How to run CMD or PowerShell as administrator, no right clicks required By Avram Piltch published 25 October 24 Launch an elevated Command prompt or PowerShell terminal window. You can configure either program to run as admin automatically, so you don't need to right click it.
Trump tariffs would increase laptop prices by $350+, other electronics by as much as 40% By Avram Piltch published 18 October 24 The CTA analyzed the effect of Trumpās proposed tariffs on electronics prices and predicted price hikes of 6 to 45%, depending on the product category.
How to stop Chrome from asking for a PIN when autocompleting passwords By Avram Piltch published 16 October 24 Chrome recently started making you enter a PIN every time you need it to remember your password. Here's how to stop it from doing that.
Dude, you're getting a PC! More shoppers than ever buying laptops and desktops as gifts, report predicts By Avram Piltch published 15 October 24 The Consumer Technology Association conducted a survey of consumer intentions for holiday 2024. 78 percent of shoppers plan to gift computer hardware and 89 percent plan to gift tech of some kind.
Change this Windows setting right away -- especially if you have children or pets By Avram Piltch published 14 October 24 Curious children like to press or could bump into your power button. Here's how to stop them from suddenly turning off your computer.
Best Prime Day October 2024 Deals You Can Still Get By Avram Piltch, Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, Andrew E. Freedman, Matt Safford, Les Pounder, Brandon Hill, Paul Alcorn, Jarred Walton last updated 10 October 24 The deal holiday is officially over but savings continue on Amazon and its competitors.
This surprising tool saved my PC build and my sanity -- now it's on sale for $16 By Avram Piltch published 8 October 24 When you're building a desktop, you need two things: hands and light. This tool gives you both.
This is the ThinkPad X1 Carbon deal I'd buy today -- 64GB of RAM for less than $1,800 By Avram Piltch published 8 October 24 In honor of Prime Day, Lenovo has a massive sale on ThinkPads.
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (Gen 6, Snapdragon) review: 21 hours of battery life By Avram Piltch published 7 October 24 Editor's Choice The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s has one of the longest-lasting batteries we've ever seen along with a great keyboard, but Arm still has some software compatibility issues.
Ryzen 7 5800X CPU now $128, an all-time low and just $16 per core By Avram Piltch published 6 October 24 This 4.7-GHz CPU is $38 less than it has ever cost before. It makes an ideal upgrade for those with existing AM4 processors.
Insta360ās new pair of AI-powered webcams keep you in the frame By Avram Piltch published 24 September 24 The Insta360 Link 2 and 2C offer vibrant 4K imaging and the ability to follow your head and respond to gestures.
How to resolve hotkey conflicts in Windows: Find out which program is using which shortcut By Avram Piltch published 17 September 24 If you want to know which program owns your Prtscr key or other keyboard combo, a free utility called Spy++ can help.
Why I won't buy an Intel Lunar Lake-powered laptop By Avram Piltch published 10 September 24 Intelās new mobile chips promise better performance and longer battery life, but they snub power users like me.
Namecheap VPS and Shared Hosting Review By Christian Cawley published 9 September 24 Namecheap is a great choice for those on a budget, with the shared plan offering incredible value.
Best of IFA 2024: New CPUs, new laptops, and more By Matt Safford published 7 September 24 The most innovative and interesting products that debuted at Berlin's tech show.
Lenovoās Lunar Lake-powered X1 Carbon Aura Edition weighs just 2.16 pounds By Avram Piltch published 5 September 24 Lenovo has announced four new business laptops at IFA, including the X1 Carbon (Gen 13), which is the lightest and most powerful version of its flagship laptop yet.
Acerās shows off āDualPlayā laptop with controller that pops out of the touchpad By Avram Piltch published 4 September 24 A concept laptop from Acer features a wireless controller that serves as a touchpad until you detach and use it.
The Logitech MX Master 3S, my favorite mouse, is now $15 off By Avram Piltch published 29 August 24 You can change the feel of the scroll wheel and configure the buttons.
AMD Ryzen 5700X3D on sale with free SSD while 5800X sports free RAM By Avram Piltch published 28 August 24 Newegg is offering useful components with your CPU purchase.
GreenGeeks Review: VPS and Shared Hosting By Christian Cawley, Avram Piltch published 28 August 24 GreenGeeks plants a tree for every plan sold and buys wind energy credits to make up for its data centersā energy consumption. It also has some really good hosting plans.
AMD's new Ryzen 9950X and 9900X CPUs are already heavily discounted below MSRP By Avram Piltch published 27 August 24 These processors came out only two weeks ago and are already being heavily discounted.
How to Access Linux Ext4 partitions in Windows using WSL (great for reading Raspberry Pi microSD cards) By Avram Piltch published 17 August 24 Use this method to read Raspberry Pi microSD cards in Windows.
ScalaHosting Review: VPS and WordPress Hosting Tested By Avram Piltch, Christian Cawley published 15 August 24 Easy to set up and manage thanks to outstanding control panel software.
Bluehost Review: Cloud, VPS and Shared Hosting Tested By Avram Piltch published 6 August 24 Bluehost offers a wide range of plans with decent performance, easy-to-use tools, lots of flexibility, and reasonable prices. But support could be better.
Cooler Master MasterHUB modular control panel hits pre-order after four years in development By Jowi Morales published 5 August 24 The MasterHUB costs more than double than the Stream Deck, but its modularity and customizable build could make it worth the extra dollars.
