Author Archives: Mark Hachman

Windows 10’s May 2020 Update borks pooled Storage Spaces

If you’re a fan of Windows 10’s Storage Spaces technology, Microsoft offered you a piece of advice on Wednesday: don’t update to the Windows 10 May 2020 Update yet.Storage Spaces is a feature that was introduced years ago, dating back to Windo… Continue reading

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Lenovo launches ThinkPads with high-octane Ultra Performance Mode

Lenovo unveiled the third generation of its 15-inch ThinkPad X1 Extreme laptop on Wednesday morning, boasting an Intel 10th-gen Core CPU, upgraded graphics, and a brighter display option. The ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3 spearheads a range of Lenovo’… Continue reading

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Dropbox catches up with a password vault, folder backup, and a family plan

On Tuesday, Dropbox announced new features that help the service catch up to Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive, which offer a number of these features already. Did you know that Dropbox didn’t have automatic folder backup from your PC to the cloud… Continue reading

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Adobe Creative Cloud updates add more AI and learning tools

While Adobe’s major update to its Creative Cloud applications includes several feature improvements—for example, an AI-powered, improved Smart Subject feature for Photoshop—the main focus is explanatory: showing how to use its tools, as much … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s next Windows 10 20H2 release will be a minor update

About a month after Microsoft began shipping the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, the company announced Tuesday that it’s begun shipping the first builds on its next feature release: Windows 10 20H2.Like the Windows 10 October 2019 Update, Microsoft de… Continue reading

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The Lenovo Flex 5G is a $1,400 5G laptop with Qualcomm inside

The Lenovo Flex 5G has gone by many names, including Project Limitless and the Yoga 5G. As it finally launches, it will be called the Lenovo Flex 5G in the United State (and the Yoga 5G in some other markets). They’re all the same 14-inch 2-in-1, … Continue reading

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The Lenovo Flex 5G is a $1,400 connected laptop with Qualcomm inside

The Lenovo Flex 5G has gone by many names, including Project Limitless and the Yoga 5G. As it finally launches, it will be called the Lenovo Flex 5G in the United State (and the Yoga 5G in some other markets). They’re all the same 14-inch 2-in-1, … Continue reading

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Money in Excel imports your live banking data into a spreadsheet

Microsoft has begun rolling out “Money in Excel,â€� a one-stop dashboard within Microsoft Excel for viewing your day-to-day finances, including bank and credit card transactions.Microsoft announced Money in Excel in April as part of a broader roll… Continue reading

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Microsoft Teams for Education preps for fall with 7×7 speaker grid, deeper analytics

COVID-19 ushered in a wave of unexpected distanced learning into schools. With the pandemic persisting, schools are spending their summers planning for the fall. Microsoft issued its own lesson plans for Teams on Monday, with an expanded gallery vie… Continue reading

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Five subtle ways the Windows 10 May 2020 Update can improve your life

Microsoft’s Windows 10 May 2020 Update may not be as ambitious as in years past, but there are still new features worth checking out. It’s already available as a voluntary update to your PC, and it will eventually be pushed to your PC automatical… Continue reading

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