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Microsoft’s Surface chief Panos Panay will give a keynote speech at the company’s annual Future Decoded event in London on October 31, The Verge reports. Sources tell The Verge to expect at least one new device — potentially including the upcoming LTE version of the Surface Pro. ARM-powered Windows laptops are reportedly on the way, …

At its IFA keynote, Microsoft has announced the Fall Creators Update for Windows 10 will start rolling out on October 17. The free update, originally announced in May, will include improved support for mixed reality and virtual reality devices, a new photo app and many tweaks to the overall design and usability of Windows 10.  The keynote and accompanying blog post, …

This is an update of a post I first wrote in 2014, then updated in 2015. Let me clarify right up front that I’m specifically referring to third-party anti-virus software, not the protections built into Windows. And as you’ll read below, there are security tools I do embrace — just not what you’d expect. For years I’ve been the on-call …

Recently I found an old NeatReceipts document scanner tucked away in a closet. This was an expensive item, so I had to stop and wonder why I wasn’t using it. Oh, right: I use my phone. Is that a scanner in your pocket? This is not a new idea; “scanner” apps have been around almost as long as smartphones, but …

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VR is all about fine details working together seamlessly. Even a tiny amount of lag ruins a game and a glitchy controller can induce nausea. It’s a holistic thing. So, while I was glad to finally try some games on Microsoft‘s lower-cost, easier-to-setup flavor of Windows VR, I’m a little concerned about how good it will feel when it finally …

Besides Microsoft‘s official Xbox controllers, both the standard and the more expensive Elite models, gamers can also get compatible controllers from a variety of third-party manufacturers. Most of those are pretty bare-bones, but PC gaming brand Razer has a new model it calls “the most customizable controller for Xbox One.” The Razer Wolverine Ultimate works, as most Xbox gamepads do, on …

Now playing: Watch this: Nokia finally has a flagship Android phone to get excited… 1:43 The high-end Nokia 8 might come to the US and China after all, according to a report by Nokiapoweruser. Up until now, it’s been reported that HMD Global, the company that licenses the Nokia phone brand, had no plans to release its new flagship phone in these two countries. But …

Intel is very concerned that you may be using a five-year-old computer. The company claims there are at least 450 million computers still in service that are five or more years old. So, one of the big selling points for the just-announced 8th generation of Core i-series CPUs is that these new chips are twice as fast as those found …

Consumer Reports, the venerable product testing publication, has withdrawn its “recommended” designation from Microsoft‘s Surface line of PCs, citing the potential for long-term reliability issues. In an article published August 10, Consumer Reports says: New studies conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center estimate that 25 percent of Microsoft laptops and tablets will present their owners with problems by …