The last couple of years have been tough for the semi-traditional Black Friday deal hunt. With the pandemic putting a damper on the yearly in-store shopping rush, and supply chain problems making it hard to find computers, consoles, GPUs, and all sorts of other things, just buying some gear (let alone at a discount) has been […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/550526/black-friday-gaming-deals-2021-what-to-expect-and-early-sales.html
Users of Microsoft’s first-party cloud storage are going to get a less-than-gentle nudge to upgrade to a newer operating system early next year. According to a post on its tech support forum, Microsoft will be ending support for the OneDrive desktop app on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 starting on March 1, 2022. Users who want […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/550640/onedrive-windows-7-8-end-of-support.html
Major changes to the PC’s RAM subsystem typically occur once in blue moon, but mere years after DDR4’s delayed rollout, that time is upon us yet again. With the fresh release of DDR5 support in Intel’s stunning new 12th-gen “Alder Lake” CPUs like the Core i5-12600K and Core i9-12900K, and potentially AMD’s Zen 4 chips […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/395107/what-is-ddr5.html
It’s a good day to get set-up with an excellent laptop. Best Buy is selling the base model of the M1 MacBook Air for $800, which is $200 off of the original price (these laptops often cost close to a grand or more). This is the best price yet that we’ve spotted for this model […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/550573/get-the-256gb-m1-macbook-air-for-800.html
HMA Pro in brief: P2P allowed: Yes Business location: Czech Republic Number of servers: 1,080+ Number of country locations: 210+* Cost: $59.88 per year VPN Protocol: OpenVPN (Windows) Data encryption: AES-256 Data authentication: AES-256-GCM or SHA1 Handshake: 2048-bit TLS and SHA-256 If there’s one thing you can say about HMA (Hide My Ass) it doesn’t […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/539944/hma-pro-review-good-speeds-new-app.html
The fact that you and everyone you know will receive spam and scam emails (and texts) for as long as they live should be added to the famous Ben Franklin quote, “… in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Death, taxes, and spam. It’s constant, ever-present, and you […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/549422/how-to-spot-a-scam-email.html
With the 15.6-inch Acer Nitro 5 model we reviewed earlier this year, Acer pushed its venerable Nitro 5 budget gaming laptop line into midrange gaming laptop territory by outfitting the $1,700 configuration with RTX 3070 graphics and a QHD panel. With this Nitro 5 (model AN517-41-R3NX), Acer further extends into the midrange category by bumping up […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/549362/acer-nitro-5-review-a-big-screen-rtx-3080-laptop-with-screaming-value.html
Most developers prefer Linux over other operating systems such as Windows. But, though it’s clearly the preferred choice, most folks will admit that it’s not exactly an ideal OS to use for beginners right out of the gate. That’s why we’re offering The Mastering Linux Development Bundle right now for the super low price of only $19.99 so pretty […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/545735/this-beginner-friendly-linux-development-bundle-is-on-sale-fo
Running out of hard disk space? Then this is the perfect time to upgrade to something that’s more versatile, safe, and ― for a limited time ― affordable. That’s because you can get lifetime access to Degoo Premium’s 10TB Backup Plan today at over 90 percent off the MSRP. Degoo Premium gives subscribers their very own, […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/545701/get-lifetime-access-to-10tb-worth-of-cloud-storage-for-only-100.html
In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Dr. Ian Cuttress of Tech Tech Potato and Anandtech.com, and Adam Patrick Murray go over Intel’s 12th-gen Alder Lake CPU performance and a secret feature. After years of absence from desktop competition, Intel’s hybrid 12th-gen Alder Lake CPU touches down with a major splash putting AMD’s […] https://www.pcworld.com/article/550302/the-full-nerd-ep-196-intel-12th-gen-alder-lake.html