Hackaday

Benchmarking Windows Against Itself, From Windows XP To Windows 11

Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s ...
ET CIO

Top 7 Penetration Testing Tools for Enterprises in 2025

Discover the top seven penetration testing tools essential for enterprises in 2025 to enhance security, reduce risks, and ensure compliance in an evolving cyber landscape. Learn about their core ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Stop using the Snipping Tool. Try these open-source Windows screenshot apps instead

The next best thing about KSnip is its tabbed interface. Unlike Windows Snipping tool, which only lets you open and edit one ...
Digital Trends

Windows 11 could soon fix one of your biggest annoyances with using external monitors

What’s happened? Windows 11 users have a long-overdue update coming their way, and it will make using external monitors much easier. Why is this important? Typically, Windows 11 users have to adjust ...
The Escapist

Windows 1.0 turns 40: Time is a flat circle as Xbox and Microsoft feel as if they’re back in 1985

Ever wondered what owning a computer in the 1980s was like? Outside of nostalgia, it wasn’t the best. Until 1984, unless you were in some kind of strange lab or university, nearly everything was ...
TechSpot

Porting the Windows 95 interface to Windows NT was a complex back-and-forth process

Computing history: Raymond Chen is once again reminding us that back when Windows 95 ruled the software world, coding was a completely different beast. The Win9x user interface eventually made its way ...
ZDNet

5 ways the Linux nmap command can help keep your network secure

If you need to scan your network, nmap is the tool to use. Nmap can be installed on any Linux distribution. Nmap has several very handy commands. The nmap command (short for network mapper) is a ...
Eater

The Korean Fare Is the Star of This Times Square Steakhouse

Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. Much like Daniel Boulud’s new (showier) Flatiron ...
PC Gamer

Xbox is headed to handhelds but its gaming-first UI will also land on existing ROG Ally and ROG Ally X and 'other Windows handhelds starting next year'

You won't need to buy an Xbox-branded handheld to benefit from the new UI on Windows devices. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add ...
The Verge

Windows 11 is getting a new Start menu this month

Copilot Plus PC users will get an AI agent built right into Windows settings. Copilot Plus PC users will get an AI agent built right into Windows settings. is a reviewer covering laptops and the ...
PC World

Every Microsoft Windows operating system, ranked

What was Microsoft’s best Windows operating system of all time? If you’re like us, you have…opinions. Even if you’re not the type to parse through all of the little details that separated Windows 98 ...