I don’t have any statistics on this, but most of the laptops that cross my desk have one thing in common: pressing the power button puts them to sleep (i.e. standby mode) instead of actually shutting ...

Almost every computer keyboard has a row of function keys at the top, but it seems like almost nobody knows what they do. They’re incredibly handy, however, and can be an invaluable part of your daily ...

My (slightly old) Toshiba Satellite has the Fn key placed between left Ctrl & Alt, where a Windows key would normally be. The Fn key is used in key combinations to control video out, lock the laptop, ...