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 ...

Australian software that allows regular computers to keep time with incredible accuracy could improve everything from Skype to transport networks. A FREE PIECE OF SOFTWARE that allows computers to ...

While computers manage many things with extreme precision, they have surprising difficulty keeping track of time. It’s pretty much impossible for a computer to keep exact time, although accuracy can ...

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 ...

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 ...

With daylight-saving time returning early Sunday morning, don't worry about springing forward your computer clocks. The computer should do that automatically. You should know, however, that it may not ...

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 ...

Back in the day, people often compared computer processors by comparing their clock speed. Now, though, that value means very little when comparing two processors of different families. Ars Technica ...

Check out this fun geeky clock, made from recycled computer parts. This fun geek clock is made from a bunch of old computer parts including, a floppy disk, an old micro chip, some recycled hard drive ...

Before today, we probably would have said that scratch-built relay computers were the sole domain of only the most wizardly of graybeards. But this impressive build sent in by [Will Dana] shows that ...