PC Gaming
Officially a two-horse race After all the hype and anticipation, you can finally place a pre-order for HTC’s Vive headset today, just as the company promised last week. The cost, as stated previously, is $799, with the first batch of headsets slated to ship in April of this year. There’s also an estimated $30 shipping…
Can’t beat the price Valentine’s Day is in the rear view mirror, football season is finished, and the NBA playoffs won’t start for more than a month. Find yourself looking for something to do this weekend? That leaky faucet still needs fixed, but if you’re not up for manual labor, you can log some multiplayer…
Pissed off penguins Linux users are chastising Microsoft for not paying enough attention to its Skype software on their platform of choice. They’re ticked off that Skype had gone without an update on Linux for over a year and a half, and that the the long overdue upgrade that was rolled out this past Monday…
Burning Bridges Microsoft wanted to make it easy for mobile app developers to port their software over to Windows 10 without having to rewrite their code, so it created a series of so-called bridges. They’re essentially toolkits designed to do the dirty work for developers. There was one for porting Android apps to Windows 10…
In response to the US government request that Apple create special software to access a locked iPhone 5c, the company filed a motion on Thursday to reverse the court order, stating that the dispute isn’t about one isolated case, but the “dangerous power” that could be given to the Department of Justice and the FBI….
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…