MoonBounce Malware Hides In Your BIOS Chip, Persists After Drive Formats By Mark Tyson published 22 January 22 It is very worrying that a trend among malware writers is to attempt to infect your PC motherboard's flash memory, so it can persist through an SSD/HDD wipe or replacement.
Windows 11 Task Manager Revamp Spotted in Insider Preview 22538 By Mark Tyson published 20 January 22 Windows 11's Fluent Design continues to permeate updates coming to the OS, and now it looks like the UI designers have turned their focus on to one of the PC enthusiasts' favorite haunts.
Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard in Blockbuster $69 Billion Deal By Brandon Hill published 18 January 22 Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal is its biggest acquisition yet.
AMD's Radeon Privacy View Designed to Nix Shoulder Surfers By Mark Tyson published 11 January 22 AMD has teamed up with Eyeware for an eye-tracking based shoulder surfer combating feature dubbed Privacy View. It works with standard webcams.
AMD RSR Claims Up to 70% Higher Performance, Coming Q1'2022 By Francisco Pires published 11 January 22 AMD has shared a video on its YouTube channel that showcases its upcoming Radeon Super Resolution (RSR) feature working to improve frame rates while narrowing down its release date.
Windows 11 Bug Changes White To Yellow On HDR Displays By Mark Tyson published 27 December 21 Microsoft Windows 11 has an HDR bug where whites might render as yellow. The fix is in the works, estimated to arrive before the end of January.
Intel, Nvidia, Microsoft Vulnerable to Critical Java Exploit, AMD Unaffected By Francisco Pires published 20 December 21 Spectre and Meltdown days dejá-vu?
$45,000 AWS Crypto-Mining Hack Generates $800 of Monero By Francisco Pires published 15 December 21 Lots of work for $800 worth of cryptocurrency.
Intel Jumps Head-First Into the Metaverse By Francisco Pires published 14 December 21 Intel is taking the Metaverse pretty seriously, providing the computing power and also working on the software.
Windows 11 Build 22518 Brings Big Changes to Voice Access, Widgets, WSL By Brandon Hill published 8 December 21 Microsoft makes some big changes with Windows 11 Insider Preview 22518
Quantinuum Creates Quantum-Powered Encryption That's Available Today By Francisco Pires published 7 December 21 Quantinuum, a business unit of quantum computing company Honeywell, has productized what it calls the world's first quantum-powered encryption key generator.
Microsoft Retreats On Windows 11 Default Browser Behavior By Brandon Hill published 3 December 21 Microsoft backtracks on its controversial default browser changes in Windows 11.
Microsoft: Eu Tech Companies File Formal Complaint Against Windows "One Drive" Bundling By Francisco Pires published 30 November 21 Alleging that bundle software limits competitiveness.
Steam Adds Linux Support for DLSS, 24 More Games By Francisco Pires published 25 November 21 Bridging the divide between Windows and Linux games, one compatibility layer at a time.
New Windows Installer Zero-Day Exploit Is in the Wild By Francisco Pires published 24 November 21 A security researcher posted proof-of-concept code that exploits Microsoft's Windows Installer Service, giving an attacker full system-level privileges.
Microsoft Confirms Anticompetitive Edge Browser Behavior in Windows 11 By Brandon Hill published 16 November 21 Microsoft found yet another way to tick off users who aren't fond of Edge hijacking OS links.
Mozilla Firefox Finally Arrives in Microsoft Store for Windows 11 By Brandon Hill published 9 November 21 Firefox is now accessible in the Microsoft Store with Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows 11 KB5008295 Arrives To Fix Built-In App Certificate Woes By Nathaniel Mott published 5 November 21 Microsoft's app certificate expiration problems are now over -- at least for Windows Insiders.
Intel Offers Workaround for DRM Issues Affecting Certain Games and CPUs By Nathaniel Mott published 5 November 21 Intel has offered a workaround for games suffering from DRM issues when played on its 12th Gen Core processors.
Phishing for Crypto: Half a Million Dollars Stolen Via Google Ads Exploit By Francisco Pires published 4 November 21 Triple-check web addresses, all the time.
