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Unreal Tournament 2004 is back in a way that will make long-time arena-shooter fans grin: OldUnreal — the volunteer preservation and patching collective — has released an official installer that downloads the original UT2004 disc image, installs it, and applies a modern community patch that...

Unreal Tournament 2004 is playable again on modern Windows machines thanks to a community-led revival that bundles full installers with a major compatibility patch — a practical, careful rescue mission that makes one of the early‑2000s’ defining arena shooters run cleanly on Windows 10 and...

Epic’s store is no longer an experiment — it’s a deliberate platform play with measurable traction, a pricey acquisition engine built around free games, and an explicit interest in being where users play next: potentially on a Windows‑powered, next‑generation Xbox. m]) Background: where Epic...

Microsoft’s Copilot now promises to do something deceptively simple: set a reminder for you from your PC and make your phone buzz when the time comes. But early hands‑on testing suggests the feature is not yet living up to that promise — and that gap between claim and delivery matters more than...

Google’s Gemini is quietly testing a way to pull another assistant’s entire conversation history into its own workspace — a small UI change with potentially huge implications for portability, privacy, and how people choose (or switch) AI chatbots. Background / Overview Google has been spotted...

For many long-time Windows users the past 18 months have felt like a slow-motion erosion of trust: once-reliable workflows interrupted by buggy updates, a growing sense that stability and predictability were being traded for experimental AI features, and, increasingly, a willingness to consider...

Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios has quietly moved from “selective” porting to an explicit strategy of getting more first‑party games onto PlayStation 5 in 2026, a shift that redefines how exclusivity, subscriptions, and platform competition will work for the next console generation. Overview In...

Comscore’s new snapshot makes one thing clear: the AI‑assistant era is not niche anymore — it’s a cross‑platform consumer phenomenon with mobile suddenly in the fast lane, and desktop still hosting the heavy‑duty sessions that power productivity and research. Background / Overview Comscore...

Heartopia launched as an unpretentious, cross-platform life sim that prizes cozy aesthetics and social play—but before you dive into decorating, pet-raising, and farming, you need to know whether your machine can actually run it. This deep-dive system requirements guide verifies the published...

The modern inbox is quietly becoming a battleground for convenience, data, and trust — and Gmail’s newest Gemini-powered features are the latest front line in a wider AI scramble that touches Windows, Microsoft’s Copilot ambitions, developer consoles, and even the consoles you game on...

The AI showdown that matters for millions of knowledge workers has settled into a pragmatic split: in 2025, Microsoft Copilot and OpenAI’s ChatGPT no longer compete on novelty alone — they compete on where and how they fit into real work. Microsoft sells baked‑in Office automation, tenant...

Intelligent Standby List Cleaner (ISLC) has quietly become a go‑to troubleshooting tool for gamers and power users who face unexplained stutters, freezes, or crashes caused by Windows’ memory caching behavior, and its pedigree—created by the same developer behind the widely used Display Driver...

For people who split their workday between macOS and Windows, the right apps don’t just run on both platforms — they stay in sync so your passwords, tasks, notes, music, and files are exactly where you expect them to be when you switch devices. GroovyPost’s short roundup highlights five...

Microsoft’s engineering gamble — to use AI to rewrite millions of lines of legacy C and C++ into Rust by 2030 — landed squarely in the spotlight this winter after a months‑long string of Windows 11 malfunctions and a formal Microsoft support advisory that traced the outages to XAML registration...

You don't need to switch to Linux to escape subscriptions, telemetry, or vendor lock‑in — a surprisingly large, modern, and usable free‑and‑open‑source (FOSS) ecosystem already runs cleanly on Windows and macOS, and with a little discipline you can eliminate many subscription costs without...

Hotta Studio and publisher Perfect World Games opened registration for the Neverness to Everness “Co‑Ex” closed beta (the NTE Co‑Existence Test) on December 23, 2025 — the sign‑up page is live and the team is recruiting testers across PC (Windows), iOS, Android and PlayStation 5 — with the...

AI’s appetite for memory and storage has reshaped the PC market faster than many hobbyists expected, and the idea that this is a coordinated plot to “kill local PCs” is seductive—but misleading. What’s actually happening is a mix of market concentration, prioritization of higher‑margin AI...

ExpressVPN’s move to a shared Qt foundation for its desktop clients marks one of the most consequential product-architecture shifts the company has made in years, promising faster feature parity across Linux, macOS, and Windows while also introducing a slate of new tools — from integrated speed...

ExpressVPN has pushed a ground-up redesign to its desktop lineup by shipping a Qt-based Linux app today, while macOS users can opt into a beta and Windows 10/11 owners are told to expect the revamped client in a coming beta — a move that promises cross-platform consistency, faster feature...

If you’re a Windows 10 user hunting for a native FaceTime installer, the short, unavoidable answer is this: there is no official FaceTime app for Windows 10 that you can download and install — but Apple now lets non‑Apple devices join FaceTime calls from a web browser, and there are several...