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Acer Hacker Seeks Highest Bidder for 160GB of Data

By Mark Tyson published 8 March 23

Acer has confirmed that data from an internal server has been leaked, after a hacker claimed to have grabbed 160GB of digital swag. Customer data should not be present in this leak.

Microsoft’s Edge Offers Split Screen View for Tabs in Latest Canary Build

By Brandon Hill published 24 January 23

Split Screen is available in the latest Microsoft Edge Canary Channel build.

Microsoft Pours Billions Into ChatGPT Creator OpenAI

By Brandon Hill published 23 January 23

This is the latest phase in Microsoft's three-year partnership with OpenAI.

Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 22H2 App Failures After System Restore

By Brandon Hill published 19 January 23

All the affected Microsoft apps use Microsoft's MSIX package format

Microsoft Will End Sale of Windows 10 Licenses to Consumers This Month

By Brandon Hill published 19 January 23

PC users can still download Windows 10 or purchase the operating system on DVD from other retailers... for now.

Microsoft's New 365 Basic Plan: $2 a Month Includes 100GB OneDrive, Ad-Free Outlook

By Brandon Hill published 11 January 23

Also includes advanced security features and technical support

How to Get Windows 11 or Windows 10 for Free (or Under $20)

By Scharon Harding, Avram Piltch published 26 November 22

Need an OS for your PC build? Microsoft charges a whopping $139 for Windows 11 or 10 Home. Here's how to get Windows free or at least cheap.

Microsoft Pauses Windows 11 22H2 Rollout Due to Gaming Issues

By Brandon Hill published 11 November 22

Microsoft is paying Windows 11 22H2 download via Windows Update for affected systems.

How To Remove Image Backgrounds Using Gimp

By Jo Hinchliffe published 15 October 22

Learn how to remove objects from images and place them in entirely new environs.

Rebrand Sees Microsoft Office Become Microsoft 365

By Mark Tyson published 13 October 22

For personal, student and small office users Office apps and destinations will be rebranded as part of Microsoft 365 starting next month. Perpetual licenses for Office 2021 will continue to be sold.

Doom Runs at 60 FPS in Notepad

By Zhiye Liu published 10 October 22

Game developer Sam Chiet gets Doom to run in Microsoft Notepad on Windows.

How To Resize Images in GIMP

By Jo Hinchliffe published 8 October 22

From holiday photos, to billboard sized posters, GIMP has the power to make your art as small or as large as you require.

How To Make GIMP Look and Feel Like Photoshop

By Les Pounder published 2 October 22

Photoshop is the standard to which other image editors are measured, but what if you can get the Photoshop UI without spending the cash?

AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution V2.1 Improves Ghosting, Temporal Stability

By Francisco Pires published 8 September 22

AMD keeps providing the goods with its open-source alternative to NVIDIA's DLSS, heating up the supersampling tech wars.

Scammers Distribute Fake Microsoft Office USB Sticks With Malware

By Anton Shilov published 17 August 22

Fraudsters send fake Microsoft Office USB drives to gain PC access and demand ransom.

Windows 11 Encryption May Damage Data, Microsoft Says

By Mark Tyson published 9 August 22

VAES (vectorized AES) instructions used by apps like like BitLocker should accelerate disk data encryption. But Microsoft has recently had to patch a data damage flaw.

Microsoft Now Sells Windows 11 Licenses Directly to PC DIYers

By Mark Tyson published 23 July 22

Windows 11 Home and Pro licenses are now available direct from Microsoft at $139 and $199, respectively. Until recently, you would have had to buy Windows 10, then do an upgrade instead.