Author Archives: Mark Hachman

A CableLabs technology called Intelligent Network Wireless Steering, or IWINS, could be the answer to a pesky problem that smartphones have: As they reach the outer fringes of a Wi-Fi network, do they ask for data from the Wi-Fi router or their cell… Continue reading →

Near the end of this year, the Mail and Calendar apps within Windows 10 could be phased out for a new, web-centric version of Outlook—which could gobble up the traditional Outlook app as well, at a later date.According to a report by Windows Centr… Continue reading →

In a year where we largely turned our backs on the real world and huddled indoors, technology and the companies that developed them gained outsized influence. Microsoft loomed larger than most, powering the PCs that ran Microsoft Teams and the Xbox… Continue reading →

On Thursday, Intel debuted “Clover Falls,â€� an AI companion chip that the company will ship as a platform-level enhancement for commercial PCs, and presumably later for consumer PCs as well.Intel described Clover Falls, aka the Intel Visual Sensi… Continue reading →

One of the benefits of Google’s Chrome browser is that when you create a new account on a website, it can generate a unique password, then store and autofill it when you visit the site again. Microsoft Edge will now do the same, though the process… Continue reading →

Google has quietly acquired Neverware, a developer that can take an old Mac or PC and essentially retrofit it into a Chromebook via its CloudReady technology. The technology will be folded into the ChromeOS team, Neverware said.Neverware quietly ann… Continue reading →

The Dell Latitude 9510 2-in-1 is a business laptop that just won’t quit. Seriously: With nearly a full 24 hours of battery life, it just keeps going and going.Intel and Dell engineers architected the Latitude 9510 as a â€�Project Athenaâ€� laptop, o… Continue reading →

Editor’s note: This article originally published on August 23, 2018, shortly after the app’s creation, but we’re sharing it again in honor of Windows 95’s 25th anniversary. You can also run a Windows 95 emulation in your browser with a different p… Continue reading →

How do you take recess during a day of distance learning? By breaking down recess into its component parts, and figuring out how to do each.A day’s worth of Zoom calls and online worksheets can take its toll on anyone, including adults, let alone… Continue reading →

On Thursday, Zoom revealed its upcoming changes for distance learning this fall, creating focus groups and allowing students to roam between breakout rooms without the need for their teacher to facilitate things.Both Google and Microsoft have alread… Continue reading →