The latest Steam update finally offers CPU temperature tracking, but it requires Windows kernel access. Find out if it's safe.

There have been many reports, especially with MacBook Air and other laptop owners, where the Mac OS X "kernel_task" process takes up a large amount of CPU when checked in Activity Monitor. When this ...

A significant redesign of the Windows, MacOS, and Linux kernels is needed to patch up an Intel processor security flaw. Modern Intel processors from the past decade are affected by the flaw. Exact ...

(Editor’s Note: Intel has now provided a list of the affected processors, as well as when it first learned of the problem.) Intel said Thursday that by next week, the company expects to have patched ...

I did a motherboard swap, then reversed it as the motherboard was flaky. Okay, been there a hundred times. Only this time, Win7 took more exception than usual. After the swap, on the flaky board, it ...

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h index abe3a8f22cbd..aef70336d624 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h +++ b ...

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h index 913fd3a7bac6..a7c93191b7c6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h ...

If you see a warning message, The speed of processor x in group y is being limited by system firmware in Windows Event Viewer, read this post to learn how to address the warning. The message ...