Your check engine light can come on a host of reasons, ranging from a loose gas cap to a faulty engine component. If you see a light illuminated on your dashboard, you can use an OBD2 scanner to ...

Microarrays are nothing without their scanners, the instruments that extract the array's data in computer-readable form. Steve Fodor and colleagues at Affymax built the first scanner in 1989, around ...

With millions of people traveling during the holidays, it’s a busy time for any airport. Long lines, delays, and pushing your carry-on into a scanner are all things you’ve probably encountered these ...

Here's how to find out if your scanner will work with Windows 8, and, if it does, how to set it up for use with Microsoft's new operating system. Most of my current work for PCMag is about printers ...

Your computer manages all of its peripheral devices -- including printers and scanners -- with pieces of software called drivers. At any one time, dozens of drivers are operating on your computer, ...

Many things in life are inexplicable, and operating systems are no exception. Search for logic and a pattern as much as you like, and you may never find one. That was my reaction to discovering the ...