The Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is one of the most hated things in tech. It’s a feature so infamous, especially for the early years of Windows, that the prospect of seeing one today still annoys and terrifies me. Dealing with BSOD occurrences is much simpler for the user, and problems can be fixed …
Intel announced a few weeks ago the brand new 11th-gen Intel Core H-series processors (Tiger Lake-H) that will power plenty of laptop models this year. Various notebook vendors have already announced new designs based on the new Core H-Series chips, which will compete directly against the MacBooks featuring Apple’s M-series processors. Intel announced at Computex …
The release of macOS Catalina marked a seminal moment in the history of Apple — the dissolution of iTunes as a single, standalone element in favor of breaking it apart into multiple apps now dedicated to specific functions, like Music and Books. Along with the iPhone, iTunes was for years deeply woven into the very …
When compared to Windows Vista and Windows 8, Windows 10 has been a runaway success. That’s not to say that Microsoft’s latest operating system is perfect, but it improved upon its predecessors in nearly every way and has only gotten better in the years since it first rolled out to the public. But nearly four …
Is it a brave thing to accept the reality of your own limitations when you’ve tried for years and sunk significant resources into trying to surpass them? Maybe. But it’s not so much that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has necessarily demonstrated bravery by finally, after all this time, admitting that Cortana will never best Amazon’s …
Ever since Skype first launched fifteen years ago, people have been using hacky work-arounds to record calls for later examination. There’s a dozen different programs written for Mac, Windows, and Linux (which even get their own Skype support page!), but it’s still inaccessible to people that don’t have the time or inclination to fiddle with …
Acer has released a brand-new and very thin all-in-one PC, the Acer Aspire S24. Windows all-in-ones haven’t traditionally been particularly popular, but Acer’s hoping that a stylish design and specs that can beat out the entry-level iMac can help with that. For $899, you get a PC with a 23.8-inch 1080p screen, Kaby Lake Intel …
Remember the Meltdown and Spectre chip architecture flaws that affect the vast majority of computers we interact with on a daily basis, including smartphones and tablets? The hardware issues have been patched via software updates that, in turn, caused unwanted side-effects themselves, including temporary issues like unexpected boots, or permanent ones like a drop in …
For the past three years, Microsoft has watched as Google’s Chromebooks have eaten away at the low-cost Windows PC market. Chromebooks have gone from being a rarity to a highly practical option for kids, college students, and anyone who doesn’t need to use fancy software. The biggest component of Chrome OS’s growth has been price. …
Purchased a Mac or Windows computer recently that’s faster than any PC you’ve ever owned? Well, we need to talk. All computers packing Intel chips that were made in the last decade suffer from a serious security issue that should be patched shortly. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the patch involves …
