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Before Windows 10 goes EOL, I'm testing three alternative Linux distros to save my 6-year-old laptop from the landfill
By Les Pounder last updated
Windows 10 goes EOL on October 14 2025 and I’m testing three alternative Linux distros that the community are raving about.

PNG has been updated for the first time in 22 years
By Jowi Morales published
The W3C updated PNG to make it work with HDR content, and it expects to receive a couple more updates in the near future.

Microsoft replaces the iconic blue screen of death with a black version in Windows 11
By Hassam Nasir published
After 40 years, Microsoft is replacing its iconic blue screen of death with a simpler black screen that displays the stop code and faulty driver error message.

Fedora Linux ponders dropping 32-bit packages
By Jowi Morales published
A proposal for Fedora 44 suggests removing 32-bit support from the operating system, and many gamers are up in arms against it.

WinRAR exploit enables attackers to run malicious code on your PC
By Kunal Khullar published
The CVE-2025-6218 bug allows attackers to manipulate archive paths, potentially writing to protected system folders

27-year-old Easter egg found in the Apple Power Mac G3's ROM
By Mark Tyson published
The activation method for an Easter egg, hidden deep within the ROMs of ancient beige Apple Power Mac G3 computers, has been uncovered.

Microsoft fixes Windows Vista boot sound bug in latest Windows 11 Insider Build — adds Recall Homepage and customizable system indicators
By Kunal Khullar published
Build 26200.5661 also adds Recall Homepage, customizable system indicators, and key stability fixes

Long-time rivals Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time, have dinner
By Mark Tyson published
Photo shows the first meeting between two legends of the tech world, Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds, standing together after a dinner.

User says access to ’30 years of photos and work’ in OneDrive denied by Microsoft, can't get a response after filing form 18 times
By Mark Tyson published
Complains that Redmond only responds with boilerplate emails.

Greek man gets 5 years in prison for running a now-defunct torrenting site 10 years ago
By Sunny Grimm published
A Greek man appealing his judgment in a case involving a 10-plus-year-old torrenting site was handed down an immediate 5-year jail sentence and €11,800 in fines in court this week.
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