Power in my house is awkward. Unreliable for starters, hence the UPS, but also sparse. So I have 1 socket into which I have plugged 1 UPS, but I'd like to use it to power down 2 devices: 1 being my PC ...

American Power Conversion (APC) is voluntarily recalling two popular models of its back-up uninterruptible power supply products — the Back-UPS CS 350 and the Back-UPS CS 500. More than 2.1 million ...

Reader Don Cooper has done the smart thing by attaching an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to his Mac. Yet, a question remains. He writes: I have my iMac hooked up to an APC XS 1500 UPS. I recently ...

You know the signs: The lights flicker, your humidifier stops humming, and some piece of tech—there’s always one—makes a mournfully long beep from another room to let you know that it’s losing ...

I'm without power due to Hurricane Isabel. I moved my computers to a safe room before the hurricane hit. Now I'd like to use them, but the UPSs (BackUPS Pro 1100 and 1400 and SmartUPS 1000 models) won ...

One of the most important things you can do to protect your data is to create a backup. However, once you’ve done that, you should also consider protecting your hardware in the event of a power surge.

Security researchers have found several vulnerabilities affecting many models of APC Smart-UPS uninterruptible power supplies that could be exploited to take over the devices. UPS devices are used ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You know the signs: The lights flicker, your humidifier stops humming, and some piece of tech—there’s ...