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Wifi November 4, 2015

Tech Q&A: Hide your Facebook profile, hotel Wi-Fi, and more

Want to know how to hide your Facebook profile, stay safe on hotel and buy a laptop for college? Then read this column.

Laptops November 4, 2015

Microsoft unveils Windows 8.1 Update 1: Here are the new features

At Build 2014, Microsoft’s annual developer-focused conference, the company dished out some details about Windows 8.1 Update 1, the first significant Windows update since it became available back in October. Here’s a rundown of the changes that Windows 8.1 Update 1 will bring about once it’s released as a free update for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 users on April 8, which happens to be Microsoft’s next regularly scheduled Patch Tuesday.

Laptops November 4, 2015

Microsoft releases Windows 8.1, a year in the making, to address Windows 8 gripes

Microsoft released its long-awaited Windows 8.1 upgrade as a free download Thursday. It addresses some of the gripes people have had with Windows 8, the dramatically different operating system t...

Laptops November 4, 2015

The last Windows PC you'll ever buy

A lame duck CEO. A major operating system that nobody wants. Rapidly declining PC sales. A desperate Hail Mary acquisition of a trailing smart phone maker. Is this the swan song for Windows?

Mac November 4, 2015

Best Buy recalls 5,100 replacement batteries for MacBook Pro due to fire risk

Best Buy is recalling 5,100 replacement batteries for the MacBook Pro due to a fire risk.

Laptops November 4, 2015

5 signs that your computer is infected

It's like the common cold. You'd think someone would have cured both by now. Unfortunately, it looks like computer viruses are just getting stronger and smarter.

Laptops November 4, 2015

The 5 biggest tech myths

For an industry that's based on math, science and engineering, technology sure spawns a surprising amount of myths.

Laptops November 4, 2015

Asus shows off more than a dozen Windows 8 laptops, hybrids and slates

Analysts say manufacturers are concerned about Windows 8's impact on a sluggish PC market, but you'd never know it looking as Asus' holiday lineup.

Laptops November 4, 2015

Watch out, iPad? Microsoft Surface tablet to cost $499

Microsoft is pricing its Surface Windows 8 tablet at $499 for the base model -- in line with the pricing of Apple’s iPad, where the base model costs $499 for a 16-gigabyte iPad.

Laptops November 4, 2015

Why can’t your computer stream 4K yet? Crazy compression and piracy

Kill All Pixels is a column about high-pixel-density computer displays published every other Wednesday.

Laptops November 4, 2015

Go directly to fail: Worst tech product ideas ever

Spray-on hair. New Coke. Pat Boone's heavy metal album. Some products are such bad ideas that some executive must have been snorting canned air before letting them out the door.