Tag: computing
At $249, this HP Chromebook is a great buy if you need a cheap laptop
Need a lightweight laptop for schoolwork? Or just a really cheap device for general use? You should check out this HP Chromebook 15 at Best Buy for $249 (was $429). Why? Well, this price for 8GB of RAM is great. Not many laptops in this price range feature that incredibly…
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Nvidia RTX 5000 GPUs could soon get a speed boost thanks to MSI Afterburner – but many gamers might miss out here
The MSI Afterburner tool is getting a feature to overclock RTX 5000 GPUs in new ways It’ll allow for memory voltage and auxiliary voltage to be pushed up, which isn’t currently possible While it’s only for MSI GPUs to begin with, other card makers will hopefully follow suit The developer…
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Tiny11 just got tinier – Nano11 shrinks down Windows 11 to a third of its size, but there’s a notable catch
The developer of Tiny11 has released Nano11 Builder This allows for a seriously small Windows 11 installer to be cooked up Some core components are stripped out, though, making this unsuitable for the average PC owner Tiny11 – the tool that facilitates a seriously streamlined installation of Windows 11, trimmed…
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Chat Control: Germany joins the opposition against mandatory scanning of private chats in the name of encryption
Germany and Luxembourg have joined the list of countries opposing the controversial child sexual abuse (CSAM) scanning bill on the eve of the crucial September 12 meeting EU Council members are sharing their final position on the Danish proposal on September 12 Experts are still concerned about the negative impact…
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AMD drops hint that it’s planning a big GPU surprise for Nvidia soon, though I’m not fully convinced it’s the rumored RX 9080 XT
AMD’s CEO will deliver the company’s CES 2026 keynote In announcing this, Team Red dropped a hint that some revelations could be made about consumer GPUs and CPUs Those may be simple teasers, or maybe we’ll see a new top-end RDNA 4 GPU AMD could have a big GPU surprise…
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Ridiculous: SpinTel’s NBN 500 plan gets a last-minute price cut to just AU$64p/m
Well, we certainly didn’t see this one coming! Just days out from the official launch of major NBN speed upgrades, SpinTel has thrown down the gauntlet and set a new benchmark for its competitors by slashing the price of its NBN 500 plan by a further AU$10p/m for the first…
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