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February saw the fourth full month of IE11 availability with Windows 8.1, the release Firefox 27 and Chrome 33. The latest numbers from Net Applications show IE10 has fallen below IE9, and that Chrome was the only winner last month. Between January and February, IE slipped 0.02 percentage points (from 58.21 percent to 58.19 percent), Firefox fell 0.40 percentage points ... Read More »

What Mantle does Mantle is the harmony of three essential ingredients: A driver within the AMD Catalyst™ software suite that lets applications speak directly to the Graphics Core Next architecture; A GPU or APU enabled with the Graphics Core Next architecture; An application or game written to take advantage of Mantle. Mantle reduces the CPU’s workload by giving developers a ... Read More »

Razer’s Hardware Configurator Platform Now Allows for Quick-Registration and Tracking of Warranty Duration  Jan. 28th, 2014: CARLSBAD, Calif. –Razer™, the world leader in high-performance gaming hardware, software and systems, today announced the addition of a warranty function to Razer Synapse 2.0, allowing gamers to quickly register and monitor their warranty period in a single convenient location through Razer’s cloud-based hardware ... Read More »

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PCMark 8 is the latest version in the popular series of PC benchmarking tools. It is designed to test the performance of all types of PC, from tablets to desktops. With five separate benchmark tests plus a battery life testing, PCMark 8 helps you find the devices that offer the perfect combination of efficiency and performance. The industry standard PC ... Read More »

FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme Edition 3.20 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; and the immediate availability of AIDA64 Business Edition 3.20 software, an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises. The latest AIDA64 update extends its multi-threaded benchmarking and stress-testing capabilities to cover up to 128 logical ... Read More »

It was only a matter of time: You can now run conventional x86 Desktop apps on your ARM-based Windows RT tablet, such as the Surface RT or Asus VivoTab RT. x86 games such as Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (video below) and small utilities such as WinRAR are confirmed to work on Windows RT, with the developer promising to ... Read More »

Internet Explorer 10 is available worldwide in 95 languages for download today. We will begin auto updating Windows 7 customers to IE10 in the weeks ahead, starting today with customers running the IE10 Release Preview. With this final release, IE10 brings the same leading standards support, with improved performance, security, privacy, reliability that consumers enjoy on Windows 8, to Windows ... Read More »

If you aren’t using Google Chrome yet, you should be. When it comes to browser speed—and especially JavaScript performance—Mozilla and Microsoft can’t compete with Google. But Chrome can go even faster if you’re willing to make some adjustments under the hood. To help with that effort, we’ve gathered for your consideration a few of our favorite free Google Chrome. Experience ... Read More »

Sixty-seven percent of American adults who use the Internet are Facebook users. Of those, 61 percent report they have voluntarily taken a break of several weeks or longer from the website at some time in the past, according to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center as part of its Internet and American Life Project. The largest group of ... Read More »