Asus’ newest mini-PCs offer choice between fanless design, 6th-gen Intel processors

At Computex in Taiwan this week, Asus has unveiled its new line of mini-PCs which will run versions of both Windows and Chrome OS

News         June 1, 2015

Steve Jobs’ prophecy could come true, PC sales slump for the fourth year running

As PC sales continue to slump for the fourth year in a row, a new report from the IDC claims that the trend won't be slowing down anytime soon.

News         May 29, 2015

Acer announces refresh of Z series in anticipation of Computex

Acer has taken to the Windows Blog to announce the upcoming refresh of its Z line of all-in-one PCs, set to release sometime in Q3 of 2015.

News         May 29, 2015

Need to talk? Google’s latest AI breakthrough could make your PC understand

According to a talk given by a head researcher on Google's AI team DeepMind, conversational AI may be here sooner than we think.

News         May 27, 2015

Sandisk says its next solid state drives will have disk-like pricing

SanDisk has announced that its ramping up to debut a new solid-state drive which will be able to keep its costs in line with that of traditional HDDs.

News         May 26, 2015

Microsoft announces native Dolby Digital Plus support for Windows 10

Dolby has announced that in a new collaboration with Microsoft, the company would begin incorporating its audio technology into the Windows 10 platform.

News         May 26, 2015

US Secretary of Defense on NSA spying: “We’re not trying to get in anybody’s business”

This week, Vice news was granted the opportunity to sit down with US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to discuss the NSA spying programs two years later.

News         May 21, 2015

Xbox One is slated to receive Windows 10 sometime after summer 2015

According to a tweet let slip by the corporate VP of Microsoft Game Studios, the Xbox One is expected to get its own beta of Windows 10 sometime this fall.

News         May 21, 2015

Watch the Witcher put down some punishment in all his graphical glory

The Witcher III on PC has been injecting fear into gamers everywhere in the months leading up to its release, with required specs that could make a dove cry

News         May 20, 2015

Brian and Kumar go to de-Clutter your inbox by default this June

According to a new blog post on the Office 365 website, users of the popular Clutter email manager will have the setting turned on by default this June

News         May 18, 2015

Nvidia readies for the release of Windows 10 and DirectX 12 with WHQL-certified drivers

Nvidia has announced that all of its graphics card products from the 600 series and up have achieved an all clear from Microsoft's WHQL certification.

News         May 18, 2015

Security researcher discovers simple way to access Verizon ISP accounts

A security researcher discovered a critical flaw that put Verizon customers at risk. A hacker could access any account by spoofing a user's IP address.

News         May 17, 2015

Dell’s new miniature Inspiron goes after HP’s Stream and Intel’s NUC

Dell has announced the debut of two of its new micro-PCs, the J1800 the J2900, which feature Intel processors and two gigabytes of RAM.

News         May 15, 2015

Security researcher blabs that Google App Engine is vulnerable to attack

A Polish security researcher claims that a vulnerability has been discovered in App Engine which gives hackers access to Google's servers.

News         May 15, 2015

Oculus releases PC hardware requirements, and they’re intimidating

According to a blog released by the development team at Oculus Rift, the upcoming VR headset will require at least a GTX 970 or AMD 290.

News         May 15, 2015

Decrypt This: The future of router security

The the future of router security looks grim. Here's what we as consumers and customers can do to help save an industry that could be going extinct.

News         May 15, 2015

IPv4 is soon to be extinct in North America; IPv6 will take its place

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, North America is expected to run out of available IPv4 addresses by sometime this summer.

News         May 14, 2015

Graphics cards beware, a new style of OSX malware can hide in the RAM of GPUs

An engineering team out of Greece has announced that a new malware has been developed which allows them to hide infections in the RAM of graphics cards.

News         May 14, 2015

Venom’s bite could be worse than Heartbleed’s bark

Today, security researchers from the firm Crowdstrike reported that a new vulnerability, dubbed 'Venom', could put millions of datacenter customers at risk.

News         May 13, 2015

Security firm Incapsula discovers massive botnet, spans 109 countries worldwide

According to a new report from Incapsula security, a new style of the Spike router malware, dubbed Mr. Black, has been tearing its way through Thailand.

News         May 12, 2015

Photobucket hacked by duo using a creatively named application

The Department of Justice has released a report detailing the exploits of two men who reportedly hacked the website Photobucket for a period of two years.

News         May 11, 2015

Microsoft divulges details on what’s being dropped from Edge’s new rendering engine

Microsoft has followed up one of its original posts on the Edge browsers by giving intricate details of the many APIs that will be changed from IE.

News         May 9, 2015

Microsoft shows how it will Edge out competing browsers

At Microsoft's web-only Edge Summit, the company unveiled several new additions and features for its upcoming browser which should tempt developers.

News         May 7, 2015

Intel asks the world to be more secure on ‘Password Day’

Intel has announced the debut of May's newest holiday, happening annually on the 7th of the month: Password Day, but the main page forgot how to HTTPS.

News         May 7, 2015

AMD tries to pull a fast one with R9, R7 rebrand

AMD has been caught red-handed rebranding its old R7 and R9 line of graphics cards in an attempt to get old stock off the shelf.

News         May 7, 2015

WordPress vulnerability affects millions of sites, and yours could be next

A new XSS vulnerability discovered by the security firm Sucuri could put millions of WordPress websites at risk, thanks to a defect in a default theme.

News         May 7, 2015

The power of three: Tristellar computer case to hit shelves this June

Turning heads is getting harder and harder to do in the world of custom PCs, but now that could all change as DeepCool announced its Tristellar case.

News         May 5, 2015

Rombertik malware goes nuclear on your drive to avoid detection

Researchers at Cisco's Talos malware program have revealed the discovery of an all new type of infection, Rombertik, which self-destructs on detection.

News         May 4, 2015

New file encryption method sparks interest at Microsoft Ignite

At this week's Microsoft Ignite conference, the company showed off a new feature in Windows 10 which will allow users to encrypt files individually.

News         May 4, 2015

Windows 7 takes top spot in OS battle, easily defeating Windows 8.1

For over a year now, Windows 7 has enjoyed its place in the top spot among competing operating systems. No other OS has come close to dethroning the king.

News         May 1, 2015

Google needs to go back to the drawing board, as Password Alert is hacked in 24 hours

Not even a day after its initial release, security researcher Paul Moore has busted straight through Google's attempt to protect our passwords from phishing

News         May 1, 2015

Cornell University is laughing in the face of Moore’s Law

Cornell has announced that a team of researchers have successfully manufactured a die of chips with transistors that measure just three atoms across.

News         May 1, 2015

IBM takes one small step for quantum mechanics, one giant leap for computing

Today IBM announced it has gotten one step closer to creating a complete, fully-functional quantum computer thanks to a new chip design.

News         April 30, 2015

Zero Day Initiative lives up to name, reports new D-Link zero-day

Last week, an advisory was posted on the Zero Day Initiative which claims that a wide variety of routers made by D-Link could be vulnerable to an exploit.

News         April 29, 2015