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NSA Warns That ‘BlueKeep' Vulnerability In Windows XP And 7 Is Especially Dangerous

Microsoft has issued a BlueKeep patch for Windows 7, and in an unusual step, for Windows XP as well.

For Windows 7 Users, The Glory Days Of Microsoft Are Ending In About A Year

The Windows 7 transition will be a major pain point for Microsoft and its customers during 2019.

Surprise, Opera's Free VPN Is Back! Here's How To Get It On Your Android Phone.

It’s just as free and unlimited as before.

How To Change The Google Assistant Voice

Mix it up a bit to make Google Assistant your own.

Amazon All-New Kindle: Front Lighting And A Better Screen Elevate This Entry Level E-reader

Budget-minded book lovers no longer have to sacrifice key features to save money.

Acer CEO Jason Chen Explains Why His PCs Are Going Niche

Acer tries to find PC sales opportunities that competitors might miss.

Huawei Is Basically Forcing Fans To Buy The P30 Pro By Crippling The P30

Call it “abate and switch.” But hey, at least you get a headphone jack.

Total War: Warhammer II: Dinosaurs Battle Rat-Men For The Fate Of The World

Open the door. Get on the floor. Everybody play as dinosaurs.

Microsoft Announces Office 2019 For Customers Who Don't Want To Pay Forever For Office 365

Unfortunately, the actual price of Office 2019 will have to wait.

Why The Internet Is Worried That Microsoft's Consumer Services Are Doomed

Microsoft will gladly sell you Office 365 for the rest of your life, but movies or music, maybe not so much.

CCleaner Hacked With Malware: What You Need To Know

More than 2 million users possibly at risk.

3 Billion Yahoo Accounts Hacked: 5 Things You Should Do To Stay Safe

The massive data breach can be an opportunity to do some cleanup and implement security recommendations.

HP's Spectre X360 13 Promises Up To 16 Hours Of Battery Life In A Faster, Cooler Design

Better thermals and 8th-generation Intel CPUs make a difference.

Every Custom GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Graphics Card Revealed So Far

NVIDIA JUST UNLEASHED what it calls the “ultimate GeForce card,” and the blisteringly fast GTX 1080 Ti (see our full review on page 49) indeed delivers unparalleled levels of gaming performance. But the version you can buy today isn’t truly the apex of graphics technology, even if the core graphics processor itself is.

Nvidia Supercharges Geforce Directx 12 Performance With New Game Ready Driver

WHEN IT COMES to performance, most people think that Radeon graphics cards hold an edge over Nvidia’s GeForce army in DirectX 12 games on account of the dedicated asynchronous shaders lurking inside AMD’s hardware. That’s never been the universal truth that some people think it is—async compute is just one, not-always utilized feature of DX12—and now Nvidia’s busting the myth even more with a driver update designed to supercharge GeForce performance in DirectX 12 games.

You Can Now Send And Receive Money Right In The Android Gmail App

IF YOU’VE EVER been writing an email on your Android phone and wished there was a way to send or request money without switching to the Venmo, Square, or Google Wallet apps, your prayers have been answered. Rolling out today via a Play Store update, Google will now allow you to easily attach payments (go.pcworld.com/gmailpay) to Gmail messages.

Creative's Super X-Fi Headphone Audio Holography Demo Blew My Mind

If the shipping product is as good as what the company is demoing at CES, it will forever change your perception of headphones.

AMD Reveals Ryzen 2, Threadripper 2, 7nm Navi, And More In CES Blockbuster

On top of APUs and a mobile discrete GPU, we have the next two years of CPUs and GPUs.

Huawei's Matebook X Pro Is A Svelte Surface Book With A Hidden Webcam For The Paranoid

An upward-facing webcam is easily the most controversial feature of the Huawei Matebook X Pro.

Intel Expects PCs With Fast 5G Wireless To Ship In Late 2019

PC makers including Dell, Lenovo, and Microsoft are already laying plans to offer high-speed wireless late next year.

Intel 800p Optane SSD: Bleeding-Edge Pain Without The Bleeding-Edge Gain

We love the potential of Optane, but current products aren’t competitive price- or capacity-wise with NAND-based offerings.

Titan V Revealed: Nvidia's Monstrous Volta GPU Finally Comes To PCs

But the wait continues for PC gamers. 

WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD: One Of The Fastest TLC Drives You Can Buy

TLC NAND has been a performance drag, until now.

Five Hidden Features Of Android 8.0 Oreo You Should Be Using

Not all the cool features get top billing.

What Still Isn't Clear About The Future Of Windows After Build 2018

A simple statement of support, or a glimpse into the Windows roadmap, would go a long way. 

Nvidia Kills Controversial Geforce Partner Program Due To 'Conjecture And Mistruths'

But will graphics card makers still offer exclusive GeForce and Radeon brands?

Google Drive Is Being Replaced By Backup And Sync: What To Expect

For consumers, the switch should be straightforward. G Suite customers have a confusing decision to make, however.

Google Chrome Will Start Blocking Noisy Auto Play Videos In January

Sites you watch videos on often won’t be affected.

The Timing Is Perfect For A New Chrome Book Pixel

Android apps for the win.

amd shows how zen-now renamed ryzen-is its best chip family in a decade

amd's zen is finally here.