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The operating system is set to arrive on July 29 It is probably the last thing that Microsoft wants to see so close to the release of Windows 10, but skepticism is what one usually gets whenever the subject of the upcoming OS’s impact on device sales is broached. So much so that even Intel…
Those with invalid or problematic licenses can get a replacement key for free Helmed by 25-year-old Marcin Kleczynski, who founded the company in 2008 while still a college freshman, San Jose-based Malwarebytes has quickly emerged as one of the most popular purveyors of anti-malware solutions. Its flagship malware-fighting tool is available both as a free…
What are the common BIOS settings, and what do they really signify and actually do for you? If you’ve ever spent time tweaking your system, chances are you’ve played around in the motherboard’s BIOS settings. You sift through the options, only to find a massive laundry list of settings you can tweak, with many of…
The new ‘Pinnacle Canyon’ NUC kits start at $129 A brace of new NUC (Next Unit of Computing) became available for pre-order from Amazon a couple of days back. These latest additions to Intel’s three-year-old range of barebone PCs are the same Braswell-powered models we told you about in May: the $172 NUC5PPYH and the…
The patch will re-enable automatic Windows updates on its laptops A few days back, Samsung was caught using a small executable (installed as part of its Software Update tool) to sneakily block Windows updates from being automatically downloaded and installed on some of its PCs. The discovery, as was to be expected, caused quite a…
Last week during E3 2015, Re/code got a chance to chat with Oculus VR co-founder Palmer Luckey who was at the show demonstrating Oculus Rift. He hinted that virtual reality will be as big as Apple’s launch of the original iPhone. However, the difference is that mobile phones existed long before the iPhone arrived whereas…
Top Deal: For new builders, the power supply is arguably the most underrated component. All the attention gets paid to the CPU, GPU, RAM, and storage, but it when it comes time to select a PSU, new builders often wonder why they should pay more for a name brand model when generic high wattage models…