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Screenshots: The Windows 8 Reset your PC feature

March 21, 2013 8:29am PDT

Reset your PC tool removes all of your data and settings and then reinstalls Windows 8. Greg Shultz shows you how it works.

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Slideshow: Windows 8 Refresh your PC tool in action

March 7, 2013 1:31pm PST

Greg Shultz explains how to use the default mode of the Windows 8 Refresh your PC tool from the Recovery Drive.

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Slideshow: Download and install the Windows 8 Media Center Pack for free

November 20, 2012 1:19pm PST

Greg Shultz explains how to download and install the free Windows 8 Media Center Pack in Windows 8 Pro, including some caveats.

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Keep your PCs clean with five portable antivirus and antimalware tools

October 15, 2012 8:42am PDT

Jack Wallen lists his five favorite portable antivirus / antimalware tools - the tools you keep handy for that inevitable security emergency.

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Five free anti-malware tools for Windows PCs

September 12, 2012 11:33am PDT

Protect your system against those insidious malware threats with the help of these reliable removal tools.

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Slideshow: Install Windows Media Center to Windows 8

July 25, 2012 11:27am PDT

Windows Media Center will only be available as an Add-on for Windows 8. Greg Shultz shows how to download and install it.

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Product Spotlight: UniBlue SpeedUpMyPC 2012

July 13, 2012 1:13pm PDT

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10 ways to speed up a slow PC

March 12, 2012 6:06am PDT

Is your computer moving at a crawl? Don't give up. There are some things you can do about it.

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Five PC apps for smoother traveling

March 7, 2012 8:08am PST

From expense reporting to finding discount flights, these tools will come in handy for all sorts of travel tasks.

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PC-BSD closely tracks its FreeBSD parent, adds improvements where necessary, and has avoided additions that would detract from the experience. Here's hoping that PC-BSD continues this winning formula.

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Dinosaur Sighting: Microsoft Flight Simulator for the IBM PC Jr.

January 20, 2012 8:55am PST

One of the first "killer" game applications for what was the nascent personal computer gaming market in 1983, was Microsoft Flight Simulator. While the graphics weren't spectacular by today's...

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Dinosaur Sighting: The IBM PC Jr. does 123 and more

January 20, 2012 3:54am PST

The IBM PC Jr. is an important artifact in the history of the modern personal computer. The PC Jr. was IBM's attempt to enter the SOHO market. In 1983, the largest computer company in the world...

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The old and new of BSD installers

January 17, 2012 8:46pm PST

A pair of BSD installers show two different ways of tackling the install process: one tried and tested, the other more modern. It's FreeBSD against PC-BSD.

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Top alternative keyboards for your Android tablet

December 19, 2011 1:01pm PST

There's no reason to stick with the built-in Android keyboard if you find it hard to use. One of these replacements could make your tablet typing a whole lot easier.

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Top Android tablets

November 1, 2011 11:01pm PDT

Here are our favorite Android tablets this holiday season.

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Cracking Open the Sony Tablet S

September 21, 2011 7:53am PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Sony Tablet S. Inside this Android tablet, he found hardware from Nvidia, Elpida, Samsung, and UEI.

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Sony's product deluge at IFA (photos)

August 31, 2011 3:00pm PDT

Sony has a broad product range, and it got a bit broader at the electronics show with the debut of two new Android tablets, an Android phone, and an Android Walkman prototype.

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The beginnings of the PC revolution (photos)

August 11, 2011 4:00am PDT

IBM launched its landmark 5150 personal computer 30 years ago Friday, and with it a new industry of component makers and software developers.

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OnLive on the iPad: PC gaming to go (hands-on)

June 24, 2011 2:00pm PDT

We played full PC games on an iPad, streamed remotely, thanks to a demo of OnLive's upcoming iPad/Android tablet app. Can this magic be possible? Believe.