PC Gaming
Better fact check whatever you Comcast agent tells you It’s getting increasingly difficult not to get pissed off every time Comcast makes the news. This is one of only two companies that’s been voted “The Worst Company in America” more than once by readers of Consumerist (Electronic Arts being the other), and it’s because of…
World’s top PC supplier admits it “messed up” Lenovo took to Twitter to issue an apology over Superfish, the visual search software it installed on consumer laptops and desktops without permission, and has posted instructions on how to remove it. Initially Lenovo issued a statement saying that it installed the software with good intentions and…
Timeline and video released to commemorate the occasion On February 19, 1990 a little program called Adobe Photoshop 1.0 was released. Since then, there have been many versions of the image manipulation software and its popularity among graphics designers, artists, and creative minds has grown to the point that the word “Photoshop” is used as…
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Another nudge to get businesses to upgrade Even the floppy disk would have to be impressed with how long Windows XP has been able to hold onto relevance. Sure, most of the world has moved on, but there are still a lot of Windows XP machines out there, especially in various enterprise sectors. Rather than…
Laptop refresh sees an upgrade to Intel’s Core i7-5500U CPU Toshiba today announced that its premium Kirabook 13 i7S1 Touch Ultrabook is now rocking a 5th Generation Intel Core i7-5500U processor based on the Santa Clara chip maker’s Broadwell architecture. The new part is a dual-core chip with four threads with a base frequency of…
Ad-free videos for a fee Stop us if you have heard this one before. A person goes to YouTube in order to watch a 15-second clip of cats doing what cats do, only to watch a 30-second ad before that person can even watch the video. Funny, right? We didn’t think so. However, it appears…
World’s top PC maker installed software that left customers susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks It’s not too often that Lenovo gets dinged for making a bad decision. After all, Lenovo is the top supplier of PCs in the world, and it didn’t get there through a series of mishaps. Nevertheless, Lenovo has come under fire for…
Woodworking meets case modding Computer cases are usually made predominantly of metal and for good reason. Metal’s a sturdy material that can support the weight of meaty components. Chris Albee’s “Dancing Iridescence” bucks that trend by combining his woodworking skills with his obvious modding abilities. Only the front panel’s made of wood, but the complete…
Another major change for Mozilla Johnathan Nightingale is stepping down as Mozilla’s vice president of Firefox and leaving the company effective March 31. Before he leaves, he wants you to know that Firefox is in a good place, that “2014 was an incredible year,” and that Mozilla today is stronger than it’s ever been. He…