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 so on secondary markets like Craigslist and eBay. Thanks to the RAM crisis, scams are multiplying quickly, as they always do…
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…
I’ve been using a triple monitor setup for almost 20 years. I also have an iPad on my desk to show little widgets, time zones, weather, notifications, yadda yadda. There are a LOT of screens in front of me in my desktop setup, is my point. And yet, I still don’t think I…
Microsoft is working on a new way to make Windows 11 PCs faster. But instead of tackling performance through additional tools or upgrades, the company is relying on a trick that affects the CPU.
With the new “Low Latency Profile,” the CPU speed will increase in bursts whenever Windows 11 is given an important task, whether that’s launching an app or opening the Start menu. The aim is to make…
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…
With new Chrome versions 148.0.7778.96/97 for Windows and macOS and 148.0.7778.96 for Linux, the developers have fixed over 100 security vulnerabilities. According to Google, none of the patched vulnerabilities are being exploited in the wild yet.
The browser’s internal…
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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 purpose of keeping hands on the keyboard to save time during computing tasks.
While featuring QMK firmware customization, the…
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…
$96 annually for one computer (unlimited storage)
The venerable Carbonite remains one of our favorite online backup solutions, thanks to unlimited storage for your backups and deep integration into Windows Explorer..
Carbonite offers unlimited online data backup with file…
Google’s Chrome browser is already a notorious storage hog, but now comes word that it’s crowding our PC drives in a new way: with a local AI model. That model, spotted by That Privacy Guy, gets silently downloaded to your PC or Mac upon installing Chrome, and it gobbles up a whopping 4GB of storage space.
Spoiler alert: Yes, you can remove the file, and I’m going to show you how. But first…
