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Russian hackers go spear fishing The unclassified email system belonging to the Pentagon’s Joint Staff has been offline for the past two weeks. Officials shut it down after discovering a “sophisticated cyber intrusion” that occurred on or near July 25, according to NBC News, which was first to report the incident. No classified information was…
Top Deal: Windows 10 is a free upgrade if you already possess a valid license for Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, but if not, you’re looking at $100, right? Not so fast. Check out today’s top deal for Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit (OEM) for $85 with $3 shipping (normally $100 – use…
Big money for exterminators Now that Windows 10 is here and off to a fast start, Microsoft wants to ensure that it stays on top of security vulnerabilities. Using the “it takes a village” approach, there’s a bug bounty program in place, and Microsoft just doubled the maximum reward from $50,000 to $100,000 for what…
New gear for gamers If you’re looking for new PC gaming peripherals, Corsair has a handful of products you might be interested in. The company announced several new items at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, including a pair of keyboards, three headsets, and a mouse. Starting with the keyboards, Corsair unveiled the Strafe RGB and Strafe…
Big update rolls into view Well that was fast. In this new era of Windows as a Service (WaaS), Microsoft has released its first cumulative update for Windows 10, which some are calling Service Release 1 (tongue in cheek, of course). Microsoft lists the update as KB 3081424 and it’s a big one. It replaces…
Defragmentation, SMART monitoring, and more tips to keep your hard drives chugging along In an age of increasingly affordable flash storage, hard drives are slowly disappearing from enthusiast rigs and mass-market laptops alike. Although SSDs are markedly faster than their platter-based counterparts, hard drives are still useful for long-term storage, archival, and massive media libraries…
Top Deal: There was a day when buying a monitor with an In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel meant taking out a second mortgage. Not anymore! Just check out today’s top deal for a Dell P2314H 23-inch IPS Monitor for $160 with free shipping (normally $200 – use coupon code: [EMCAWAR45]). This IPS monitor sports a 1920×1080…
Not your average looking desktop Whenever Intel launches a new processor line, system builders come out of the woodwork to announce new PCs that use the newest hardware. Skylake is no exception, and with it comes a new Predator gaming desktop from Acer. Like previous Predator desktops, the Predator G6-710 with Skylake inside sports a…
An easier way to create presentations After 10 months of testing, Microsoft today announced that its digital storytelling app, Sway, is moving out of Preview form and into general availability. And the timing couldn’t be better, with the back-to-school season coming into view. Sway joins Microsoft’s Office suite and is available as a free download…
An easier way to create presentations After 10 months of testing, Microsoft today announced that its digital storytelling app, Sway, is moving out of Preview form and into general availability. And the timing couldn’t be better, with the back-to-school season coming into view. Sway joins Microsoft’s Office suite and is available as a free download…