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Perfect Backup review: Perfection? Close to it

July 29, 2026
Though Windows provides its own file backup facilities in Windows File History, the OS has continually made them less obvious and less intuitive to use. Why, is anyone’s guess. There are plenty of alternatives, but they can be hard to find and/or just as difficult to use. Enter Perfect Backup. The free version of Perfect Backup, while just shy of “perfect,” has a far more straightforward and…
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These 5 mini PCs make laptops look wildly overpriced

July 28, 2026
Laptops are great if you need portability, but they’re also expensive. You’re paying for a lot of hardware that may not matter if your computer never leaves your desk. Since laptops cram all of their components into a single device, they’re much more expensive to…
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Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: Easy to build, frustrating to buy

July 28, 2026
$1,823 You have to really want to buy the Framework Laptop 13 Pro DIY Edition. Normally, you’d simply click an order button and have a new laptop delivered in just a few days. Framework’s process is its own sort of odyssey: pricing out your configuration, risking that it might increase in price while waiting literally months for it to arrive, then sitting down with a collection of parts to put…
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This $40 keyboard solved my biggest smart TV annoyance

July 28, 2026
In my work as a tech reviewer, I’ve had many opportunities to test $300 keyboards with uber-advanced tech features and mice capable of tracking subtle movements so well as to be frightening. But as much as I love the ultimate tech accessories—give me that 8,000Hz polling…
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Microsoft finally found a Windows ad it doesn’t like

July 27, 2026
Microsoft is an advertising company. Not just an advertising company, true, it makes software and hardware and sells online services. But it made $10 billion in revenue from “search and news advertising” in 2025, according to its own numbers. This isn’t a new problem — despite being paid software, Windows is absolutely stuffed with advertising, stem to stern. But recently, some owners of…
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3 Windows settings that can make or break your PC

July 24, 2026
Windows 11 is chock full of options, many just cosmetic. But there are some settings which can significantly affect your PC’s productivity performance, so much that I specifically pay attention to them each time I boot up a brand new PC. If not properly managed, some…
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MSI’s RGB monitor arms are brilliant. They’re just not shiny enough

July 24, 2026
I don’t like RGB gamer lights. I find them gaudy and unnecessary, and I’ve made this point many times over my writing career. I prefer to build desktop PCs that look like tiny, classy refrigerators, not stealth fighters covered in Christmas lights. But for once, I’m actually okay with a new RGB accessory: MSI’s RGB-bedecked VESA monitor mounts. In fact, I don’t think they go far enough…
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