Your idle gaming rig could score you some new Razer gear, but it may take a while and have hidden costs. Gordon Gottsegen is a tech writer who has experience working at publications like Wired. He ...

CPUcoin, a developer of a sharing economy for cloud computing power, today announced the launch of its system for paying people for their idle processor time. The first CPUcoin-earning Compute ...

Summer is upon us! The days are getting longer, the sun is out, and the view outside the window is making it difficult to stay indoors. Fortunately, more than a few free applications are just waiting ...

I built a capable gaming PC but rarely push it to its limits. Most of my work is browser-based, so I have no real use for the powerful hardware beyond gaming. While I can play any modern game, I still ...

A group of students has put their computers' idle time to work curing cancer and saving the environment. Students that join the initiative started last month by freshman Brian Pilchik can download a ...