For many months now, a certain Windows bug has been causing update installation problems for some users. When trying to install update KB5034441 for Windows 11 or KB5034440 for Windows 10, you might experience an…
Exciting times! Microsoft recently announced at its developer conference about artificial intelligence, a new laptop class with significantly more powerful Snapdragon X CPUs, and its new operating system for the Arm architecture all sounds really…
Transferring files between PCs can feel laborious, especially when you have only just a few small ones to deal with. A lot of people still hunt for a USB drive to put the documents on—or…
As of 2024, Windows now collects more data about you than ever before, and it’s a real point of concern for privacy enthuasists. It’s not just that the recently announced Recall feature is a privacy…
Getty Images Threat actors carried out zero-day attacks that targeted Windows users with malware for more than a year before Microsoft fixed the vulnerability that made them possible, researchers said Tuesday. The vulnerability, present in…
Back in August 2023, Windows 95 became 28 years old. Official support for Windows 95 ended in 2001, to be replaced by Windows 98, then Windows XP, then Windows Vista. (Oof.) We’ve previously reminisced about…
While it’s true that Macs are less likely to be attacked on the basis that there are fewer Macs than PCs, Mac users can be a very lucrative target and hence considered worth the effort.…
A new test version of Windows 11 is available for Windows Insiders on the Dev Channel with Build 26120.961, which rolls out a significant change: a new Windows Start menu. You’ll immediately notice that Microsoft…
If you’ve ever been in the mood to upgrade to Windows 11, now is the time. PCWorld’s software store is taking an additional 20 percent off Windows 11 licenses and 10 percent off of our…
This past June 29 marked the 30th anniversary of FreeDOS, the text-based operating system by American developer Jim Hall that carries on the tradition of the classic and iconic MS-DOS. In fact, development of FreeDOS…