Windows comes pre-configured for Internet access via Ethernet. If your computer includes an Ethernet adapter as many do, connecting your computer to the Internet is as simple as connecting a cable.

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Although it’s easy to head to the electronics store to buy network cables, making do with cables of predetermined lengths can be a problem. More often than not, premade cables are either too short ...

We live in an increasingly do-it-yourself world. We can check out our own groceries, pump our own gas and diagnose our own &#151 OK, maybe not that last one. But for the do-it-yourself type, making ...

To one degree or another, we are all creatures of habit. I tend to exhibit the same types of behavior, regardless of past experiences. While a lot of what I do can be described as me simply being ...