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HP unveils advanced security for remote workers — and shows how to disinfect your laptop

March 25, 2020
HP has unveiled advanced security for businesses and their remote workforces and disclosed an extensive guide to disinfecting your laptop and other computer equipment. The new offerings include HP Pro Security Edition, HP Proactive Security, and HP Sure Click Enterprise. These are aimed at the security threats that evolve and disrupt business every day. With the recent surge of remote workers —…
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Windows 10 now runs on 1 billion devices

March 16, 2020
Windows 10 is now running on over 1 billion monthly active devices, just six months after passing the 900 million device milestone. Microsoft has been consistently adding 100 million active Windows 10 devices every six months over the past two years. Windows 10 also passed…
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XPS 13 laptop drops to $799 during Dell’s semi-annual sale

March 5, 2020
If you’ve been eyeing the XPS 13 laptop, now’s the time to grab it. As part of Dell’s semi-annual sale, the company lowered the price of its flagship laptop to $799. This particular model includes a 10th-gen Core i5 processor, a 13.3-inch 1080p touchscreen, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. XPS 13 laptops rarely dip below $1,000, and if they do, it’s usually the base models…
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Intel's 10th-gen desktop CPUs are coming soon, according to a Dell ad

March 3, 2020
Intel’s 10th-generation “Comet Lake” CPUs appear to be just around the corner to take on AMD’s Ryzen chips, according to a new YouTube video from Dell. It show’s the company’s latest XPS Tower desktop computers equipped with 10th-generation Intel Core processors. That’s interesting, because so far, we’ve only seen 10th-gen Intel consumer chips…
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Instagram adds direct messaging on Windows 10

February 27, 2020
If you use Instagram on your Windows 10 PC, you may notice a subtle change the next time you open the app. Instagram has updated its Windows software to make it into something called a progressive web app (PWA). What this means is that you’re effectively interacting…
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Amazon discounts the 256GB MacBook Air to under $1,000

February 26, 2020
As part of its latest deal of the day, Amazon has discounted the 2019 MacBook Air. Until the end of the day, you can get the silver model — with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage — for $999. The $300 price drop is the biggest discount the online retailer…
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Lenovo ThinkPad refresh offers 10th-gen Intel CPUs and AMD's Ryzen 4000 Pro

February 25, 2020
Lenovo has updated its ThinkPad line with conventional and flexible laptops powered by Intel’s 10th Gen vPro processors. However, select models can be configured with AMD’s Ryzen 4000 PRO Mobile processors instead — based on some benchmarks, the Ryzen 4000 line’s flagship eight-core, 16 thread chip is potentially faster than some of Intel’s processors &#8212…
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