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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Figured this was a toss-up between Other Hardware and Mobo, let me know if I was wrong. I upgraded to a new motherboard (and processor and RAM) last week, and my computer clock is running ~half as ...

I know I'm being anal retentive, but I just can't stand how much my computer clock drifts. I've already shortened the Internet Time polling interval to 12 hours, yet the system clock still loses ~30 ...

Q: My computer clock keeps resetting to the incorrect time ever since the early change for daylight-saving time. Is there a way to make it reflect the correct time, or do I have to wait till the ...

Theoretical physicist Ana Maria Rey uses the computer, as well as pencil and paper, to develop mathematical models that describe the behavior of ultra-cold atoms. The idea is to use these systems 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 ...