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10 great games for crummy old PCs

11.04.2013 3:30 AM

Slow machines of the world, rejoice. You too can revel in some of the best that PC gaming has to offer, with these 10 games that won't put your hardware to shame.

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Review: VirtualBox 4.3 goes touchy-feely for Windows 8 virtualization

11.04.2013 6:00 AM

VirtualBox 4.3 now supports touch in its virtual machines, bringing the venerable application up to date technology-wise. Mostly.

 

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Batman: Arkham Origins Review: Sisyphus never had it this bad

11.04.2013 6:03 AM

And lo, Batman rolled his rock up the hill of Gotham one more time, only to see Joker send it careening back towards the ground.

Heins out as BlackBerry CEO, as struggling phone maker takes $1 billion loan

11.04.2013 6:35 AM

BlackBerry will take a loan from its principal shareholder and name John S. Chen chairman and interim CEO

Surface Pro 2 firmware update packs a big battery boost

11.04.2013 7:18 AM

Subpar endurance is the Surface Pro 2's biggest Achilles Heelor at least it was before an update boasting beefy battery life improvements hit the airwaves.

Speed up a slow PC without buying new hardware

11.04.2013 7:41 AM

Gamersim17 complains that his PC is "moving extremely slowly and not performing like it should." He asked the Desktops forum for advice.

Linux 4.0 may have only bug fixes, no new features

11.04.2013 7:57 AM

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has proposed that Linux 4.0 should be dedicated to stability and bug fixing.

Western Digital's HGST fills hard drives with helium to inflate storage capabilities

11.04.2013 8:07 AM

Hermetically sealed helium helps hard drives run cooler, sip less power, and fit more storage into the same space.

HP porting venerable Nonstop server platform to x86

11.04.2013 8:15 AM

The server systems -- popular with banks, telcos and other businesses -- will come in both Itanium- and x86-based flavors.

Wrangle your paper documents with a free MaxxDocs account

11.04.2013 8:59 AM

MaxxDocs is offering a slimmed down version of its document management platform targeted at small businesses and educational institutions.

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CryptoLocker creators try to extort even more money from victims with new service

11.04.2013 9:21 AM

Users who removed the original malware infection, intentionally or not, are asked to pay five times more to recover their files.

Twitter increases top end of IPO price to $25 a share

11.04.2013 9:44 AM

While bumping up the price range of its initial public offering, Twitter also revealed that IBM says the microblogging service has infringed on several patents.

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