After slightly over a year incubating on the Xbox One, EA announced today it’s bringing its Access subscription-based gaming program over to the PC. Rechristened “ Highlights include
A new update to the Windows Insider app on Windows 10 Mobile allows users to opt out of pre-production builds rather easily—probably preparing testers of older devices for their release of Windows 10 Mobile. Previously, opting out of the Windows 10 Insider program required a reset, as
Intel’s itty-bitty Intel first introduced mini-STX in August, although it was christened "5x5" at the time to denote its size—generally 5 inches by 5 inches. This board is significant since it fills the gap between the Intel NUC and the mini-ITX form factor. It also allows you to switch out your CPU, unlike NUCs.
Police believe they have nabbed a key figure behind a series of online extortion attacks that have taken place around the world over the last 18 months. Operation Pleiades, a joint operation by police forces from around the world, led to the arrest of a "main target" and the detention of another suspect, Europol said Tuesday. The denial-of-service attacks on webservers and the like made by group going by the name DD4BC (Distributed DoS for Bitcoin), are followed by an email threatening that the attack will be stepped up unless a payment is made in bitcoin. Attackers using the name DD4BC have
If you like your RAM super-sized and face-meltingly fast, you’ll definitely want to check out G.Skill’s latest memory kit. The newest member of the Ripjaws V lineup seems to check every possible box enthusiasts could ask for: It’s 128GB of
You’ve heard of Christmas in July. Well how about spring cleaning in January? Microsoft is kicking off 2016 with arguably its most significant Patch Tuesday in months. As of today, Microsoft bids goodbye to all but one version of The biggest item on the chopping block is Windows 8. Not Windows 8.1—that sweeping update is still supported—but the original, non-Start button version of Windows 8. After Tuesday’s updates, Microsoft will cease support for the 3 year, 2 month, and 17-day old operating system. That means Windows 8 is
Cloud backup is exactly what it sounds like. Your data is stored in an online repository, where it’s accessible to you when you need it. It works like this: You download a desktop client to your PC, select the folders you want to back up, and that data uploads to the service on a set schedule. Then if catastrophe strikes, such as a house fire or robbery, you have a clean, up-to-date copy of your data stashed on a server somewhere, all safe and sound. Cloud backup does not eliminate the need for a local backup on an external hard drive of some sort, but it provides an easy solution for keeping another backup off-site. Your other options are to circulate a few hard drives that you keep in a safe at the office (a pain to remember), or run a remote server (technically challenging). Pay a few bucks a year to store your hard drive data online with a third-party provider is the easiest choice for most people.
If you’re running Windows 10, you need to create a recovery drive—a bootable flash drive that will allow you to restore your system from a restore point, an image backup, or through a complete reinstall. There’s no single solution to this problem. A fix that works for one person won’t necessarily work for another.