The Nintendo Switch has proven that handheld game machines have not been totally subsumed by smartphones. Valve is planning to release the Steam Deck, although the timeline has been pushed back. Not to be outdone, Razer is prepping the release of a Qualcomm-powered gaming handheld known as the Snapdragon G3X…
Thomas Nguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0 50 years ago today, on November 15 1971, Intel launched the 4004 and, by extension, the modern computer age. The 4004 was the first commercially-produced microprocessor, or CPU. It was an enormous technical achievement for Intel, and the design team, which was led by Federico…
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Rockstar was supposed to be riding high on the release of the remastered Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy right now. Alas, it was not to be. The publisher’s decision to make the character models look like a low-fi version of The Sims was unpopular, but the complete collapse of Rockstar’s…
After 18 months of living with Covid, many of us have come to terms with working remotely. Since we couldn’t travel, that meant making the most of working at home. But now that we can move around, working remotely includes the possibility of making your home base a coffee shop,…
Mobile gaming is no longer in its infancy — not only can you play visually stunning titles on your phone, but you can also pay many times what they’re worth thanks to in-app purchases. Okay, that second bit is bad news, but there are still plenty of good games on…
Every version of Windows has emphasized different traits and ideas and, in that sense, could be said to have a personality. In several cases — Windows 7 and Windows 10, most notably — one could fairly argue that the dominant theme of the then-new OS was “All the under-the-hood improvements…
Microsoft resurfaced the Surface division Wednesday with a number of refreshes, launches, and updates. The Surface Pro 8 was announced, as expected, with support for 120Hz refresh rates, user-replaceable SSDs, and Thunderbolt 4 ports. This is the first major redesign for the Surface Pro family since the Surface Pro 3…
Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 11 a few months ago, but it didn’t have a firm timeline for rolling out the new software. Now, it does. Microsoft says Windows 11 will start hitting compatible PCs on Oct. 5. However, you might have to wait much, much longer to install…
Samsung is taking pre-orders for its latest generation of foldables, and it says sales are through the roof — well, compared with the last-gen foldables at least. If you’re considering dropping up to $1,800 on a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3, you’ll probably want to forego any fiddling with the bootloader.…
Microsoft recently announced the product we’ve all been wanting it to make for years: a full version of Windows running in the cloud, known as Windows 365. While the service is currently only available to businesses, Microsoft has encountered extraordinary demand. Only days after opening up free trials of Windows…