During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Microsoft on Tuesday said it has bought Winternals ...

Filling a Long-Standing Gap in Windows Utilities The idea for AppControl came from a familiar frustration: hearing a PC fan running loudly, opening Task Manager, and watching the resource-hungry ...

Windows Task Scheduler is an underappreciated powerhouse that can automate more processes than most people ever realize — no third-party nonsense required. It's a smart and oddly satisfying solution ...

I've tried plenty of Windows utilities over the years, and most sit unused after the initial download. The problem isn't that they don't work—it's that juggling dozens of single-purpose tools gets ...

Microsoft on Tuesday said it has bought Winternals Software, a small maker of Windows utility programs, in a deal that the software maker hopes will add key technical talent to its operating system ...