you have to work with is an old case fan, a food container lid, and some dryer duct.... these are the things that happen. Short-Media.com presents a crude-yet-effective mod for quieting and cooling your laptop.

A simple and easy way to slipstream a Windows installation disk with the latest service pack(s), updates and drivers.

If your notebook is experiencing BSODs or complete shut-downs then the culprit be a dusty, dirty CPU and heatsink. This means it's time to clean it and gain back stability. Just how to do it is what this guide is all about.

I'm looking at my sleek and sexy aluminum case the other day and I can see nothing but the CD face and floppy face sticking their beige tongues out at me. I'm thinking....that's pretty damn ugly.