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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith said during a congressional hearing on Thursday that the company plans to file an amicus brief next week to show its support for Apple. The news follows a statement made by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates earlier this week, who said he was “disappointed” that media outlets felt…
Microsoft launched Windows 10 last summer as a free upgrade for customers using Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Of course, the software isn’t completely free: you must own a valid (read: Genuine) copy of the older operating systems in order to upgrade to the latest and greatest. To buy Windows 10 outright, the “Home” version…
You know that moment: the moment you lose you work because you saved a little too late, or completely forgot save. The moment you look down at your palms. It’s a terrible feeling, especially when your computer crashes. This is why if you’re writing something, do it using Google Docs. Unfortunately, if you’re using Windows…
4K? A-OK Ah, the Turbo. How we love thee, with thy i7 CPU and heaps of memory. With clock speeds fast and FPS high, thy power has the ability to make one cry. Well, maybe not cry, but we still look forward to building the Turbo each season. The Turbo is our power rig, only…
It’s the Final Countdown Yesterday we did an in-depth look at Ashes of the Singularities’ new marquee feature, Explicit Multi-Adapter support, which allows the engine to potentially use any DX12 GPUs it can find to improve performance. In practice, you’ll want to stick with similar performance cards, but you’re not beholden to AMD or Nvidia….
Top Deal: Your choice of monitor isn’t something to take lightly. After all, it’s the one piece of equipment you’ll stare at each and every time you use your PC. The first thing to do is to figure out a set of criteria. Looking for something big? And wide? With FreeSync support? And doesn’t cost…
End of an era For nearly 13 years, Slysoft has been fighting the good fight by releasing software that allowed people to make backups of their optical media, both for games and movies. It’s also been the target of immense government pressure, and in a short statement on its website, the company announced that it’s…
Big speed boost for the Bay Area It’s a big deal when Google announces expansion plans for its 1Gbps Fiber service because it’s comparatively affordable and of course crazy fast. The service is also fairly rare—it’s only available in a few locations at the moment—but little by little, it’s expanding. One of the places Google…
Host of bug fixes AMD recently made available new Crimson hotfix drivers that purport to boost performance in select games while stomping out a whole bunch of bugs. Starting with the performance benefits, AMD said it worked with Stardock and Oxide to bring optimizations to the Ashes of the Singularity Benchmark 2.0. AMD also points…
Anything but average Our Midrange rig gets a lot of flak for its name. “An i7 isn’t midrange,” people say, “and a $1,500 budget is performance grade!” Yes, fair builder, for many our Midrange build would be considered a performance machine. But when we can build rigs with the X99 chipset, the title of Midrange…