Ars Technica

Could not end process from taskmgr or with kill command line util -- what's going on here?

I was watching a divx 5 movie in WMP (version 6.4.09.1109) when my movie froze. After a little while I hit close and got a "not responding" message, so I forced a close. Then I opened the movie again ...
Ars Technica

How to kill an unkillable process?

I have an Epson Perfection 4180 PhotoScanner. Usually, it works fine with the Epson-supplied scanning software.<BR><BR>Tonight I opened the "Epson SmartPanel" which is the overall controlling program ...
Lifehacker

Track and kill your Mac's runaway processes

The Hackszine blog offers a command line tip for stopping unruly CPU-hungry processes from making your Mac run too hot for too long: Just open a terminal window and type top -u .... Scribble down the ...
Network World

The Linux command-line cheat sheet

This select set of Linux commands can help you master the command line and speed up your use of the operating system. When coming up to speed as a Linux user, it helps to have a cheat sheet that can ...