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I stopped chasing OLED laptops for one reason: Glare

The most expensive laptops often have vivid, beautiful, high-resolution OLED panels that look fantastic. But those OLED screens are almost always glossy, and that means they suffer from glare and reflections. Out in the real world, I prefer matte IPS displays—they don’t look as good in perfect lighting, but they’re more usable everywhere else. If your laptop lives at your desk in perfect…
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The RAM crisis is bringing out DDR5 counterfeiters

Caveat emptor (“let the buyer beware”) is the rallying cry of every con man and huckster who tries to fleece a mark. But it’s worth keeping in mind if you’re hunting for a deal in the nightmarish hellscape that is the PC market in 2026, especially if you’re doing…
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Surfshark One review: Adequate antivirus protection with caveats

Surfshark is well-known for its VPN service, but if you subscribe to its higher tier plans, antivirus gets included as part of the package, too. That can be a plus for those who already know and love Surfshark’s interface, as the app is extremely clean and simple. But while Surfshark offers adequate malware protection, a couple of caveats make it a harder sell, especially if you’re seeking…
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I rebooted my router and busted Reddit’s favorite tech myth

You all know the one rule of PC ownership: If your PC glitches or isn’t running at full efficiency, reboot it. But does that trick apply to your router, too? A whole subset of the internet seems to think so, including several frequent Reddit threads on the subject. But does it? According to my testing, there’s anecdotal evidence to believe it does — and aggregate evidence that shows it…
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The Ploopy Bean is a TrackPoint mouse without the point

Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: PCWorld reviews the Ploopy Bean, a $70 CAD external pointing-stick mouse that mimics IBM’s TrackPoint design with four configurable Omron buttons. The device fundamentally misses the original TrackPoint’s efficiency…
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Windows 11 can still run the PC games you grew up with. Here’s how

Who doesn’t remember PC games such as Maniac Mansion, the King’s Quest series and the dubious adventures of Leisure Suit Larry or software such as Microsoft Works and Lotus Smart Suite? These titles originally came from the 80s and 90s, ran under MS-DOS (whose ancestor, 86-DOS, Microsoft recently open-sourced) or Windows 3.1 and were delivered on floppy discs or CD-ROMs. In our guide, we want…
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