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A few botched updates from Microsoft this week have us questioning their forced update strategy with Windows 10.  If you've had issues logging into your Windows 7 computer, if Outlook is crashing randomly, or if you are unable to open documents from Sharepoint, the fixes are below.  The troublesome KB's in question... Read more...
When the topic of self-driving cars comes up, Google typically comes to mind (sometimes in humorous fashion). So does Tesla, and to an extent, Apple is a name that's thrown around. You can go ahead add Ford to the list, as the major automaker is stepping up its autonomous vehicle initiative by becoming the first to... Read more...
Yesterday was a big day for Microsoft and Xbox One gamers. On Thursday, Microsoft made the New Xbox One Experience (NXOE) available for Xbox One consoles, bringing with it a new Windows 10-based user interface, faster performance, new community options, and much appreciated backwards compatibility. But while the... Read more...
Fallout 4 is finally here. Channeling its best 50's era paranoia and the allure of a warm, radiation-free bomb shelter, Bethesda’s newest RPG tells us doomsday prepping and cryogenics actually work—yay! Well, that is until they malfunction and you’re thrust topside to an irradiated, post-apocalyptic wasteland filled with vile mutated everything,... Read more...
Critics of autonomous vehicles fear that handing over control of a car to a series of senors and algorithms is a recipe for danger, though testing to this point has proven the fears to be unfounded. That doesn't mean self-driving cars never catch the attention of law enforcement. In fact, one of Google's cute little... Read more...
You didn’t think that we’d forgotten about Fallout 4 already, did you? Of course not! The game was released earlier this week to great fanfare, but today we talking about wicked gameplay in Fallout 4’s digital wasteland — instead, some rather inventive folks sought out to recreate one of the game’s most terrifying... Read more...
Trying to figure out the best wireless carrier and plan for your budget involves wading through a bunch of smoke and mirrors. All of the major carriers talk a big game with fancy sounding plans and special promotions, but you have to be on the lookout for hidden costs. One of the most annoying fees is the cost of... Read more...
Facebook is a social media monster, boasting over 1.5 billion active users per month in its Q3 earnings release. But in order to stay ahead of the pack and continually fuel growth, the company is looking to virtual reality as a new way to keep users engaged. Back in September, Facebook enabled 360-degree video... Read more...
MSI claims that it is now shipping the “World’s Most Powerful Gaming All-In-One PC” and we must admit, it does pack quite a punch. MSI’s Gaming 27T, as it names implies, features a 27-inch display. But unlike some all-in-ones released in the past few months, the 27T doesn’t feature a 4K display. Instead, the... Read more...
It’s time for the latest installment of HOT deals, straight from the good folks at TechBargains. On the agenda today, we have deals on a Dell P2416D 24" 2560x1440 IPS Monitor, a Lexar 633x 32GB UHS-I/U3 MicroSD card and reader bundle, a Roku 3 (4230R) Streaming Media Player, and more. Full details for all of today’s... Read more...
We’ve been talking about it for weeks, but it’s finally here. Microsoft has rolled out its first big update to its Windows 10 operating system. The November Update carries build number 10586, the same build that was pushed out to Windows Insiders last week. Microsoft has made a ton of improvement where it counts... Read more...
Microsoft's mission is to have one core operating system  to rule them all. That OS is Windows 10, and whether you're using a traditional PC like a laptop or desktop, a mobile device like a smartphone, or even a game console like the Xbox One, Microsoft's goal is to deliver a consistent, cross-platform experience by... Read more...
All cores are not created equal. Look no further than Apple, which has been dominating the competition in processing performance with its A8/A8X and A9/A9X processors. Apple, which uses its own custom-brewed ARM cores is able to roast competing Android smartphones which for the most part feature garden variety ARM... Read more...
This past spring, Google released a much-needed update to its Android Wear platform, one that added both gesture and Wi-Fi support. That latter feature meant that people would be able to send and receive messages on their watch or get quick info about who's calling as long as they were connected to a Wi-Fi network... Read more...
Firefox has found new ground to run wild in. That ground is iOS, the mobile operating system for Apple devices, which opens Firefox up to a new audience of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users who take the time to download the Mozilla's browser from the App Store. It joins Chrome, though not Internet Explorer (or Edge)... Read more...
If you're a believer that "Gold is best!," you're going to love the Midas touch ASUS employed to its newest all-in-one system, the Zen AiO Pro. It's a well designed 23.8-inch AIO sporting an anodized all-aluminum body that will draw inevitable comparisons to Apple's iMac series, but with an "Icicle Gold" color... Read more...
Show of hands, how many of you are reading this from an iPad Pro? Anyone? Well that's weird, we were under the impression (provided by Apple CEO Tim Cook) that the iPad Pro was going to kill off the market for traditional PCs and "deluded" devices like Microsoft's Surface Book. Should Cook's prediction eventually... Read more...
I know it may sound hard to believe, but not everyone out there is a gamer. While there are plenty of us hardcore gamers that love products like the Acer Predator X34 with its 100Hz refresh rate and NVIDIA G-SYNC support, there are those that appreciate its size and resolution, but don’t need the high performance... Read more...
If you’re a business looking to give your mobile warriors a truckload of power in a portable package, Hewlett-Packard is delivering in spades with the new ZBook Studio mobile workstation. The company says that this is the world’s first quad-core workstation available in an ultrabook form-factor. The ZBook Studio... Read more...
The $129 Roku 4 may be the flagship of Roku’s streaming lineup, but that doesn’t mean that the company has forgotten about the folks that don’t need a voice-controlled remote or 4K support. That’s where the new Roku SE comes in, which is for people that just want the basics when it comes to a streaming box. First... Read more...
Welcome back for the latest installment of HOT deals, direct from our friends at TechBargains. On tap for you all today, we have deals on an Alienware X51 R3 Intel Core i3-6100 based gaming PC, a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA SSD, a Lenovo IdeaPad U31, and more. Full details for all of today’s deals are... Read more...
It's mid-November and you know what that means, right? Yes, Thanksgiving is right around the corner, giving us an excuse to cheat on our diets and stuff our face full of fowl treats. And of course it also means that Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, is fast approaching. To help you prepare for the... Read more...
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