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Windows 10 S restrictions

PC makers are starting to show off the low-end PCs running Windows 10 S

Windows PC makers are starting to show off low-cost Windows 10 S machines aimed at the education market, as expected.
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Qualcomm says it, not Intel, will power the next generation of PCs

Qualcomm announced that HP, Lenovo, and Asus will be the first PC makers to introduce Windows 10 on ARM notebooks.
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Microsoft Office is causing the command prompt to pop up — here's the fix

The production version of Microsoft Office has been causing the command prompt to pop up for the last few weeks. Here is a fix.
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ROG Swift PG35VQ offers a high-end gaming display with great performance

Asus introduces the ROG Swift GP35VQ, a curved 35-inch monitor with DCI-P3 color support and a super fast 200Mhz refresh rate with G-Sync.
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Samsung’s new Notebook 9 Pro 2-in-1 is its first S Pen-equipped notebook

Samsung's new Notebook 9 Pro is a new premium 360-degree convertible that is the first to gain the company S Pen active stylus.
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Nvidia says goodbye to heavyweight gaming notebooks with Max-Q initiative

Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX with Max-Q Design, a new specification aimed at stuffing massive GPU power into increasingly thin machines.
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MSI’s updated gaming laptop lineup will let you enter VR from anywhere

MSI introduces three new VR gaming laptops at Computex 2017, including the ultra-powerful GT75VR, and thin and light GS63VR/GS73VR.
Intel Core i7 6950X Extreme Edition

Get Intel's best low-end CPU, the Core i3-7350K, at an even more affordable price

Intel's Core i3-7350K hits a $150 price point, making it even more affordable for anyone looking for a low-end chip with good performance.
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Family fight: Microsoft’s Surface Pro battles the Microsoft Surface Laptop

Microsoft's newest Surface devices, the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, are similar, but which model is the better machine overall?
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Keep a lookout for the Nvidia Battlebox badge when buying your next gaming PC

Nvidia has updated its Battlebox PC gaming system certification program with AMD CPU support and a new Essentials level.
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Build a futuristic-looking gaming PC with Cougar’s new Conquer case

The new Conquer case from manufacturer Cougar offers machined aluminum and tempered glass in a futuristic design.
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Elgato's Thunderbolt 3 Dock for MacBook Pro will arrive in June

Elgato's new Thunderbolt 3 Dock for MacBook Pro now has an official ship date -- it's coming in June for $300.
Chromebooks vs. laptops

Intel-based Chromebooks fall behind when running Android apps

Recent testing shows that ARM-based Chromebooks provide better performance and battery life when running Android apps than Intel versions.
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Google’s Jamboard to begin competing with Microsoft’s Surface Hub in May

Google's Jamboard enterprise whiteboard product will ship in May 2017, priced at $5,000, the company announced at its Cloud Next '17 event.
Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface Pen 2017

The new Surface Pro is boring, and it’s proof Microsoft’s plan worked

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A speed benefit in solid-state disk design opens them up for attack

An aspect of MLC SSD design makes things faster, but it also opens SSDs up to a particularly nasty form of data corruption attack.
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Feeling envy now? HP revamps high-end PCs with gobs of solid state storage

HP ups the performance and battery life with refreshed Envy 13 and 17 laptops, Envy x360 15, and Spectre x2 2-in-1 machines.
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Massive worldwide ransomware attack hits more than 200,000 victims, and climbing

A massive ransomware attack has hit over 126,000 targets worldwide, with most located in Russia, Ukraine, and Taiwan.
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Using Microsoft OneNote on different platforms just got a whole lot easier

Microsoft is making its OneNote note-taking app more consistent across platforms and easier to access for people with disabilities.
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AMD Radeon Crimson Relive Edition update speeds up ‘Prey’ on the RX 580

AMD Radeon Crimson ReLive Edition version 17.5.2 brings better Prey performance on Radeon RX 580 along with some other fixes.
Windows 10

New Windows 10 'Control Center' may provide instant access to system settings

Microsoft is experimenting with a new "Control Center" concept that would provide quick access to more system settings.
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Windows 10 Insider build offers core Fall Creators Update feature improvements

Microsoft continues to develop Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, and the latest Windows Insider build focuses on a few core features.
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Nvidia quietly rolls out low-end GeForce GT 1030 to accelerate productivity

Nvidia's new GT 10390 GPU is aimed at those needing better-than-integrated graphics for productivity tasks like video and image editing.
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AMD Ryzen Mobile APUs making their way to notebooks later in 2017

AMD introduced its Ryzen Mobile APUs, offering 50 percent more power with 50 percent less energy usage, to power high-performance notebooks.
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Microsoft is making it easier to share OneDrive files in Windows and Mac

Microsoft is making OneDrive file sharing much easier with the ability to share files from Windows File Explorer and MacOS Finder.
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DocuSign customers are now prime phishing targets after a recent data breach

DocuSign data breach included customer email addresses, creating the perfect opportunity for effective phishing campaigns.
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Apple makes it easier to install Windows 10 Creators Update in Boot Camp

MacOS Sierra 10.12.5 now allows for easier, media-free installation of Windows 10 Creators Update in Boot Camp.
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Microsoft’s Windows 10 update looks fantastic, but will anyone care?

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Oculus developing ‘focal surface display’ for better VR image clarity

Oculus is working on 'focal surface display' technology to improve the process of focusing on objects at varying depth.
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The mythical Intel Core i9 processor might be real and arriving soon

More evidence of an Intel Core i9 processor has emerged, indicating a summer 2017 release of Core i9 Skylake-X CPUs.
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HP rolls out a solution for its ‘keylogger’ audio driver problem

A function that is meant to make things easier ends up being poorly executed. That is the case with an audio driver that shipped with HP PCs.
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E3 won't be giving up any 'Halo 6 secrets,' at least not from 343 Industries

343 Industries will not be giving up any information at E3 on the next major release in the Halo franchise, Halo 6.
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Oculus room-scale software moves from ‘experimental’ to fully supported

Version 1.15 of the Oculus Rift software moves room-scale support from "experimental" to fully supported status.
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AMD's Vega likely to make an appearance at upcoming Computex press event

AMD announces press event on May 31 at Computex, where it is expected that its Vega next-generation GPU architecture will be revealed.