France, Italy, and Spain are on lockdown as governments and individuals in those countries try to slow the spread of the coronavirus and COVID-19 and “flatten the curve” so that as the virus does spread, it does so slowly enough that it doesn’t overwhelm health care systems. Over the past week or so, the United States […]
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Wannacrypt ransomware halted (for now), Microsoft patches Windows XP and up
On Friday a ransomware attack hit tens of thousands of computers around the world before it was (at least temporarily) stopped by a security researcher who found and activated a killswitch. But it’s possible the developer of the malware could tweak the code and try again, so the best protection is to make sure your computer’s […]
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Three best free antivirus programs for your Windows netbook
Most netbooks aren’t blessed with the same excess horsepower as current desktops and conventional laptops. In order to keep your system running to its full potential, it’s important to select applications that are easy on resources. You don’t want to needlessly overwork that Atom processor, do you? One place you can save CPU and RAM […]
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Asus to launch Eee branded motherboard
One of these days Asus is going to change its name to Eee. Until then, the company just keeps pumping out new products with the Eee PC name. This week the Eee Top all-in-one desktop computer made its first retail appearance at Clove Technology, where it’s available for pre-order. And now DigiTimes reports that Asus […]
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Another Asus update: Eee Box Virus, Eee PC S101 price, etc
OK, I’ll admit it. I’m a bit overwhelmed by the amount of news coming out of Asus today. Rather than write a dozen separate posts, I’ve decided to do a few highlights posts. In part one, we noted that Asus expects to ship 12 million notebooks next year, began bundling a 30GB USB hard drive […]