Acer’s hiding a quiet revolution in its mainstream Chromebook 11: two USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps) Type-C ports, which work for connectivity and for charging. Don’t run in a panic to the…
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Acer’s Predator Orion 9000 gaming rig rolls into CES with nifty integrated wheels
Acer’s Predator Orion 9000 gaming desktop blazed a bit of a trail at IFA 2017 with its high-end hardware and clever integrated wheels. At CES, it’s back again with a more solid…
The Acer Nitro 5 embraces AMD Ryzen mobile APUs, making casual gaming a little serious
Acer’s Nitro 5 may be for casual gamers, but Acer’s not skimping on the parts. At CES on Saturday the company announced its refreshed Nitro 5 would add AMD’s latest Ryzen mobile…
Abode home security system review: Flexible, easy to install, and readily expandable
DIY home security systems aren’t a new thing, but developers are slowly working the kinks out of what can often be a complicated system with lots of moving parts that, should a…
Netgear’s Orbi Outdoor Satellite extends your Orbi home network to the yard
Netgear has a new (and pricey) addition for your Orbi Home WiFi System. The company recently announced the Orbi Outdoor Satellite. As its name suggests the basic idea is to extend your…
Life is Strange: Before the Storm review: A small town and smaller stakes
Life is Strange: Before the Storm should be a non-starter. It’s a prequel, for one, and like all prequels it’s stuck trying to surprise players even though thanks to 2015’s Life is…
This week in games: PUBG goes to Hollywood, Monster Hunter: World gets a PC release window
We’re back. I hope you enjoyed your holidays, if you celebrate. If not, well, I hope you enjoyed your less-eventful two weeks. As you might expect news is pretty slow as people…
HP recalls 50,000 batteries from consumer notebooks after meltdowns are reported
HP said this week that it’s recalling about 50,000 consumer notebook batteries for free, which were originally sold as part of a HP notebook itself or as a standalone accessory. The company…
Newegg has a decent discount on 16GB of RGB DDR4 RAM right now
We don’t cover RAM often in our deal posts, because RAM prices are ridiculous. However, since costs aren’t likely to improve for at least another year, the few reasonable discounts that crop…
How to protect your PC from the major Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws
A pair of nasty CPU flaws exposed this week have serious ramifications for home computer users. Meltdown and Spectre let attackers access protected information in your PC’s kernel memory, potentially revealing sensitive…