There are currently a few different ways to get your hands on Microsoft Office. There are home and business versions of Office. And make a one-time purchase to get a version of Office that you can install on a single PC or pay for an Office 365 subscription that lets you install the operating system on one […]
Samsung and LG smartphone displays with 4 curved edges under development?
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 smartphone features dual curved edges, with the display bending over the left and right sides of the display giving the phone a bezel-less design along its longest sides. But future smartphone displays might have curves along all four edges, enabling device makers to build phones with nearly nothing but screen on the […]
Whoops: Antivirus software Webroot bricks PCs by deleting Windows system files
Webroot provides security software for home and business users, and like most antivirus applications, the company’s software can identify and quarantine or delete potentially malicious files. Unfortunately on April 24th, a Webroot update mistakenly flagged hundreds of Windows system files as malware… causing many computers to stop working. The company says the bad virus definitions were […]
Xiaomi’s in no hurry to launch smartphones in the US
Chinese company Xiaomi currently sells a popular line of entry-level, mid-range, and premium smartphones in about 30 markets around the world. But while the company sells a handful of products like headphones, speakers, batteries, and TV boxes in the US, the only way to buy a Xiaomi phone in the United States is to pick up […]
Mid-range LG X Power 2 smartphone with 4,500 mAh battery coming this summer
Sometimes smartphone makers try to make their device stand out with flashy features like ultra-wide displays or modular designs. But sometimes all you really want is a phone that has a good-enough display and processor… and really long battery life. Last year LG launched the X Power smartphone with a 4,100 mAh battery and a […]
Canonical to stop supporting Ubuntu Phone in June
Canonical had already announced development of its Ubuntu Phone software was ending. Now we know when the final nail goes in the coffin: June. That’s when Canonical plans to end support for the handful of phones and tablets running the touchscreen-optimized version of Ubuntu Linux. In a message to NetworkWorld, Canonical notes that “Ubuntu phones and […]
Google’s next-gen Pixel phones to feature Snapdragon 835 chips (leaks)
Google is expected to launch several new Pixel-branded smartphones this year, and over the past month or so we’ve seen signs in the Android Open Source code suggesting that there may be three models on the way, code-named Walleye, Muskie, and Taimen. Now WinFuture has spotted indications in AOSP code suggesting that all three phones […]
Intel Optane Memory launches for $44 and up (speedy cache compliments your hard drive)
Intel’s first consumer-grade 3D Xpoint memory solution is going on sale this week. First unveiled in March, Intel Optane Memory is basically a small solid state drive using a new type of memory technology and designed to be paired with a hard drive to offer the best of both worlds: the large storage capacity of […]
Deals of the Day (4-24-2017)
The Lenovo IdeaCentre Stick 300 may not be the newest or most powerful PC-on-a-stick around, but at the moment it may be one of the cheapest options made by a big-name computer company. The Microsoft Store is selling this little computer with an Atom Z3735F processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and Windows 10 […]
Cube iWork8 Air Pro is a $130 dual OS tablet (updated)
Chinese device maker Cube’s latest tablet features an 8 inch, full HD display, an Intel Atom Cherry Trail processor, and two operating systems: Windows 10 and Android 5.1. What really makes the Cube iWork8 Air Pro unusual though is the fact that it’s a $131 tablet with 8GB of RAM. The tablet is available for […]