Microsoft seems to be having a bad run of luck with its Windows updates as of late. By now you are probably familiar with the various issues that affected the October Update for Windows 10, such as a file deletion bug that prompted Microsoft to pause the update’s roll out. Well, it turns out users are seeing problems in Windows 7 as well.

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We’ve seen a lot of Hot Hardware this week at CES 2019, including a few desktop and notebook systems from CyberPowerPC. We have the feeling that the company is really into Thor and Asgardians in general, because the first system that we bumped up against was the Ragnarok.
The Ragnarok features a massive E-ATX chassis that can be equipped

Dell didn’t just set out to build an incredibly fast gaming laptop with its latest Alienware offering — it wanted to build the world’s fastest mobile gaming rig and it has succeeded magnificently. Witness the Area-51m, which is a beastly machine that is factory overclocked and designed to handle pretty much any game that you throw its way.
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Earlier this week, we first introduced you to the HP Omen X Emperium 65, which is massive panel developed under NVIDIA’s Big Format Gaming Display (BFGD) initiative. While it was hard not to be impressed with the Omen X Emperium 65’s specs sheet, we were more enamored to actually witness this gaming goodness in the flesh.
In the video below,

Earlier today we reported that T-Mobile was taking AT&T to task for its decision to seemingly deceive customers by changing 4G LTE labels on consumers’ smartphones to ”5G E” with a software update. 5G E stands for 5G Evolution, which in AT&T parlance is a speed-boosted extension of existing 4G LTE wireless technology.
Now, the nation’s largest

We’re suckers for awesome gaming displays, and Dell has an incredibly impressive Alienware 55 OLED Monitor at CES 2019 that measures 55 inches diagonally. That’s a lot of screen real estate for a gaming display, and luckily it has the specs and expected performance to make it one of the best new products that we’ve seen so far at the show.
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At CES 2019, Qualcomm is showing off some of its in-vehicle prowess with the unveiling of multi-tiered third-generation Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit platforms that include Performance, Premiere, and Paramount classes. Those classes represent entry-level, mid-tier, and supercomputing platforms respectively. Qualcomm says that its new platform

Rivet Networks is adding another “world’s first” trophy to its showcase with the launch of the Killer E3000. The company claims that this is the first Ethernet controller capable of delivering 2.5 Gbps data speeds for PCs.
The Killer E3000 is primarily aimed at enthusiasts, which is why you will see it installed in monster gaming rigs like

EVGA announced that it will enter the sound card market with its NU Audio card. EVGA partnered with a UK corporation known as Audio Note to engineer and produce the card, and the company claimed that the high quality of this card’s components allow it to produce lifelike audio.

The NU Audio sound card has a rigid metal exterior that is

Intel has been pushing its Optane memory solutions as speedy supplements to traditional storage, be it a mechanical hard drive or a solid state drive—on supported systems, an Optane memory stick can supercharge the primary storage scheme. That’s still a use case scenario, though looking ahead, Intel announced another Optane product, the Optane