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Microsoft has rolled out fixes for security vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, which the company says are being actively abused by hackers to break into people’s computers. The exploits are ...

Secure Boot protects modern Windows and Linux PCs. Microsoft Secure Boot certificates from 2011 expire in June 2026. Most PC owners are fine if they install the latest updates. Last year's ...

The era of true ownership is ending as cloud services and AI are transforming the PC. What does this mean for user control? Last month, I met with a mid-sized law firm facing a common dilemma. Their ...

Q: What does Microsoft’s PC Manager do, and should I use it? If you’ve ever searched for ways to clean up or speed up your Windows PC, you’ve probably seen plenty of third-party utilities promising ...

The rise of AI tools and services has added a new twist to the decline and fall of standalone Windows PCs. For years, I’ve been watching the slow evolution of classic Windows PCs into cloud-based ...

If you’ve been dreaming of a life that revolves around just a single device — your phone — capable of replacing your laptop, desktop, and more, a new piece of hardware might give you exactly what ...

Microsoft announced a major milestone in its Xbox PC push, with Microsoft's Prism translation layer bringing a heap of new functionality to Arm PCs. Microsoft and Windows have been competing with ...

Microsoft confirmed that a recent Windows update is blocking customers from accessing their Microsoft 365 Cloud PC sessions. Windows 365 is a cloud-based service that runs on Azure Virtual Desktop and ...

QUESTION: How can I tell what’s causing my Windows computer to bog down? ANSWER: When a computer starts crawling, most people assume it’s old, broken, or infected. In reality, it’s often just ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. If you're anything like me, you spend 90% of your time using your laptop with it docked and plugged into a monitor (or two). And if you're at that ...

Nothing lasts forever, and that is never truer when it comes to personal computers and laptops. And with the current state of the world thanks in part to tariff instability and the growth of AI, ...