Quake II gets an enhanced port 26 years after release
If you’re old enough to remember when the term “DOOM clone” was something you’d see in a magazine (printed on paper, made out of dead trees!), then you probably have fond memories […]
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Google extends Chromebook support to 10 years, retroactively too
New Chromebooks will now ship with ten years’ worth of security patches and updates, Google said Thursday, helping ease a persistent problem: the limited lifespan of Chromebook hardware. Google will also support […]
How MSI graphics cards have evolved over the years
The “gamer aesthetic” is a shifting, nebulous thing. From the transparent plastics of the ’90s to today’s seas of rainbow LEDs and brushed metal, we’ve seen a lot of trends come and […]
Microsoft’s Project Silica saves data on glass plates for 10,000 years
Microsoft Research, the R&D arm of the Redmond software giant, is testing the storage of huge amounts of data on glass plates in a futuristic initiative dubbed “Project Silica.” If successful, it […]
‘Zero Punctuation’ game review series ends after 16 years
In July of 2007, a young British gamer calling himself Yahtzee made a short, swear-laden cartoon about the demo for the PS3 game The Darkness. While the presentation was basic and the […]
Windows Notepad finally gets spell check, 41 years later
Though it’s intentionally simple and there are some excellent alternatives, Microsoft’s humble Notepad text editor has gained a massive following through sheer ubiquity. Today it finally gets a feature that even the […]
This year’s major Windows 11 update is here for you to try
The major Windows 11 update for 2024 is now available for you to try out — but unless you have an unreleased Windows Copilot+ PC, you won’t be able to receive the […]
Windows 10 gets its first beta in three years
The bell is tolling for Windows 10, with the much-loved operating system going out of official support in October of next year. But with hundreds of millions of users still on the […]
Over 40 years later, Windows’ Notepad finally has spell check
Earlier this year, Microsoft killed WordPad—the free and surprisingly capable built-in word processor that debuted in Windows 95. For this, they must be punished. Yet while Microsoft taketh away, they also giveth. […]
Windows SmartScreen has been compromised for years
You know that warning that pops up every time you want to install a new app in Windows? The one that sometimes prevents you from doing it when an app seems a […]
