Chromebooks have always been great if you can do your work with web apps (and now Android and Linux apps). But most people still find themselves keeping a separate Windows machine for specific tasks. That might change soon. The “AltOS” feature first started appearing...
What’s the most annoying thing about Windows Update? If you said the reboots, Microsoft has got you covered. Soon, Windows Update may be able to reboot your PC immediately after updates rather than waiting for a convenient time—wait, what? It sounds ridiculous, but...
It’s that holiday time of year again, and that means it’s over the river and through the woods to…well, fix your family’s Wi-Fi and other tech problems. If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that you’re the “tech person” in your family. That means your family...
For a third time in four months, a security researcher announces a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and provides exploit code that allows reading into unauthorized locations. […]
Phishing and malspam campaigns are in high gear for the holidays and a new campaign pretending to be an Amazon order confirmation is particularly dangerous as people shop for holiday gifts. […]
Windows 10’s default Start menu is a cluttered mess, but it’s about to get better in the Windows 10’s next version. That release is codenamed 19H1, and will be released sometime around April 2019. Just look at that new Start menu in Insider build 18305! Sure, it’s not...
Microsoft just announced Project Mu, promising “firmware as a service” on supported hardware. Every PC manufacturer should take note. PCs need security updates to their UEFI firmware, and PC manufacturers have done a poor job of delivering them. What Is UEFI Firmware?...
A possible compromise of servers where NASA stored data on current and former employees may have given hackers access to social security numbers (SSN) and personally identifiable information (PII). […]
Microsoft is introducing a new feature called Windows Sandbox that will allow you to safely run executables in a throw-away virtualized sandbox without fear of your regular Windows install becoming infected. […]
Microsoft has released an out-of-band security update that fixes an actively exploited vulnerability in Internet Explorer. This vulnerability has been assigned ID CVE-2018-8653 and was discovered by Google’s Threat Analysis Group when they saw the...
