Dell laptops are popular with small businesses. They use two methods of storing data: the hard drive, which holds the data stored to it even after the computer is turned off, and random access memory ...

The Intel Compute Stick is built into a chassis that measures approximately 0.5 by 4 by 1.5 inches (HWD) and weighs a mere 1.9 ounces. The vents above and below the Intel logo help keep the system ...

We first got an official look at the Intel Compute Stick earlier this year, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. In one of those “But wait! There’s more!” kind of moments common at trade ...

An earlier family of flash memory cards from Sony. Introduced in 1998, Memory Stick storage was used in digital cameras, camcorders and other devices. Starting at 4MB and 8MB capacities, the original ...

Random-access memory, or RAM, is an essential component in everything from desktop computers to smartphones. RAM is a high-speed, short-term storage solution that gives applications, games, and the ...

Our appreciation of mini desktop PCs is well-documented at this point. In the age of the smartphone and the two-pound laptop, the desktop PC is perhaps the least exciting of computing devices, but ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

Stick PCs — computers contained in a device no larger than a USB key and which, when mated with a monitor, become full desktop PCs — have been around for a while. However, they have recently started ...

It's not how big it is, it's what you can do with it. This seems to have been the guiding principle behind Google's latest device, the Chromebit – a computer housed in a memory stick-sized shell. With ...