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Digital Storm's new Vanquish gaming PCs nearly as cheap as DIY
- There are a number of reasons to build a custom PC but chief among them is price. Find the right deals on individual components and you can put together a sweet gaming rig for far less than it would cost…
A fourth of all PCs are unprotected from virus and malware threats
- Nearly a quarter of all PCs in the world are unprotected from virus, malware and other malicious threats according to Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report. In it, Redmond said computers without any protection are 5.5 times more likely to become…
Critical Windows USB exploit allows flash drives to grant root access, patch issued
- Microsoft's Patch Tuesday yielded an interesting security fix for a glaring vulnerability in how the Windows kernel handles USB device enumeration. The critical vulnerability allowed potential hackers with physical access to a Windows PC to run arbitrary code with system…
HP rumored to be considering company "break up"
- In 2011, former CEO Leo Apotheker proposed jettisoning HP's iconic PC business -- a division which suffers from notoriously anemic profit margins -- in an attempt to return HP to greater profitability. Although Apotheker's successor, Meg Whitman, canned that idea,…
Android malware steals data, records audio via PC microphone
- Two newly-discovered Android apps found on Google Play were designed to spy on their users, claim security experts at Kaspersky. The apps, SuperClean and DroidCleaner, posed as innocuous Android clean-up utilities; however, each app could quietly copy photos, contacts and…
Microsoft blames OEMs for slow Windows 8 sales, plans February "relaunch"
- A report by The Register reveals that Microsoft blames OEMs for its relatively lackluster Windows 8 sales. Purportedly, Microsoft believes vendors didn't adhere closely enough to its hardware recommendations, producing mostly non-touchscreen computers that didn't showcase Windows 8's touchable side.…
Gartner: PC shipments decline as market shifts to personal tablets, shared PCs
- IDC reported similar findings on Friday, and now Gartner has chimed in with its own figures suggesting the PC industry continues to decline in the face of smaller, cheaper, and more portable computing devices. The research firm says worldwide PC…
Global PC sales fell in Q4 2012 despite Windows 8, holiday deals
- A quarterly report from industry analyst IDC indicates that PC shipments have been unusually soft. According to the group, PC sales dipped 6.4 percent in Q4 2012 when compared to the same period last year. Additionally, Q4 led to a 4.5…
New Windows chief explains why Microsoft redesigned Windows
- Taking over after Sinofsky's departure, Julie Larson-Green now heads Microsoft's Windows product development team. In an interview with MIT Technology Review, Larson-Green discusses some of the changes made to Windows and why with the company's latest operating system. …
Paul Thurott: Windows 8 sales "well below" Microsoft's projections
- Despite Microsoft's excitement at selling four million Windows 8 upgrades in four days, well-known industry blogger Paul Thurott says sales of the OS are "well below" Microsoft's internal projections. Get your salt shakers ready, but Thurott cites ones of his…
PC shipments fall for first time since 2001
- We've been hearing about a supposed post-PC era for some time now while tech pundits have continued to bandy about once unfathomable ideas like the death of PCs. And although PC manufacturers have struggled, the real-world results of hundreds of…
Televisions overtake computers for online video streaming
- There’s little doubt that connected televisions, streaming media boxes and even video game consoles have played a huge role in how we consume streaming media at home. According to new data from The NPD Group, the tides have turned as…
Researcher uncovers new Java exploit, 1 billion Macs and PCs at risk
- Security researcher Adam Gowdiak has uncovered a new zero-day vulnerability in Oracle’s Java software. The bug is said to be present in currently-supported versions including Java 5, Java 6 and Java 7 and has the potential to allow attackers to…
HP adds more Windows 8 consumer and business PCs to lineup
- HP has introduced several new computers that will serve as the foundation of their Windows 8 lineup next month. A dozen new systems and accessories were recently unveiled and to sweeten the deal, HP is offering 200MB of free 4G…
User migration to tablets is increasing PC customer satisfaction
- There’s no denying that tablets and smartphones are methodically chipping away at market share once owned by personal computers but a new report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) has revealed an unexpected (and positive) side effect for personal…
PCs no longer responsible for majority share of DRAM market
- Information released by IHS iSuppli reveals that personal computers are no longer responsible for the majority demand of DRAM memory chips. In the second quarter, only 49 percent of all DRAM chips manufactured were used to build new PCs -…
Microsoft to open 32 new "pop-up" stores before the holidays
- Today Microsoft announced its plan to open 32 holiday pop-up stores for consumers who prefer a more tangible shopping experience. These stores are called "pop-up" stores because they are temporary, strategic installments intended to give shoppers more options for purchasing…
Oil giant Saudi Aramco hit by hackers, virus infects 30,000 PCs
- Saudi Aramco, a Saudi Arabian oil giant responsible for supplying a tenth of the world's oil, has instructed six separate firms with expertise in hacking and viruses to investigate a massive breach of security that infected 30,000 of the company's…
Microsoft says tablets will outsell desktop PCs next year
- During a keynote speech at Microsoft’s annual TechEd conference in Europe, head of Windows Web Services Antoine Leblond predicted that tablets will outsell desktop systems in 2013. This may come as a surprise to many considering Microsoft currently owns zero…
Flame malware subverts Windows Updates, infects networked PCs
- Flame or Flamer, an admittedly sophisticated piece of malware, appears to have more tricks up its sleeve than security researchers had initially believed. Security firm Kaspersky has discovered that the virus turns infected PCs into Windows Update servers which may…
Lenovo recalls 13,000 more Thinkcentre M70z, M90z AIO PCs
- Following a voluntary safety recall in March of 2012 which affected about 50,000 PCs, Lenovo has chosen to expand the scope of its recall to include an additional 13,000 M70z and M90z AIO computers. According the U.S. Consumer Product and Safety…
High-speed Thunderbolt interface coming to PCs
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Intel has announced that high-speed I/O interface Thunderbolt will be making its way to PCs. The news comes from day two of Intel’s Developer Conference during a stage demonstration of pre-production Ultrabook designs...
HP TouchPad launching in June, webOS beta for PCs this year
- While answering a question at the HP Summit, HP CEO Leo Apotheker revealed that the TouchPad will launch in three months and that a beta of webOS running in a browser on Windows will arrive by the end of this…
HP: All our PCs will run webOS from next year
- Hewlett-Packard is more serious about its newly acquired webOS platform than we ever thought before. It will soon be available on every new HP PC – that's what the recently appointed HP CEO, Leo Apotheker, is claiming, according to BusinessWeek:
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