Tag: Computer

February 12, 2015

Internet Explorer is getting major repairs, as Microsoft has issued 41 patches to fix memory vulnerabilities in its browser.The Internet Explorer patches are part of the company’s routine monthly release of security and bug fixes for its software products, called […]

February 12, 2015

Intel will release Core M processors this year based on its new Skylake chip design, allowing for thinner Windows tablets that might compete better against Apple’s latest iPad Air.The new Core M chips are due in the second half of […]

February 12, 2015

Programmers aren’t usually featured in People magazine, but computer scientist Kimberly Bryant made the cut, landing on the magazine’s June 16 list of “15 Women Changing the World Right Now.” Dossier: Kimberly Bryant Hometown: Memphis Recent accolade: A White House […]

February 11, 2015

A week after the news dropped that Microsoft was acquiring calendar app maker, Sunrise Atelier, the companies have confirmed the acquisition via a YouTube video that has since been made private. The Sunrise calendar app for mobile and desktop is a user […]

February 11, 2015

Before I get to describing Overrun, the fourth piece of DLC for Far Cry 4, here’s a reminder: the game does, in fact, including a competitive multiplayer mode. Said mode will be of utmost importance to your enjoyment of Overrun, […]

February 11, 2015

Google today announced “trusted source,” a project to address the problem of false positives in the antivirus industry. The company has already started working with Microsoft to help minimize the issue on Windows. The aim is simple: to have software […]

July 18, 2014

Ever since D-Wave debuted its quantum annealing processor there’s been a lively discussion around whether or not quantum annealing qualifies as “real” quantum computing, whether the D-Wave system is actually performing quantum annealing or not, and the best way for […]

July 12, 2014

The desktop PC is far from dead, despite what the industry sales figures say, but between weaker demand and gained cost efficiencies we are seeing incredible amounts of technology packed into low cost PCs. Today’s deal isn’t the lowest price […]

July 11, 2014

Right now the hottest trends in computers are for mobile, touch-friendly devices and that means there are deals to be had on your good old fashioned 17-inch desktop replacements. Lenovo is offering one such laptop at a great price after […]

July 9, 2014

A few months ago we asked and answered one of computing’s oldest questions: How long do hard drives actually last? That story missed one vital piece of information, though — who makes the most reliable hard drives? Well, we can […]

June 27, 2014

4K monitors are becoming easier and easier to find, and while they can provide a stunning image for those who need that, the biggest benefit for many consumers will be the downward pressure on the prices for the large 1080p […]

June 25, 2014

When it comes to listening to music, almost every aspect of an audio setup affects how the music sounds. Obviously, the speakers or headphones are the most important variable, closely followed by the amplifier, but the interconnecting speaker cables, interconnects, […]

June 23, 2014

Tomorrow marks one and a half years to the day since the release of Windows 8 to consumers, but adoption remains in the teens as many users are reluctant to embrace Metro. Retailers have responded to demand by supplying computers […]

June 16, 2014

Solid state drives have always been a great way to boost performance compared to using hard disk drives, but traditionally they’re prohibitively expensive in large capacities. So we were excited to spot a price drop we just found on a […]

June 14, 2014

AMD has announced that it will bring back its Never Settle Forever campaign that gives gamers who buy Radeon cards a choice of multiple game titles depending on the type of GPU they pick up. This new version of the […]

May 12, 2014

When AMD announced its new Mantle graphics API last September, it promised that we’d see support for the new standard by December, courtesy of Dice’s Battlefield 4. Then BF4 launched in November as a colossal bug-fest with game-breaking problems. Initially, […]