In a twist that brilliantly blends the worlds of basketball and technology, entrepreneur and NBA maverick Mark Cuban recently jested with Bill Gates about an unlikely trade scenario—swapping the shiny, new Windows 11 for its stalwart predecessor, Windows 10. The playful conversation, originating...
Ah, the holidays—a time for joy, reflection, and, apparently, outrageously hideous Windows-themed Christmas sweaters. If you’re coming off that festive high, buckle up because we need to discuss one of the quirkiest competitions in tech fandom this past year. Someone out there—brace yourself—has...
Imagine opening your Windows 11 weather widget expecting to find the forecast for the week, but instead, you're greeted with a reading so astronomically high that it promises to melt not just snow, but every last molecule of the Earth's surface! Well, that was the surreal "scorching" reality for...
My adult daughter is running Windows 7 SP1. She swears that whenever the computer misbehaves or otherwise does something she doesn't like, she presses CTRL-Fn and the problem goes away. I know, I know, these are both modifier keys and require another standard key to accomplish something, but...
Let me tell you the terrifying (Not really) tale of the ghost of Windows 7.
It started on a wednesday, just like this one (or a Thursday in another time zone)
A man had upgraded to the latest windows 10 and for the last week has been enjoying it for the most part.
But then update KB3081424 came...
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I heard them talking about IE10 today on TWIT and decided to try it since Skype killed IE9 and it won't browse anymore so it's either that or reinstalling Win7 for the 3rd time. I went to the MS download page and downloaded the file, iepreview.msi, but every time that I run it all it does is...