In just a few years, new computer users won’t be able to remember the days when data was stored on spinning magnetic disks. The conventional hard drive will be about as relevant as an 8-track outside of mass storage. But the march of progress does require some unexpected adaptations, and newer and ever-faster solid-state drives might need a little extra help to hit those speeds. According to a blog post from SSD controller manufacturer Phison, that help will come in the form of active co
It’s a good day to get an excellent laptop at a reasonable price. Dell is selling a 256GB version of the Inspiron 15 3000 for $400. That’s $175 off of the sticker price.
This version of the Inspiron 15 is packing an Intel “Ice Lake” Core i5-1035G1. The CPU has four cores, eight threads, and a max boost to 3.6GHz. It also has 8GB of RAM and a 256GB NVMe solid state drive. The display is 15.6 inches at 1080p resolution. That’s an excellent set of specs for workin
The new fastest gaming processor in the world surprise dropped this morning, as Intel’s even-faster Core i9-12900KS surprisingly showed up on Newegg with no warning, fanfare, or (as far as we can tell) independent reviews. Update: However, Newegg has now yanked the listing from the site after several hours.
Update: This article originally published on Friday, March 25. On Monday, March 28, Intel formally unveiled the Core i9-12900KS. It will launch on April 5 with a suggested $739 pri
PC gaming isn’t just an everyday hobby anymore. In fact, if you play your cards right, it can evolve into a proper business. Nowadays you can live stream your gameplay to thousands or hundreds of thousands of fans. If you’re interested in becoming the next Twitch mega-star, listen up. We rounded up the best laptops for streaming available today.
Not only do these picks deliver zippy GPU and CPU performance, but some of them are light enough to travel with. We’ve also kept
I’ve given up on Google Pixel phones and I think you should too.
Before Pixel superfans decide to launch angry hot and bothered Tweets, I think by the time you hear my points you’ll agree with me 100 percent.
My Pixel adventure started with a carrier-purchased Pixel 2 XL with 128MB of storage in 2017. It was near MSRP but my carrier was offering several hundred dollars off with a trade-in of an old junker phone I had, so I made the jump.
The Pixel 2 XL was as impressive as
Cloud storage provides a convenient way to keep your files accessible and safe from harm. Unfortunately, it can also be expensive, which is one reason why Koofr Cloud Storage’s lifetime subscription packages, which require only a one-time payment, might be worth looking at.
Unlike some other cloud storage services that require users to renew annually, Koofr’s lifetime subscriptions don’t need to be extended. Instead, you pay just once, and then your allotted storage &
Until this month, Windows users who installed PC games through the Xbox app couldn’t touch the files. This lockdown on the game folders not only made modding difficult, but basic storage management too. If your boot drive lacked ample free space, you had to play musical chairs with your game installs.
But at long last, Microsoft rolled out the ability to choose the location for Xbox game files. First announced as a feature for Xbox Insiders last November, this update lets you pick a s
Easter eggs, fun little references or surprises hidden just below the surface, are practically a given for modern movies and video games. But they aren’t the exclusive domain of entertainment media, and they go back farther than you might think. Programmers were hiding undocumented responses to software input commands as far back as the late 60s. Apparently someone at Microsoft was doing so in the 80s, too: A recently uncovered easter egg in the very first Windows release may have gone u
If you’re looking for a way to support Ukraine, Humble Bundle has an option for you. The company is offering a Stand With Ukraine Bundle with 125 items. The bundle is set to expire in a little over five days. The bundle has raised more than $19 million for various charities including Razom for Ukraine, the International Rescue Committee, International Medical Corps, and Direct Relief. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the bundle will go to the aforementioned charities to provide h
The new fastest gaming processor in the world surprise dropped this morning, as Intel’s even-faster Core i9-12900KS surprisingly showed up on Newegg with no warning, fanfare, or (as far as we can tell) independent reviews.
Intel’s ferocious Core i9-12900K already topped the frame rate charts, ripping the gaming crown back from AMD’s killer Ryzen 5000-series CPUs when it launched last fall. The KS version (presumably) is culled from the best of the best of those chips. It f