For a business employee, a laptop offers distinctive advantages over a desktop PC. Your laptop gives you access to your files and software while you travel, allows you to work from any room in the ...

I have developed a keyboard obsession the last week or so. I've been reading up on all kinds of keyboard stuff and watching Youtube channels where people build their own custom keyboards. (Although it ...

The Function key allows the user of a business laptop to access additional functions for dual-use keys. It commonly controls hardware settings like brightness or volume. It's generally at the bottom ...

Running Windows on your MacBook isn’t uncommon, but running it on a new Touch Bar MacBook Pro has its own set of challenges thanks to the removal of the function keys. Luckily, a trip through your ...

There seems to be some unhappiness about Apple removing the function keys on the next MacBook Pros in lieu of a touch screen strip. I wonder how many people use those function keys, though. If you use ...

Most laptops have at least one Control (CTRL) key, and standard PCs usually have two. These keys optimize the other keys on your keyboard by giving them additional functions, such as copying and ...

Function (Fn) keys – F1, F2, F3, etc., come in handy for those who are in dire need of shortcuts on their keyboards. Laptops are usually equipped with such keys but desktop keyboards, especially the ...

You may have never realized it, but you don’t necessarily have to settle for the keyboard defaults that you get on your laptop out of the box: If you want different keys to trigger different actions ...

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" ...

F2 is the hotkey in Windows, which can help you rename a file or folder. You need to simply select a file or folder, and press F2 (or Fn+F2) to rename it quickly. However, if that stops working, then ...