Remembering what Windows 10 did right—and how it made modern Windows more annoying

Windows 10 wasn’t perfect; these examples of what it did right are cherry-picked. But part of the operating system’s ...

Keeping Windows and macOS alive past their sell-by date

Some of the hints for older, unsupported OSes apply equally to both Mac and Windows. Both come with an assortment of bundled ...

You can now try the Windows phone OS that Microsoft never released

A leaked build of Andromeda OS now lets users try the canceled Windows software originally meant for Surface Duo, offering a ...

Microsoft Weekly: Windows 11 hardware components get big performance boost as 2025 ends

Catch up with this week's Microsoft Weekly news recap, including a performance boost for one of Windows 11's hardware ...

Before ‘Scream 7’ Arrives in February, Watch the First 3 ‘Scream’ Movies All on One Streamer

Get ready for Scream 7's February release by streaming the original Scream trilogy on Paramount+ starting January 1st. Here's ...

5 "Magnificent" Stocks and 1 ETF That Are Must-Owns in 2026, According to Robinhood's Retail Investors

Everyday investors have made clear that five members of the "Magnificent Seven" and an ultra-popular exchange-traded fund ...

My 11 favorite Linux distributions of all time, ranked

After using Linux for nearly 30 years, I've created a list of the best Linux distributions I've used since the beginning. Here they are.
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The Final Shutdown: Pour One Out for the Tech That Died in 2025

Say your goodbyes to AOL dial-up, Skype, Windows 10, and a host of other tech gadgets and services that powered down and ...
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Secure Offline: A Hardware-Bound Cryptographic Framework for Software License Validation in Internet Constrained Educational Environments ()

The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...