Author Archives: Mark Hachman

You don’t have to know much about PCs to understand that some chip makers, like Intel, own their own fabs. Others, like Nvidia, use third-party foundries. But Intel may try something a bit different: bring other manufacturer’s equipment under it… Continue reading →

Intel is carving out a new ultraportable gaming segment with a specific variant of its 11th-gen Tiger Lake Core chips, known as the H35—complemented by a new “Special Editionâ€� brand and even a desktop-like, 8-core H-series chip that will debut… Continue reading →

Intel debuted its next-generation 11th-gen “Rocket Lake Sâ€� desktop Core chips at CES 2021 on Monday, boasting that its flagship Core i9-11900K processor offers a 19 percent performance improvement over the prior generation, and with gaming perfo… Continue reading →

Microsoft unexpectedly launched the Surface Pro 7+, a refreshed Surface Pro tablet with Intel’s 11th-gen “Tiger Lakeâ€� processors inside, LTE options, and the removeable SSD that Microsoft first introduced with the Surface Pro X.Microsoft will … Continue reading →

HP has adapted 2018’s consumer-oriented Spectre Folio into a business-class device, the new Elite Folio, which features the same leather-wrapped 2-in-1 design, but has swapped Intel’s Core chip for a Qualcomm Snapdragon—and swiped the pen desi… Continue reading →

Last September, AMD announced its first Ryzen C-series chips, with the express intent of allowing more customers to develop Chromebooks based upon its Ryzen chips. That experiment has now paid off, as Acer has announced the Chromebook Spin 514, its … Continue reading →

Last year’s Samsung Galaxy Chromebook was big, bold, red—and at $1,000, quite expensive. For 2021, the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook2 is now substantially cheaper at $550, though some of the features have been trimmed as well.All told, the 13.3-inch… Continue reading →

Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 Insider build adds a significant number of features to Windows 10, including weather and news widgets in the taskbar, new storage settings, and some additional command-line tweaks.They’re all part of Windows 10 Insi… Continue reading →

Microsoft’s Windows Security acts like an airbag: It will protect you, regardless of whether you know it exists. You’ll find a number of technologies grouped within the Windows 10 Settings menu, all designed to secure your PC from malware.Our vi… Continue reading →

Microsoft will be shutting down its augmented-reality version of Minecraft, known as Minecraft Earth, beginning in June, 2021, the company said Tuesday. Microsoft blamed the pandemic as a cause, as well as the lack of freedom of movement that the… Continue reading →