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The wait to download “Windows 8.1 Update” is almost over, next week, on April 8th, Microsoft will make the update available to PC running Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 via Windows Update. However the company is releasing the bits today, April 2nd, for MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Microsoft officially announced the news during the first day of Build 2014, the company’s yearly developer conference in San Francisco. In the event Microsoft demoed “Windows 8....

Xbox One owners have been given the choice between two spatial surround technologies: Windows Sonic or Dolby Atmos. Both aim to enhance sound quality and immersion when playing a game, but which is best for your situation? In the battle of Windows Sonic vs. Dolby Atmos, we compared features, pricing, sound quality, compatibility, and other key factors so you can decide what’s best for you. What Is Windows Sonic for Headphones?...

In a previous article I shared with you a program called Wunderlist, which is a task management tool that not only has a sleek user interface, but it is easy to use as well. Now the team from 6wunderkinder has just released their newest version. There are many task management tools out there, but not too many that are free and meet basic criterias like, for example, being cross-platform, from the desktop computer to the smartphones, and from Windows to Mac that way you are not limited in which way you can access your tasks....

In December, Xbox One owners with an Xbox Live membership will be getting four new games as part of the Xbox Games with Gold program, which translate on over $74 of savings. Through the month of December 2016 members will be able to download Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Outlast, Burnout Paradise, and Outland. As always, two of the games are available for Xbox One and two games for Xbox 360, but you can download and play them the 360 titles on your Xbox One thanks to Backward Compatibility....

Although there has been a lot of information about the brand new Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in the past few weeks, it seems that Microsoft’s console has more surprises stored for us related to games. According to some reports on the net in recent hours, the games on the most powerful console in the world would occupy much more space than the installation space required on Xbox Series S....

The frustration is real when you just want to play a game but cannot due to the Xbox sign in error 0x87dd0006 or 87dd0006. This issue can come up due to one reason mainly and due to it, you won’t be able to login to Xbox Live on an Xbox console or PC and play your favorite game. Today, let’s take a look at why this happens and what you can do from your end to solve it....

Facebook and Instagram are finally giving users the option to hide the likes on their posts. The social networks have been testing the feature and hinting at its broader availability for years, but announced in a blog post on Wednesday that they are finally rolling out the optional feature to everyone. “We tested hiding like counts to see if it might depressurize people’s experience on Instagram.” Instagram wrote in its blog post announcing the feature....

SMTP, or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, is one of the interconnected online protocols and standards that supports the modern internet. Just like HTTPS enables secure browsing and TCP enables packet-based communications, SMTP enables email over the internet. Thanks to an interconnected network of email servers that follow the same rules, emails can find their way across the wider internet, reliably arriving in their recipient’s inboxes only moment being sent. How Does SMTP Work?...

So here it is, the box for the Wi-Fi model of the PS Vita. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably seen this before. But what’s important to note about it? The PS Vita Wi-Fi Model Box Aside from the obvious fact that it’s a PS Vita box, notice the bottom right-hand corner. That’s where it tells you which model you’re looking at (in this case, the Wi-Fi only model). You’ll also see a little picture of a PS Vita memory card, with a note next to it....

Summer camps that teach coding skills are booming, but some parents think that kids spending more time in front of computer screens is a bad idea. Key Takeaways An increasing number of summer camps are teaching kids how to code and other tech skills. Some parents say they would prefer their children to be doing outdoor activities rather than spending time on screens. Most tech summer camps are fee-based, which could leave behind children from low-income families....

We have to say it is indeed weird that one would spend vast amounts of money to buy a premium product, such as an iPad, then complain if the need arises to spend a little bit more for a decent, official spare charger. Many of you will already know of the huge amounts of counterfeit chargers available in the market and the big bucks the people behind them make. But a new side-by-side tear-down of a real vs....

Most routers ship from the manufacturer with a default password built-in. The password is easy to guess and may be omitted entirely to give easy first access to the router settings after purchasing it. The Default Password Is Well-Known It’s recommended to change the password after you get in the first time. If you don’t change the password to your router, then anyone with access to it can change its settings and even lock you out....

Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 17004 for PCs enrolled in the Fast ring (Skip Ahead) of the Windows Insider Program. This new preview for testers is a minor update, but it includes at least one visual change and a slew of fixes and improvements that users will get as part of the Windows 10 Redstone 4 update (version 1803) due in 2018. Windows 10 build 17004, according to the software giant, adds more Fluent Design changes to the Start menu, Microsoft Edge and input get a ton of fixes, and there are also a number of general changes....

Windows 10 build 9888 is an internal partner’s version of the operating system that isn’t meant for the public, but the build managed to get out of Redmond. The latest build 9888 shows some additional features and improvements from the current Windows Insider Program release. These features include new transition animations when minimizing and maximizing windows, we start to see how Microsoft brings a more unified operating system with changes on context menu, zPC settings app is now the default app to get access to settings on the PC, and as we’ve seen before Windows 10 build 9888 ships with kernel version 10....

As part of the June 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft is making available update KB4503293 for devices running Windows 10 version 1903, May 2019 Update, to address a few issues. KB4503293 bumps the version number to build 18362.175, and according to the company, fixes a security vulnerability with Bluetooth devices and various other components, such as Windows Virtualization, Microsoft Scripting Engine, and more. Alongside the patch for the May 2019 Update, Microsoft is also releasing updates for Windows 10 version 1809, 1803, 1709, 1703, 1607, and initial version....

Those of us who come from the days of typewriters rather than keyboards know all about shortcut keys. This was/is a method of speeding up your work routine and is still very prevalent today. For those of you who are not shortcut key users, don’t worry. There is always another way to do everything in Windows. Leave it to Microsoft to change some of the shortcut keys from one operating system to another....

Don’t believe us? Read along! Women’s role in technology is one that has been analyzed time and again from several different angles. It’s true that not enough women are within the technology fields, but women are not less tech-savvy than men, as this new study shows. They asked both sexes if they felt that they were extremely tech-savvy. Only 55% of the women said yes, whereas 79% of the men thought they were....

Microsoft has revealed the next four Xbox titles that Gold subscribers will be getting as part of the Games with Gold program for June 2020. In the sixth month of the year, Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members will be getting over $63.96 in value, including Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse, Coffee Talk, Destroy All Humans, and Sine Mora. As always, two of the games are playable on Xbox One and two are Xbox 360 games, but you can play them all on your console using Backwards Compatibility....

Midori is a web browser for Windows and Linux. Often referred to as “Small and Mighty,” Midori is beloved by many in the Linux community. It uses Apple’s Webkit rendering engine, although it does not work on macOS or iOS. What Is Midori? “Midori” is the Japanese word for green. That name doesn’t actually hold any significance to the web browser, other than the logo is a green cat paw. Name aside, Midori is a minimalist web browser that focuses on being lightweight by reducing the number of features....

As you follow Selene’s journey on an alien planet trying to survive, you only start with a pistol but there’s a lot more in store. While you can get weapons at every biome there aren’t many armors which you can get to shield her from damage. The only defense Selene has is her suit, thankfully the suit is very futuristic. The protection stat tells you how good of a job the suit is doing in protecting you....