Darren Allan

Microsoft is pushing Windows 11 upgrades increasingly hard, but misleading marketing is not going to help its cause in the end.

Some PC gamers may want to take a chance on a new optional update for Windows 11 as it fixes a nasty black screen bug.

Forget Windows 12, Microsoft's confirmed Windows 11 25H2 - and this year's update might disappoint in some ways, but there's good news too.

Hate 'fake frames' - and games that may enable them without your knowledge? Valve has the answer to the hidden use of frame generation, and more besides.

Nvidia's rumored new RTX 5090 model could surprise us – but if that shock is a cheaper price for the GPU, I'd still prepare for disappointment.

Three decades of personal data lost due to a badly planned transfer process that relied on Microsoft's OneDrive.

Windows 11’s new Start menu misses a trick (or two) with customization, but I’m hoping Microsoft will change its tune here.

Wondering why your Windows 11 face login doesn’t work sometimes? It’s because of Microsoft’s recent push for ‘enhanced security’.

Windows 11’s new update looks like a double dose of trouble with reports of nasty bugs and serious problems installing the upgrade.

Microsoft confirms bug with Windows 11 playing Vista startup sound by accident, but there’s more to this than meets the ear.

Windows 10 is set to get a new way of easily transferring all your data to a brand-new PC, and I’m in two minds about this feature.

Microsoft is under fire again for steep Windows 11 spec requirements, as the maker of LibreOffice urges Windows 10 users to switch to Linux.

Nvidia RTX 5050 VRAM rumor adds to the general gloom around the budget GPU, but honestly, I’d ignore the doomsayers.

Even though PCIe 6.0 still hasn’t arrived, PCIe 7.0 has just been announced – and work has begun on PCIe 8.0. Confused? We’ll explain it all.

Watch out, Apple: Microsoft wakes up and joins the Liquid Glass fun-poking party, being six millionth in line to point out that Windows Vista got there first.

Confused about what’s going on with the latest Windows 11 update? You aren’t alone...

New Windows 10 update, same old tricks, as Bing stealthily injects itself into the taskbar’s calendar panel.

A compatibility bug was found in the new Windows 11 update after it was released, so Microsoft hit pause, leaving some users decidedly confused.

Microsoft is taking a step forward with the Start menu, adding a useful twist to the Phone Link panel.

WWDC 2025 Got a Mac with an Intel CPU? Even if you’re fortunate enough to have support for macOS Tahoe 26, you’ll be out of luck with macOS 27.

Updated Apple has revealed macOS Tahoe at WWDC 25 and we've got the lowdown on all the major new features.

WWDC 2025 Are you able to upgrade to macOS 26? These are all the Macs and MacBooks that are compatible.

Can’t find that website you visited the other week and forgot to bookmark? Microsoft Edge is drafting in AI to help you hunt it down.

We might be looking at entry-level 2020 models with Intel silicon being left out in the cold, and MacBook Pro 2019 laptops, too.