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In the midst of CES 2018, the slate of new computers on display, including laptops, 2-in-1 hybrids, desktops and tablets, felt a little dry. There were few revolutionary new designs, and only a handful of brand-new products — most were modest internal or external updates to existing lines from Dell, HP, Lenovo and others. But …

The modern phone has become a ravenous technology black hole, absorbing digital music players, point-and-shoot cameras and even many tablets along the way. Screens got bigger, camera lenses got better, and work and entertainment apps improved. Aside from the iPad and a handful of budget tablets like Amazon’s Fire HD series, the standalone tablet has largely been subsumed by big-screen phones. Many thought the …

Who wants to read an entire long-form article on a tiny phone screen? Windows 10 Fall Creators Update adds a new Phone section to the Settings app that lets you connect your phone to your PC. Once you make the connection, you can then send articles — long or short — from your phone to your PC to finish reading …

For all sorts of products we’ve irremediably blurred the lines between renting vs. owning, local vs. cloud — but are we ready to do the same for the PC? Blade thinks so, and over the past few years has been slowly rolling out its Shadow desktop-as-a-service subscription. It has about 5,000 subscribers in France, and at CES 2018 it announced …

If you are buying a Windows laptop for your child as a holiday present or because it’s required for school, then you need to know how to set it up with Microsoft’s parental controls to cordon off certain corners of the Internet. You can even set up time limits and sign up to get a weekly report on your kid’s …

Does your laptop have you singing the short-battery-life blues? If you’ve updated to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, then you’ve got a new tool to help extend your laptop’s running time. I’ll cover this new tool along with some tried-and-true battery-saving tips. Turn down display brightness Powering all of those pixels in the display is the single greatest drain on …

Windows 10 has found its way onto 600 million active devices, says CEO Satya Nadella.  Nadella made the comment at the company’s annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, according to GeekWire. Microsoft wasn’t immediately available to confirm the comment.  The company has high hopes for the broad adoption of Windows 10, which helped usher in Microsoft’s transition from purely a software …

Have you read about Dolby Atmos and like the sound of bringing 3D surround sound — spatial sound, they’re calling it — to your home theater but have yet to invest in a new receiver and speaker system? If you are curious to try Dolby Atmos — or Microsoft’s equivalent spatial sound technology — you can check it out with …

Wait, the global ransomware epidemic is just getting started? Ransomware attacks such as WannaCry and Petya that lock down a computer and demand a ransom in order to unlock your files are getting smarter and more lucrative. Such attacks are expected to become more frequent and widespread. Here are four ways to avoid the next ransomware attack, and I’ll add …

Microsoft’s own VR platform, which launched a few weeks ago, doesn’t have a lot of software yet, which could be a dealbreaker for some. But a bridge to Steam’s VR catalog could add some access to more games soon enough. A Steam VR hook-in for Windows Mixed Reality, announced earlier this fall, is launching next week on Nov. 15 in …