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PCWorldSamsung announces Ativ One 7 Curved, its first desktop PC, with yes, a curved screenSamsung's Milk VR app brings the virtual reality promise ever closer with full-motion videoThink that software library is safe to use? Not so fast!Elite: Dangerous impressions: Finding home in the vast emptiness of spaceSouth Korea nuclear operator strengthens security system against cyber attackHow to install Microsoft fonts in Linux office suitesAMD hopes to squeeze Carrizo into more laptops with a plug-and-play board designCSC pays $190M to settle 4-year-old accounting fraud case with SEC2014 in review: The year in AndroidNvidia GRID hands-on: Smooth-streaming PC games (under ideal conditions)LG 55EC9300 curved OLED HDTV review: Stunning image quality, but no 4KThe top 10 memes, viral videos, and online goings-on that defined 2014Kim Dotcom's Mega to launch anti-spying call and chat service 'soon'Samsung tips its hand ahead of CES, announces new wireless speakers and sound barsMicrosoft's reported 'Spartan' browser will be lighter, more flexible than Internet ExplorerAmazon's three top-selling computers for the holidays were... ChromebooksTor, TrueCrypt, Tails topped the NSA's 'most wanted' in 2012, per newly revealed Snowden leaksBrandPost: Turn your house into a smart home – on a budgetTake precautions when using public Wi-Fi networksThe best Android Wear apps of 2014Mechanical keyboard roundup: How RGB lighting, software and keys can make a slab o'buttons something specialUbi review: This voice-controlled computer is too obtuse for the modern smart homeAVADirect i7 X99 gaming system review: Fast with a classy chassisRazer Blackwidow Chroma mechanical keyboard review: RGB lighting for the (rich) massesCorsair K70 RGB mechanical keyboard review: Plenty of potential undercut by terrible softwareLogitech G910 Orion Spark mechanical keyboard review: Beautiful lighting, bad switchesRapoo KX review: The mechanical keyboard enthusiast's tiny traveling companionNixeus MODA mechanical keyboard review: A great entry-level optionGoogle's Gmail appears to have been blocked by China at IP level'The Interview' already Sony Pictures' top online film ever

http://www.pcworld.com en-us Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:46:29 -0800 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:46:29 -0800 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:15:00 -0800 Agam Shah Agam Shah

Samsung is trying to smash the status quo in PCs with a new all-in-one desktop computer that has a curved screen.

The idea for the Ativ One 7 Curved came partly from Samsung's TVs, which already have curved displays. Samsung has already been offering laptops and Chromebooks, and the 27-inch all-in-one will be its first desktop computer.

The all-in-one looks like a 27-inch curved TV, with all the PC components at the back of the monitor. As with TVs, the curved display could provide a more immersive gaming and entertainment experience than conventional monitors, said David Ng, product manager at Samsung.

But Ng acknowledged that the PC's unusual shape could catch potential buyers off guard. He said the screen's curved contours will grow on desktop users, Ng said.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2864112/samsung-brings-curved-screen-from-tv-to-pc.html#tk.rss_all Hardware Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:52:00 -0800 Melissa Riofrio Melissa Riofrio

Samsung's Milk VR video app, announced Tuesday, marks a tantalizing step forward for virtual reality. The app will let you run full-motion, 360-degree video on the Gear VR headset. Not a movie in a simulated theater environment, like we've seen with Oculus Cinema demos, but a video beamed right to your eyes, bringing VR users ever closer to a real-life experience.

Samsung will reportedly provide free video content for the app on an ongoing basis, to keep users coming back for more.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863919/samsungs-milk-vr-app-brings-the-virtual-reality-promise-ever-closer-with-full-motion-video.html#tk.rss_all Gadgets Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:45:09 -0800 Lucian Constantin Lucian Constantin

In today's world of agile software development and fast release cycles, developers increasingly rely on third-party libraries and components to get the job done. Since many of those libraries come from long-running, open-source projects, developers often assume they're getting well-written, bug-free code. They're wrong.

The major patching efforts triggered by the Heartbleed, Shellshock and POODLE flaws this year serve as examples of the effect of critical vulnerabilities in third-party code. The flaws affected software that runs on servers, desktop computers, mobile devices and hardware appliances, affecting millions of consumers and businesses.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2864092/think-that-software-library-is-safe-to-use-not-so-fast.html#tk.rss_all Security Windows Development Software Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:00:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

After an interminable year of private alphas and betas and gammas(?), Elite: Dangerous is finally out. That makes it the first of the three massive space games (Elite, Star Citizen, and No Man's Sky) to officially release, and thus I've spent quite a few hours recently holed up with a HOTAS, a glass of eggnog, and my trusty spaceship.

I don't think it's appropriate to smack a score on Elite: Dangerous yet, in the same way I wouldn't smack a score on any MMO. It's early days for the game, and I don't think the full scope of what Frontier has planned is even close to realized despite the 1.0 status.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863940/elite-dangerous-impressions-finding-home-in-the-vast-emptiness-of-space.html#tk.rss_all Gaming Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:40:09 -0800 Yewon Kang Yewon Kang

Control systems at South Korean nuclear plants have not been harmed by recent attacks by hackers, but nevertheless Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power is increasing its security efforts to defend against a possible additional attack, the company's CEO Cho Seok told legislators on Tuesday.

An investigation had found traces of a low-risk worm that had been removed from PCs and portable devices connected to the nuclear plant's control system, but no malicious code linked to a cyber attack was found, according to the country's Energy Ministry. The government began the investigation last week after an anti-nuclear-reactor group threatened to launch a cyber attack after leaking a batch of the company's internal documents.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2864072/south-korea-nuclear-operator-strengthens-security-system-against-cyber-attack.html#tk.rss_all Security Tue, 30 Dec 2014 07:30:00 -0800 Chris Hoffman Chris Hoffman

Times New Roman, Calibri, and many other popular fonts are created by Microsoft and can't be included with Linux. If you open a Word document or another Microsoft Office document in LibreOffice or OpenOffice, you'll need Microsoft's fonts installed on your Linux system to see the documents as they were intended to look.

You can also use Microsoft's fonts to create documents of your own, so you can compose a document in Calibri or Times New Roman and save it as a DOCX or DOC file for maximum compatibility with Office.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863497/how-to-install-microsoft-fonts-in-linux-office-suites.html#tk.rss_all Productivity Tue, 30 Dec 2014 06:15:00 -0800 Agam Shah Agam Shah

Advanced Micro Devices wants its chips in more laptops, and is devising a new strategy to reverse a free fall it has endured in the PC market over the last few years.

The chip maker is reshaping the way it supplies chips and components with the hope that more PC makers will use its upcoming Carrizo processors in laptops. At the center of the strategy is a plug-and-play component approach that will make it easier to plug any Carrizo chip into any laptop, regardless of size or price.

AMD will supply just one motherboard that will support a wide range of Carrizo and Carrizo-L laptop chips. The new approach will provide PC makers the flexibility of using a range of Carrizo chips in any laptop.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2864032/amd-retools-laptop-chip-strategy-to-challenge-intels-dominance.html#tk.rss_all Laptops Tue, 30 Dec 2014 05:35:09 -0800 Peter Sayer Peter Sayer

IT services company CSC will pay US$190 million to settle a case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over four-year-old charges that it violated U.S. antifraud, reporting, and books-and-records laws. The company did not admit guilt, but has promised not to violate those laws in future.

The charges concerned accounting entries relating to CSC's activities in Australia and Denmark, and to the company's contractual relationship with the U.K National Health Service (NHS) over the failed National Program for IT (NPfIT), the company said.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2864012/csc-pays-190m-to-settle-4yearold-accounting-fraud-case-with-sec.html#tk.rss_all Business Issues Business Legal Government Tue, 30 Dec 2014 04:00:00 -0800 Florence Ion Florence Ion

The last few years in the world of Android news have been kind of a snooze fest. Sure, we had the usual barrage of software updates and gadget releases, but nothing seemed truly worth a standing ovation. What's worse: it felt like Android was no longer in Google's control, and that companies like Samsung were actually the ones that were ruling the pack. It was hard to tell who to root for. 

But this year Android underwent a metamorphosis of sorts—one that was long overdue. To commemorate this event-filled year, we rounded up some of the year's biggest news stories that helped contribute to the transformed Android ecosystem we see today.

64-bit mobile processors

nvidia tegra k1 specs

The 64-bit mobile processor was a big announcement for Android.

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The highest praise I can muster for Nvidia GRID is that I sometimes forgot I was even using it.

That's no small feat for a cloud gaming service that streams high-end games to low-powered devices over remote servers. Other efforts, such as OnLive, constantly remind you of the journey its games must take from server to client, with rampant stutters, slowdowns and resolution drops. Nvidia GRID rarely has those problems—at least when the conditions are right.

Nvidia has been beta-testing GRID with Northern California residents for about a year, but in November the service opened up to anyone in North America and Western Europe with an Nvidia Shield handheld or Shield Tablet. From now until the free preview ends on June 30, 2015, users can access GRID at no charge. While there are only 30 games currently, Nvidia has been adding at least one new game every week (though usually two).

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863732/nvidia-grid-hands-on-smooth-streaming-pc-games-under-ideal-conditions.html#tk.rss_all Gaming Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:00:00 -0800 John Brandon John Brandon

LG's 55-inch OLED HDTV (model number 55EC9300) is a stunner, with a slight curve that brings the right and left edges of the screen ever so slightly closer to your eyes. And while its $3500 price tag will give most consumers pause, especially considering its resolution is limited to 1080p, that's really not such a terrible shortcoming. There's very little 4K content to be had today, and that situation will improve only marginally in 2015.

What makes the 55EC9300 so interesting—in addition to the curve, of course—is its use of OLED technology (the acronym stands for organic light-emitting diode). OLED panels are naturally emissive, which means they radiate their own light. The backlights that LCD panels require can result in uneven brightness and contrast (the difference between the darkest and lightest images the TV can produce).

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863884/lg-55ec9300-curved-oled-hdtv-review-stunning-image-quality-but-no-4k.html#tk.rss_all Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:00:00 -0800 Nick Mediati Nick Mediati

Alex from Target. Meghan Trainor. The Ice Bucket Challenge (brrrr!). Those are just 3 of the 10 biggest memes and videos that went viral in 2014. If you can name them all, you're either incredibly connected or incredibly tormented.

I'm not going to lie to you: It took me forever to pull this list together because I kept getting distracted by other videos and memes. Here's hoping the same fate doesn't await you as you read on.

1. Alex From Target breaks Twitter

alex from target croppedCredit: Via Know Your Meme

A portion of the original photo of Alex From Target.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2861855/the-top-10-memes-viral-videos-and-online-goings-on-that-defined-2014.html#tk.rss_all Web & social Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:07:00 -0800 Zach Miners Zach Miners

Kim Dotcom, founder of the file hosting service Mega, is preparing to launch an encrypted video-calling and chat service that will shield its users' communications from government surveillance.

"Mega will soon release a fully encrypted and browser-based video call and chat service including high-speed file transfers," the entrepreneur known as Kim Dotcom said in a tweet.

Kim Dotcom is positioning the service as a more secure way to chat and collaborate online free of government surveillance or spying, partly by virtue of Mega being based in New Zealand. Kim Dotcom has been teasing the app for some time, though now it appears nearly ready for prime time.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863992/kim-dotcoms-mega-to-launch-antispying-call-and-chat-service-soon.html#tk.rss_all Networking Web Apps Productivity Cloud & Services Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:52:00 -0800 Michael Brown Michael Brown

The urge to pre-announce products that will be unveiled at CES seems is apparently contagious. Last week, LG tipped us off to its new Music Flow series of speakers. Monday evening, Samsung put out a press release about its intent to expand its sound bar lineup and to offer two new wireless speakers that look remarkably like white artillery shells.

Samsung WAM7500 Samsung

Samsung claims its WAM7500 single-cabinet speaker "allows sound to flow in a 360-degree ring."

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863898/samsung-tips-its-hand-ahead-of-ces-announces-new-wireless-speakers-and-sound-bars.html#tk.rss_all Mon, 29 Dec 2014 12:14:00 -0800 Mark Hachman Mark Hachman

Instead of revamping Internet Explorer for the launch of Windows 10, a new report claims Microsoft plans to start from scratch with a new browser, dubbed "Spartan."

Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet reported Monday that Spartan could ship alongside Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 10, due sometime in the latter half of 2015. The purpose of Spartan is twofold, Foley reports: first, as a lightweight alternative to IE, but with the foundation for third-party extensions; and as a marketing "do-over" for Internet Explorer, to do away with Internet Explorer's legacy once and for all.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863878/microsofts-reported-spartan-browser-will-be-lighter-more-flexible-than-internet-explorer.html#tk.rss_all Browsers Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:22:00 -0800 Mark Hachman Mark Hachman

Chances are that if you shopped for a cheap holiday PC on Amazon for the holidays, what you ended up buying was a Google Chromebook. Again.

Amazon said Friday the top three computers it sold between Nov. 1 and Dec. 25 were all Chromebooks, a first for the Google-powered computer. (Two of the three most popular computers Amazon shoppers bought during the 2013 holiday season were also Chromebooks—the third being a Windows-powered Asus Transformer. Amazon didn't break out holiday computer sales for 2012.)

Amazon said the three most popular computer items were the Acer C720 Chromebook (11.6-inch, 2GB); the Asus (C300) Chromebook 13-inch with Gigabit WiFi (16GB, 2GB), an update to the C200; and the HP 11-2010nr 11.6-inch Chromebook (Snow White). None of those are priced at higher than $250, at least on Amazon's site.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863936/amazons-three-top-selling-computers-for-the-holidays-were-chromebooks.html#tk.rss_all Chromebooks Mon, 29 Dec 2014 08:05:00 -0800 Peter Sayer Peter Sayer

Three out of three? That could be the score for the U.S. National Security Agency's cryptographic "most wanted" list of 2012.

In January 2012, it saw Internet traffic anonymizing tool Tor (The Onion Router), Linux distribution Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) and disk encryption system TrueCrypt as the biggest threats to its ability to intercept Internet traffic and interpret other information it acquires.

Since then, flaws have been found in Tor, and the FBI has unmasked Tor users. A vulnerability was found in Tails allowing attackers to determine users' IP addresses.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863972/tor-truecrypt-tails-topped-the-nsas-most-wanted-list-in-2012.html#tk.rss_all Security Mon, 29 Dec 2014 08:00:00 -0800 Brand Post Brand Post

If you've ever seen an episode of The Jetsons, you've no doubt longed for some of the space-age home tech enjoyed by George and his family. Push-button meal dispensers? A car that folds into a briefcase? Rosie the robot-maid? Yes, please.

Alas, much of that stuff remains science fiction, at least for the moment, but there are plenty of high-tech tools available right now that can help turn your house into a smart-home. And you don't have to be president of Spacely Sprockets to afford it. In fact, if you already own a smartphone, you're halfway there. Let's take a look at some of the surprisingly affordable ways to raise your roof's IQ.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860434/turn-your-house-into-a-smart-home-on-a-budget.html#tk.rss_all Mon, 29 Dec 2014 07:41:00 -0800 Lincoln Spector Lincoln Spector

Tctws Tan wanted to know about the dangers of using a public Wi-Fi network, such as the ones you find in cafes and libraries. "Is there any other method to increase my privacy?"

If Windows knows it's accessing a public network, it will hide your laptop from other computers and devices. That provides significant, but not perfect, protection. So you have to make sure Windows knows you're on a public network, and you need to take additional precautions.

[Have a tech question? Ask PCWorld Contributing Editor Lincoln Spector. Send your query to answer@pcworld.com.]

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2858348/take-precautions-when-using-public-wi-fi-networks.html#tk.rss_all Security Mon, 29 Dec 2014 04:00:00 -0800 Ryan Whitwam Ryan Whitwam Google's wearable platform is off to a great start with apps like these. http://www.greenbot.com/article/2858992/the-best-android-wear-apps-of-2014.html#tk.rss_all Gadgets Apps Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:30:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

We already reviewed one set of mechanical keyboards this year, but believe it or not there've been enough new releases in the months since that we're able to put together an entire second set of reviews.

The craziest bit? Out of the five mechanical keyboards in this roundup, only one (the Corsair K70 RGB/K95 RGB) uses Cherry MX switches—long the de-facto standard for all brands. That means my typical spiel about the four main kinds of Cherry switches (Red, Black, Brown, Blue) is basically worthless.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860855/we-review-five-mechanical-keyboards-on-key-types-rgb-lighting-software-and-more.html#tk.rss_all Keyboards Gaming Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:00:00 -0800 Jake Widman Jake Widman

Its manufacturer ambitiously calls the Ubi—a voice-operated computer—the "Voice of The Internet." It's a small box (measuring 4.75 by 4.75 inches and 1.5 inches thick) designed to plug directly into an electrical outlet. With its integrated microphone and speaker, it looks much like an intercom. Once connected to your home Wi-Fi network, you can use the Ubi to control smart devices with voice commands, access online information and entertainment, get voice alerts for calendar events and incoming mail, and perform other potentially useful tasks.

UCIC says Ubi works with smart-home devices such as the Nest Learning Thermostat and a variety of gadgets in the SmartThings portfolio. I tested it with a Belkin WeMo Insight smart switch, basically a three-prong outlet you plug into an existing outlet and turn on and off via Wi-Fi. The Ubi also works with If This Then That (IFTTT) recipes, and the list of recipes available on the IFTTT site, some created by the company itself, gives a good idea of the range of tasks the Ubi can accomplish.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863027/ubi-review-this-voice-controlled-computer-is-too-obtuse-for-the-modern-smart-home.html#tk.rss_all Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:00:00 -0800 Jon L. Jacobi Jon L. Jacobi

The configuration of the i7 X99 that AVADirect sent us comes as close as any PC I've seen to perfectly melding class and gaming flash. I was not alone in my opinion. No fewer than three of the staff here at PCWorld commented on this gaming system's good looks—a rare event for anything not Apple or thin-and-light.

Of course, AVADirect has to share the credit with Corsair for the Graphite Series 760T case, as well as with EVGA for the GeForce GTX980 cards with their glowing neon-green call-outs. I did mention that the i7 X99 is fast, didn't I? It is.

interior 3 Rob Schultz

With such a beautiful interior, why use naked DDR4?

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2854346/avadirect-i7-x99-gaming-system-review-fast-with-a-classy-chassis.html#tk.rss_all Desktops Gaming Mon, 29 Dec 2014 02:30:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

We already took a look at the Razer Blackwidow Ultimate earlier this year, and this new "Chroma" version is 95 percent the same—with the addition of fancy new RGB backlighting and another $40 tacked onto the price.

Like its predecessor, the Chroma is a sleek and durable black keyboard designed specifically for gaming. This is most obvious in its custom-designed Razer Green switches, which (as far as I'm aware) are branded Kailh switches.

Razer Greens feature the same tactile click and actuation force (50cN) as Cherry MX Blues, but the actuation point is a bit higher. Cherry MX Blues are traditionally considered good for typing, because you can learn to press keys without bottoming out—striking the key so hard it slams into the bottom of the board, putting strain on your wrists and fingers. However, the low actuation point can be problematic in games because it's harder to double-tap keys.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860747/razer-blackwidow-chroma-mechanical-keyboard-review-rgb-lighting-for-the-rich-masses.html#tk.rss_all Keyboards Mon, 29 Dec 2014 02:00:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

The Corsair K70 and K95 RGB are the only keyboard models in this roundup that use Cherry MX switches—a relief for my fingers, after traipsing through Kailh Yellows and Kailh Browns and Romer-Gs and Razer Greens, only to return home to my tried-and-true Cherry Blues.

But surprisingly, the real moral of the K70 RGB (and by extension, the K95 RGB) is that switches aren't everything. While I love Cherry Blues—they make my fingers sing when typing—Corsair makes some drastic missteps on both the hardware and software sides that undermine what should be a fantastic keyboard.

The K70 keyboard is a Corsair classic, with a sleek, brushed-aluminum industrial look that stands out from the competition. The K95 is basically the exact same keyboard, except there are three rows of macro keys attached to the left side. And I mean "attached" in the most literal of ways: The K95 looks like someone took a K70 and pasted an extra piece onto it. It's not very pretty compared to the stripped-down K70, but if you need the dedicated macro keys that's your prerogative. On the other hand, you could just use Corsair's software to assign macros to literally any key on the keyboard and save yourself some desk space in the process.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860876/corsair-k70-rgb-mechanical-keyboard-review-plenty-of-potential-undercut-by-terrible-software.html#tk.rss_all Keyboards Mon, 29 Dec 2014 01:30:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

Logitech's G910 Orion Spark is a completely new keyboard with completely new switches, built from the ground up for gaming and full RGB backlighting. As such, it's probably the device where we have the most to talk about because, well, it's entirely unique.

Let's start with the design of the keyboard itself, which is weird enough as it is. The G910 is a similar shape to previous keyboards in Logitech's lineup—that is to say, a bit chunky. Even with the smaller of the two wrist rests attached, this thing will take up quite a bit of your desk—thanks to a row of macro keys on the side, another row on the top (above the function row), the dedicated media keys, and a phone dock (more on that later).

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860685/logitech-g910-orion-spark-mechanical-keyboard-review-beautiful-lighting-bad-switches.html#tk.rss_all Keyboards Mon, 29 Dec 2014 01:00:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

Mechanical keyboards are typically such beastly devices, I'm always surprised when I pull one out of a box and it's a dainty little thing. The Rapoo KX fits that bill, occupying a mere 13 x 6 inches of desk real estate thanks to a no-frills, tenkeyless (no number pad) design. For mechanical keyboard snobs needing something on the road, the KX would fit into a backpack easily. And thanks to its attractive brushed-aluminum top and solid plastic casing, you could do so without worrying about its durability.

It's also a dual-mode wired/wireless keyboard. Embedded in the back are a MicroUSB jack, a power switch, and then a slot to hold the KX's small wireless USB dongle. As I type this I'm using the KX wired because the battery was low, but there's a lithium battery inside that held about a week's worth of charge for me.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860856/rapoo-kx-review-the-mechanical-keyboard-enthusiasts-tiny-traveling-companion.html#tk.rss_all Keyboards Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:30:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

Like the Rapoo KX, the Nixeus MODA will score points with some consumers right out the gate because of its small size. It's not quite as compact as the KX, thanks to a small palm rest and a dedicated Home block, but this is still a dainty model compared to your typical gaming monstrosity.

And the Nixeus Moda is a great little device, provided you're looking for a bare-bones mechanical keyboard. You're not going to get many frills here—not even media keys. If you can live without those perks, though, this is a solid (and cheap) device.

The Nixeus Moda uses "Brown" switches, but not those made by Cherry. These knock-offs are otherwise the same though, with an actuation force of 45cN and a 2mm actuation point that features a tactile bump instead of the click found in MX Blues. Despite being "the same," I did notice that the Moda has more of a hollow, clacking sound to it than other Cherry Brown keyboards I had lying around, but whether that's due to the switch or due to the Moda itself I can't say.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860875/nixeus-moda-mechanical-keyboard-review-a-great-entry-level-option.html#tk.rss_all Keyboards Gaming Sun, 28 Dec 2014 20:50:08 -0800 John Ribeiro John Ribeiro

China is apparently blocking Google's Gmail service in the latest move by the country to curb foreign Internet services.

Internet performance monitoring company, Dyn Research, said Sunday that China was blocking Gmail at the IP level when served from Hong Kong.

All Gmail traffic to China is through Hong Kong and affected by the block, unless users deploy evasion techniques, wrote Earl Zmijewski, Dyn's vice president of analytics, in an email.

Google's real-time measure of traffic patterns for its services also indicated a sharp drop in Gmail traffic in China after Christmas. The company could not be immediately reached for comment because of the Christmas holidays.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863852/googles-gmail-appears-to-have-been-blocked-by-china-at-ip-level.html#tk.rss_all Government Business Cloud & Services Web Apps Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:50:00 -0800 Juan Carlos Perez Juan Carlos Perez

"The Interview," which is already linked to a massive corporate hack, a U.S.-North Korea spat and an outcry over censorship, now has another claim to fame: it's the most successful online film in Sony Pictures' history.

Available to stream and download since Wednesday via websites and platforms from various companies, including Sony, Google and Microsoft, "The Interview" generated over US$15 million in online rentals and sales through Saturday, according to the studio.

The controversial comedy about an assassination plot against North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was rented or bought 2 million times online during those four days. It costs $5.99 to rent and $14.99 to buy. Apple began offering it via iTunes on Sunday.

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PCWorldSamsung announces Ativ One 7 Curved, its first desktop PC, with yes, a curved screenSamsung's Milk VR app brings the virtual reality promise ever closer with full-motion videoThink that software library is safe to use? Not so fast!Elite: Dangerous impressions: Finding home in the vast emptiness of spaceSouth Korea nuclear operator strengthens security system against cyber attackHow to install Microsoft fonts in Linux office suitesAMD hopes to squeeze Carrizo into more laptops with a plug-and-play board designCSC pays $190M to settle 4-year-old accounting fraud case with SEC2014 in review: The year in AndroidNvidia GRID hands-on: Smooth-streaming PC games (under ideal conditions)LG 55EC9300 curved OLED HDTV review: Stunning image quality, but no 4KThe top 10 memes, viral videos, and online goings-on that defined 2014Kim Dotcom's Mega to launch anti-spying call and chat service 'soon'Samsung tips its hand ahead of CES, announces new wireless speakers and sound barsMicrosoft's reported 'Spartan' browser will be lighter, more flexible than Internet ExplorerAmazon's three top-selling computers for the holidays were... ChromebooksTor, TrueCrypt, Tails topped the NSA's 'most wanted' in 2012, per newly revealed Snowden leaksBrandPost: Turn your house into a smart home – on a budgetTake precautions when using public Wi-Fi networksThe best Android Wear apps of 2014Mechanical keyboard roundup: How RGB lighting, software and keys can make a slab o'buttons something specialUbi review: This voice-controlled computer is too obtuse for the modern smart homeAVADirect i7 X99 gaming system review: Fast with a classy chassisRazer Blackwidow Chroma mechanical keyboard review: RGB lighting for the (rich) massesCorsair K70 RGB mechanical keyboard review: Plenty of potential undercut by terrible softwareLogitech G910 Orion Spark mechanical keyboard review: Beautiful lighting, bad switchesRapoo KX review: The mechanical keyboard enthusiast's tiny traveling companionNixeus MODA mechanical keyboard review: A great entry-level optionGoogle's Gmail appears to have been blocked by China at IP level'The Interview' already Sony Pictures' top online film ever

http://www.pcworld.com en-us Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:46:29 -0800 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:46:29 -0800 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:15:00 -0800 Agam Shah Agam Shah

Samsung is trying to smash the status quo in PCs with a new all-in-one desktop computer that has a curved screen.

The idea for the Ativ One 7 Curved came partly from Samsung's TVs, which already have curved displays. Samsung has already been offering laptops and Chromebooks, and the 27-inch all-in-one will be its first desktop computer.

The all-in-one looks like a 27-inch curved TV, with all the PC components at the back of the monitor. As with TVs, the curved display could provide a more immersive gaming and entertainment experience than conventional monitors, said David Ng, product manager at Samsung.

But Ng acknowledged that the PC's unusual shape could catch potential buyers off guard. He said the screen's curved contours will grow on desktop users, Ng said.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2864112/samsung-brings-curved-screen-from-tv-to-pc.html#tk.rss_all Hardware Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:52:00 -0800 Melissa Riofrio Melissa Riofrio

Samsung's Milk VR video app, announced Tuesday, marks a tantalizing step forward for virtual reality. The app will let you run full-motion, 360-degree video on the Gear VR headset. Not a movie in a simulated theater environment, like we've seen with Oculus Cinema demos, but a video beamed right to your eyes, bringing VR users ever closer to a real-life experience.

Samsung will reportedly provide free video content for the app on an ongoing basis, to keep users coming back for more.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863919/samsungs-milk-vr-app-brings-the-virtual-reality-promise-ever-closer-with-full-motion-video.html#tk.rss_all Gadgets Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:45:09 -0800 Lucian Constantin Lucian Constantin

In today's world of agile software development and fast release cycles, developers increasingly rely on third-party libraries and components to get the job done. Since many of those libraries come from long-running, open-source projects, developers often assume they're getting well-written, bug-free code. They're wrong.

The major patching efforts triggered by the Heartbleed, Shellshock and POODLE flaws this year serve as examples of the effect of critical vulnerabilities in third-party code. The flaws affected software that runs on servers, desktop computers, mobile devices and hardware appliances, affecting millions of consumers and businesses.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2864092/think-that-software-library-is-safe-to-use-not-so-fast.html#tk.rss_all Security Windows Development Software Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:00:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

After an interminable year of private alphas and betas and gammas(?), Elite: Dangerous is finally out. That makes it the first of the three massive space games (Elite, Star Citizen, and No Man's Sky) to officially release, and thus I've spent quite a few hours recently holed up with a HOTAS, a glass of eggnog, and my trusty spaceship.

I don't think it's appropriate to smack a score on Elite: Dangerous yet, in the same way I wouldn't smack a score on any MMO. It's early days for the game, and I don't think the full scope of what Frontier has planned is even close to realized despite the 1.0 status.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863940/elite-dangerous-impressions-finding-home-in-the-vast-emptiness-of-space.html#tk.rss_all Gaming Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:40:09 -0800 Yewon Kang Yewon Kang

Control systems at South Korean nuclear plants have not been harmed by recent attacks by hackers, but nevertheless Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power is increasing its security efforts to defend against a possible additional attack, the company's CEO Cho Seok told legislators on Tuesday.

An investigation had found traces of a low-risk worm that had been removed from PCs and portable devices connected to the nuclear plant's control system, but no malicious code linked to a cyber attack was found, according to the country's Energy Ministry. The government began the investigation last week after an anti-nuclear-reactor group threatened to launch a cyber attack after leaking a batch of the company's internal documents.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2864072/south-korea-nuclear-operator-strengthens-security-system-against-cyber-attack.html#tk.rss_all Security Tue, 30 Dec 2014 07:30:00 -0800 Chris Hoffman Chris Hoffman

Times New Roman, Calibri, and many other popular fonts are created by Microsoft and can't be included with Linux. If you open a Word document or another Microsoft Office document in LibreOffice or OpenOffice, you'll need Microsoft's fonts installed on your Linux system to see the documents as they were intended to look.

You can also use Microsoft's fonts to create documents of your own, so you can compose a document in Calibri or Times New Roman and save it as a DOCX or DOC file for maximum compatibility with Office.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863497/how-to-install-microsoft-fonts-in-linux-office-suites.html#tk.rss_all Productivity Tue, 30 Dec 2014 06:15:00 -0800 Agam Shah Agam Shah

Advanced Micro Devices wants its chips in more laptops, and is devising a new strategy to reverse a free fall it has endured in the PC market over the last few years.

The chip maker is reshaping the way it supplies chips and components with the hope that more PC makers will use its upcoming Carrizo processors in laptops. At the center of the strategy is a plug-and-play component approach that will make it easier to plug any Carrizo chip into any laptop, regardless of size or price.

AMD will supply just one motherboard that will support a wide range of Carrizo and Carrizo-L laptop chips. The new approach will provide PC makers the flexibility of using a range of Carrizo chips in any laptop.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2864032/amd-retools-laptop-chip-strategy-to-challenge-intels-dominance.html#tk.rss_all Laptops Tue, 30 Dec 2014 05:35:09 -0800 Peter Sayer Peter Sayer

IT services company CSC will pay US$190 million to settle a case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over four-year-old charges that it violated U.S. antifraud, reporting, and books-and-records laws. The company did not admit guilt, but has promised not to violate those laws in future.

The charges concerned accounting entries relating to CSC's activities in Australia and Denmark, and to the company's contractual relationship with the U.K National Health Service (NHS) over the failed National Program for IT (NPfIT), the company said.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2864012/csc-pays-190m-to-settle-4yearold-accounting-fraud-case-with-sec.html#tk.rss_all Business Issues Business Legal Government Tue, 30 Dec 2014 04:00:00 -0800 Florence Ion Florence Ion

The last few years in the world of Android news have been kind of a snooze fest. Sure, we had the usual barrage of software updates and gadget releases, but nothing seemed truly worth a standing ovation. What's worse: it felt like Android was no longer in Google's control, and that companies like Samsung were actually the ones that were ruling the pack. It was hard to tell who to root for. 

But this year Android underwent a metamorphosis of sorts—one that was long overdue. To commemorate this event-filled year, we rounded up some of the year's biggest news stories that helped contribute to the transformed Android ecosystem we see today.

64-bit mobile processors

nvidia tegra k1 specs

The 64-bit mobile processor was a big announcement for Android.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2858889/2014-in-review-the-year-in-android.html#tk.rss_all Android Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:30:00 -0800 Jared Newman Jared Newman

The highest praise I can muster for Nvidia GRID is that I sometimes forgot I was even using it.

That's no small feat for a cloud gaming service that streams high-end games to low-powered devices over remote servers. Other efforts, such as OnLive, constantly remind you of the journey its games must take from server to client, with rampant stutters, slowdowns and resolution drops. Nvidia GRID rarely has those problems—at least when the conditions are right.

Nvidia has been beta-testing GRID with Northern California residents for about a year, but in November the service opened up to anyone in North America and Western Europe with an Nvidia Shield handheld or Shield Tablet. From now until the free preview ends on June 30, 2015, users can access GRID at no charge. While there are only 30 games currently, Nvidia has been adding at least one new game every week (though usually two).

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863732/nvidia-grid-hands-on-smooth-streaming-pc-games-under-ideal-conditions.html#tk.rss_all Gaming Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:00:00 -0800 John Brandon John Brandon

LG's 55-inch OLED HDTV (model number 55EC9300) is a stunner, with a slight curve that brings the right and left edges of the screen ever so slightly closer to your eyes. And while its $3500 price tag will give most consumers pause, especially considering its resolution is limited to 1080p, that's really not such a terrible shortcoming. There's very little 4K content to be had today, and that situation will improve only marginally in 2015.

What makes the 55EC9300 so interesting—in addition to the curve, of course—is its use of OLED technology (the acronym stands for organic light-emitting diode). OLED panels are naturally emissive, which means they radiate their own light. The backlights that LCD panels require can result in uneven brightness and contrast (the difference between the darkest and lightest images the TV can produce).

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863884/lg-55ec9300-curved-oled-hdtv-review-stunning-image-quality-but-no-4k.html#tk.rss_all Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:00:00 -0800 Nick Mediati Nick Mediati

Alex from Target. Meghan Trainor. The Ice Bucket Challenge (brrrr!). Those are just 3 of the 10 biggest memes and videos that went viral in 2014. If you can name them all, you're either incredibly connected or incredibly tormented.

I'm not going to lie to you: It took me forever to pull this list together because I kept getting distracted by other videos and memes. Here's hoping the same fate doesn't await you as you read on.

1. Alex From Target breaks Twitter

alex from target croppedCredit: Via Know Your Meme

A portion of the original photo of Alex From Target.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2861855/the-top-10-memes-viral-videos-and-online-goings-on-that-defined-2014.html#tk.rss_all Web & social Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:07:00 -0800 Zach Miners Zach Miners

Kim Dotcom, founder of the file hosting service Mega, is preparing to launch an encrypted video-calling and chat service that will shield its users' communications from government surveillance.

"Mega will soon release a fully encrypted and browser-based video call and chat service including high-speed file transfers," the entrepreneur known as Kim Dotcom said in a tweet.

Kim Dotcom is positioning the service as a more secure way to chat and collaborate online free of government surveillance or spying, partly by virtue of Mega being based in New Zealand. Kim Dotcom has been teasing the app for some time, though now it appears nearly ready for prime time.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863992/kim-dotcoms-mega-to-launch-antispying-call-and-chat-service-soon.html#tk.rss_all Networking Web Apps Productivity Cloud & Services Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:52:00 -0800 Michael Brown Michael Brown

The urge to pre-announce products that will be unveiled at CES seems is apparently contagious. Last week, LG tipped us off to its new Music Flow series of speakers. Monday evening, Samsung put out a press release about its intent to expand its sound bar lineup and to offer two new wireless speakers that look remarkably like white artillery shells.

Samsung WAM7500 Samsung

Samsung claims its WAM7500 single-cabinet speaker "allows sound to flow in a 360-degree ring."

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863898/samsung-tips-its-hand-ahead-of-ces-announces-new-wireless-speakers-and-sound-bars.html#tk.rss_all Mon, 29 Dec 2014 12:14:00 -0800 Mark Hachman Mark Hachman

Instead of revamping Internet Explorer for the launch of Windows 10, a new report claims Microsoft plans to start from scratch with a new browser, dubbed "Spartan."

Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet reported Monday that Spartan could ship alongside Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 10, due sometime in the latter half of 2015. The purpose of Spartan is twofold, Foley reports: first, as a lightweight alternative to IE, but with the foundation for third-party extensions; and as a marketing "do-over" for Internet Explorer, to do away with Internet Explorer's legacy once and for all.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863878/microsofts-reported-spartan-browser-will-be-lighter-more-flexible-than-internet-explorer.html#tk.rss_all Browsers Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:22:00 -0800 Mark Hachman Mark Hachman

Chances are that if you shopped for a cheap holiday PC on Amazon for the holidays, what you ended up buying was a Google Chromebook. Again.

Amazon said Friday the top three computers it sold between Nov. 1 and Dec. 25 were all Chromebooks, a first for the Google-powered computer. (Two of the three most popular computers Amazon shoppers bought during the 2013 holiday season were also Chromebooks—the third being a Windows-powered Asus Transformer. Amazon didn't break out holiday computer sales for 2012.)

Amazon said the three most popular computer items were the Acer C720 Chromebook (11.6-inch, 2GB); the Asus (C300) Chromebook 13-inch with Gigabit WiFi (16GB, 2GB), an update to the C200; and the HP 11-2010nr 11.6-inch Chromebook (Snow White). None of those are priced at higher than $250, at least on Amazon's site.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863936/amazons-three-top-selling-computers-for-the-holidays-were-chromebooks.html#tk.rss_all Chromebooks Mon, 29 Dec 2014 08:05:00 -0800 Peter Sayer Peter Sayer

Three out of three? That could be the score for the U.S. National Security Agency's cryptographic "most wanted" list of 2012.

In January 2012, it saw Internet traffic anonymizing tool Tor (The Onion Router), Linux distribution Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) and disk encryption system TrueCrypt as the biggest threats to its ability to intercept Internet traffic and interpret other information it acquires.

Since then, flaws have been found in Tor, and the FBI has unmasked Tor users. A vulnerability was found in Tails allowing attackers to determine users' IP addresses.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863972/tor-truecrypt-tails-topped-the-nsas-most-wanted-list-in-2012.html#tk.rss_all Security Mon, 29 Dec 2014 08:00:00 -0800 Brand Post Brand Post

If you've ever seen an episode of The Jetsons, you've no doubt longed for some of the space-age home tech enjoyed by George and his family. Push-button meal dispensers? A car that folds into a briefcase? Rosie the robot-maid? Yes, please.

Alas, much of that stuff remains science fiction, at least for the moment, but there are plenty of high-tech tools available right now that can help turn your house into a smart-home. And you don't have to be president of Spacely Sprockets to afford it. In fact, if you already own a smartphone, you're halfway there. Let's take a look at some of the surprisingly affordable ways to raise your roof's IQ.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860434/turn-your-house-into-a-smart-home-on-a-budget.html#tk.rss_all Mon, 29 Dec 2014 07:41:00 -0800 Lincoln Spector Lincoln Spector

Tctws Tan wanted to know about the dangers of using a public Wi-Fi network, such as the ones you find in cafes and libraries. "Is there any other method to increase my privacy?"

If Windows knows it's accessing a public network, it will hide your laptop from other computers and devices. That provides significant, but not perfect, protection. So you have to make sure Windows knows you're on a public network, and you need to take additional precautions.

[Have a tech question? Ask PCWorld Contributing Editor Lincoln Spector. Send your query to answer@pcworld.com.]

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2858348/take-precautions-when-using-public-wi-fi-networks.html#tk.rss_all Security Mon, 29 Dec 2014 04:00:00 -0800 Ryan Whitwam Ryan Whitwam Google's wearable platform is off to a great start with apps like these. http://www.greenbot.com/article/2858992/the-best-android-wear-apps-of-2014.html#tk.rss_all Gadgets Apps Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:30:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

We already reviewed one set of mechanical keyboards this year, but believe it or not there've been enough new releases in the months since that we're able to put together an entire second set of reviews.

The craziest bit? Out of the five mechanical keyboards in this roundup, only one (the Corsair K70 RGB/K95 RGB) uses Cherry MX switches—long the de-facto standard for all brands. That means my typical spiel about the four main kinds of Cherry switches (Red, Black, Brown, Blue) is basically worthless.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860855/we-review-five-mechanical-keyboards-on-key-types-rgb-lighting-software-and-more.html#tk.rss_all Keyboards Gaming Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:00:00 -0800 Jake Widman Jake Widman

Its manufacturer ambitiously calls the Ubi—a voice-operated computer—the "Voice of The Internet." It's a small box (measuring 4.75 by 4.75 inches and 1.5 inches thick) designed to plug directly into an electrical outlet. With its integrated microphone and speaker, it looks much like an intercom. Once connected to your home Wi-Fi network, you can use the Ubi to control smart devices with voice commands, access online information and entertainment, get voice alerts for calendar events and incoming mail, and perform other potentially useful tasks.

UCIC says Ubi works with smart-home devices such as the Nest Learning Thermostat and a variety of gadgets in the SmartThings portfolio. I tested it with a Belkin WeMo Insight smart switch, basically a three-prong outlet you plug into an existing outlet and turn on and off via Wi-Fi. The Ubi also works with If This Then That (IFTTT) recipes, and the list of recipes available on the IFTTT site, some created by the company itself, gives a good idea of the range of tasks the Ubi can accomplish.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863027/ubi-review-this-voice-controlled-computer-is-too-obtuse-for-the-modern-smart-home.html#tk.rss_all Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:00:00 -0800 Jon L. Jacobi Jon L. Jacobi

The configuration of the i7 X99 that AVADirect sent us comes as close as any PC I've seen to perfectly melding class and gaming flash. I was not alone in my opinion. No fewer than three of the staff here at PCWorld commented on this gaming system's good looks—a rare event for anything not Apple or thin-and-light.

Of course, AVADirect has to share the credit with Corsair for the Graphite Series 760T case, as well as with EVGA for the GeForce GTX980 cards with their glowing neon-green call-outs. I did mention that the i7 X99 is fast, didn't I? It is.

interior 3 Rob Schultz

With such a beautiful interior, why use naked DDR4?

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2854346/avadirect-i7-x99-gaming-system-review-fast-with-a-classy-chassis.html#tk.rss_all Desktops Gaming Mon, 29 Dec 2014 02:30:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

We already took a look at the Razer Blackwidow Ultimate earlier this year, and this new "Chroma" version is 95 percent the same—with the addition of fancy new RGB backlighting and another $40 tacked onto the price.

Like its predecessor, the Chroma is a sleek and durable black keyboard designed specifically for gaming. This is most obvious in its custom-designed Razer Green switches, which (as far as I'm aware) are branded Kailh switches.

Razer Greens feature the same tactile click and actuation force (50cN) as Cherry MX Blues, but the actuation point is a bit higher. Cherry MX Blues are traditionally considered good for typing, because you can learn to press keys without bottoming out—striking the key so hard it slams into the bottom of the board, putting strain on your wrists and fingers. However, the low actuation point can be problematic in games because it's harder to double-tap keys.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860747/razer-blackwidow-chroma-mechanical-keyboard-review-rgb-lighting-for-the-rich-masses.html#tk.rss_all Keyboards Mon, 29 Dec 2014 02:00:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

The Corsair K70 and K95 RGB are the only keyboard models in this roundup that use Cherry MX switches—a relief for my fingers, after traipsing through Kailh Yellows and Kailh Browns and Romer-Gs and Razer Greens, only to return home to my tried-and-true Cherry Blues.

But surprisingly, the real moral of the K70 RGB (and by extension, the K95 RGB) is that switches aren't everything. While I love Cherry Blues—they make my fingers sing when typing—Corsair makes some drastic missteps on both the hardware and software sides that undermine what should be a fantastic keyboard.

The K70 keyboard is a Corsair classic, with a sleek, brushed-aluminum industrial look that stands out from the competition. The K95 is basically the exact same keyboard, except there are three rows of macro keys attached to the left side. And I mean "attached" in the most literal of ways: The K95 looks like someone took a K70 and pasted an extra piece onto it. It's not very pretty compared to the stripped-down K70, but if you need the dedicated macro keys that's your prerogative. On the other hand, you could just use Corsair's software to assign macros to literally any key on the keyboard and save yourself some desk space in the process.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860876/corsair-k70-rgb-mechanical-keyboard-review-plenty-of-potential-undercut-by-terrible-software.html#tk.rss_all Keyboards Mon, 29 Dec 2014 01:30:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

Logitech's G910 Orion Spark is a completely new keyboard with completely new switches, built from the ground up for gaming and full RGB backlighting. As such, it's probably the device where we have the most to talk about because, well, it's entirely unique.

Let's start with the design of the keyboard itself, which is weird enough as it is. The G910 is a similar shape to previous keyboards in Logitech's lineup—that is to say, a bit chunky. Even with the smaller of the two wrist rests attached, this thing will take up quite a bit of your desk—thanks to a row of macro keys on the side, another row on the top (above the function row), the dedicated media keys, and a phone dock (more on that later).

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860685/logitech-g910-orion-spark-mechanical-keyboard-review-beautiful-lighting-bad-switches.html#tk.rss_all Keyboards Mon, 29 Dec 2014 01:00:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

Mechanical keyboards are typically such beastly devices, I'm always surprised when I pull one out of a box and it's a dainty little thing. The Rapoo KX fits that bill, occupying a mere 13 x 6 inches of desk real estate thanks to a no-frills, tenkeyless (no number pad) design. For mechanical keyboard snobs needing something on the road, the KX would fit into a backpack easily. And thanks to its attractive brushed-aluminum top and solid plastic casing, you could do so without worrying about its durability.

It's also a dual-mode wired/wireless keyboard. Embedded in the back are a MicroUSB jack, a power switch, and then a slot to hold the KX's small wireless USB dongle. As I type this I'm using the KX wired because the battery was low, but there's a lithium battery inside that held about a week's worth of charge for me.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860856/rapoo-kx-review-the-mechanical-keyboard-enthusiasts-tiny-traveling-companion.html#tk.rss_all Keyboards Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:30:00 -0800 Hayden Dingman Hayden Dingman

Like the Rapoo KX, the Nixeus MODA will score points with some consumers right out the gate because of its small size. It's not quite as compact as the KX, thanks to a small palm rest and a dedicated Home block, but this is still a dainty model compared to your typical gaming monstrosity.

And the Nixeus Moda is a great little device, provided you're looking for a bare-bones mechanical keyboard. You're not going to get many frills here—not even media keys. If you can live without those perks, though, this is a solid (and cheap) device.

The Nixeus Moda uses "Brown" switches, but not those made by Cherry. These knock-offs are otherwise the same though, with an actuation force of 45cN and a 2mm actuation point that features a tactile bump instead of the click found in MX Blues. Despite being "the same," I did notice that the Moda has more of a hollow, clacking sound to it than other Cherry Brown keyboards I had lying around, but whether that's due to the switch or due to the Moda itself I can't say.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2860875/nixeus-moda-mechanical-keyboard-review-a-great-entry-level-option.html#tk.rss_all Keyboards Gaming Sun, 28 Dec 2014 20:50:08 -0800 John Ribeiro John Ribeiro

China is apparently blocking Google's Gmail service in the latest move by the country to curb foreign Internet services.

Internet performance monitoring company, Dyn Research, said Sunday that China was blocking Gmail at the IP level when served from Hong Kong.

All Gmail traffic to China is through Hong Kong and affected by the block, unless users deploy evasion techniques, wrote Earl Zmijewski, Dyn's vice president of analytics, in an email.

Google's real-time measure of traffic patterns for its services also indicated a sharp drop in Gmail traffic in China after Christmas. The company could not be immediately reached for comment because of the Christmas holidays.

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]]> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863852/googles-gmail-appears-to-have-been-blocked-by-china-at-ip-level.html#tk.rss_all Government Business Cloud & Services Web Apps Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:50:00 -0800 Juan Carlos Perez Juan Carlos Perez

"The Interview," which is already linked to a massive corporate hack, a U.S.-North Korea spat and an outcry over censorship, now has another claim to fame: it's the most successful online film in Sony Pictures' history.

Available to stream and download since Wednesday via websites and platforms from various companies, including Sony, Google and Microsoft, "The Interview" generated over US$15 million in online rentals and sales through Saturday, according to the studio.

The controversial comedy about an assassination plot against North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was rented or bought 2 million times online during those four days. It costs $5.99 to rent and $14.99 to buy. Apple began offering it via iTunes on Sunday.

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Written By Unknown on Senin, 29 Desember 2014 | 16.01

"The Interview," which is already linked to a massive corporate hack, a U.S.-North Korea spat and an outcry over censorship, now has another claim to fame: it's the most successful online film in Sony Pictures' history.

Available to stream and download since Wednesday via websites and platforms from various companies, including Sony, Google and Microsoft, "The Interview" generated over US$15 million in online rentals and sales through Saturday, according to the studio.

The controversial comedy about an assassination plot against North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was rented or bought 2 million times online during those four days. It costs $5.99 to rent and $14.99 to buy. Apple began offering it via iTunes on Sunday.

The movie also opened in limited release on Christmas Day in movie theaters, where it has grossed about $3 million, according to published reports.

Still, Sony Pictures is far from breaking even, since, according to estimates from entertainment industry trade magazine Variety, the movie cost around $75 million to make and to market.

The saga of "The Interview" began in late November, when Sony Pictures suffered a massive hack, and sensitive and embarrassing documents were released, including email exchanges from executives and salary information about actors. The hackers also warned that moviegoers who went to see "The Interview" would be harmed.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) later announced that it had determined that North Korea was responsible for the attack.

Concerned about safety, Sony Pictures cancelled its plans to release the movie in theaters and online, a decision that was criticized by many, including U.S. President Barack Obama, who said in a press conference: "We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States."

President Obama also said the U.S. would respond to the attack "proportionally" and "in a place and time and manner we choose."

North Korea's Internet and mobile phone communications have reportedly been suffering intermittent outages since December 22, days after President Obama's comments. However, the U.S. government has denied causing the disruptions.

On Saturday, North Korea's government released a statement lashing out at the U.S. government, accusing it of attacking its Internet operations. North Korea also referred to President Obama using insulting terms, blaming him for Sony's decision to release "The Interview" after all.

The Asian country has denied carrying out the cyber-attack against Sony Pictures.


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Google's Gmail appears to have been blocked by China at IP level

China is apparently blocking Google's Gmail service in the latest move by the country to curb foreign Internet services.

Internet performance monitoring company, Dyn Research, said Sunday that China was blocking Gmail at the IP level when served from Hong Kong.

All Gmail traffic to China is through Hong Kong and affected by the block, unless users deploy evasion techniques, wrote Earl Zmijewski, Dyn's vice president of analytics, in an email.

Google's real-time measure of traffic patterns for its services also indicated a sharp drop in Gmail traffic in China after Christmas. The company could not be immediately reached for comment because of the Christmas holidays.

DNS, or the Domain Name System, is a naming system for resources on the Internet that translates a domain name into numerical IP (Internet Protocol) addresses that computers can understand to access the Internet. IP address blocking is often used by regimes to censor content to a particular region.

"DNS returns only Hong Kong IPs from all of our locations throughout China," Zmijewski wrote. "These IP addresses are then blocked on backbone routers, so the Hong Kong servers cannot be reached from the mainland." Google returns Hong Kong IPs to their Chinese users as these are the closest servers, he added.

Zmijewski pointed out that Google operates Gmail servers in 20 different countries and he can access them from China when doing a spot check. "Thus, using a non-Hong Kong server (if you happen to be able to discover the appropriate IP address) or a VPN based in another country, should enable Chinese users to get around this block," he added.

China has a long history of censoring and disrupting sites that could be used for distributing anti-government content and has also blocked some international services like Facebook and Twitter. Google pulled out partially from China in 2010 rather than self-censor its search engine, after it said it had found a cyberattack that targeted the accounts of human rights activists. The company started redirecting users visiting its Chinese search site to its Hong Kong website.

A number of Google services were disrupted this year, ahead of the 25th anniversary on June 4 of China's crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Tiananmen Square, according to GreatFire.org, a website that tracks Internet access in the country.

Google's transparency report shows consistent access to Gmail from Chinese users over the years until the current block, Zmijewski said.

On Twitter and other forums, users complained about the lack of access to Gmail. Liu Yuan, a user in Shanghai, wrote: "mail from or to gmail from china may be returned. btw, which is the best vpn?"


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Nixeus MODA mechanical keyboard review: A great entry-level option

Like the Rapoo KX, the Nixeus MODA will score points with some consumers right out the gate because of its small size. It's not quite as compact as the KX, thanks to a small palm rest and a dedicated Home block, but this is still a dainty model compared to your typical gaming monstrosity.

And the Nixeus Moda is a great little device, provided you're looking for a bare-bones mechanical keyboard. You're not going to get many frills here—not even media keys. If you can live without those perks, though, this is a solid (and cheap) device.

The Nixeus Moda uses "Brown" switches, but not those made by Cherry. These knock-offs are otherwise the same though, with an actuation force of 45cN and a 2mm actuation point that features a tactile bump instead of the click found in MX Blues. Despite being "the same," I did notice that the Moda has more of a hollow, clacking sound to it than other Cherry Brown keyboards I had lying around, but whether that's due to the switch or due to the Moda itself I can't say.

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Will the average person ever reach a point where using Kailh switches instead of Cherry switches is a real detriment? Probably not. They're knock-offs, but they seem to be pretty decent knock-offs. It seems like Kailh has sorted out most of the manufacturing issues it had in the past, and while they might cut corners and skimp on materials...well, I'm just not convinced the average mechanical keyboard user will care.

What they will care about is price. At only $60 on the street, the Nixeus Mode is one of the cheapest  available mechanical keyboards. If you've been eyeing the mechanical keyboard realm for a while now but didn't want to plunk down an exorbitant amount of money, the Nixeus Moda is a damn good entry-level candidate.

The downside is that it's fairly stripped-down. You have dedicated Mute, Volume Up, and Volume Down keys in the upper right corner, but there are no media keys on the board, nor any macro keys.

There's also no backlighting, which for me is an annoyance. I tend to work and game a lot at night. Even as a touch-typer, backlighting is a lifesaver.

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In all other ways, the Moda should suit budget-minded users. It's a durable little device, housed in some extremely thick black plastic with a faux-brushed metal look. The keys have a subtle texture to them that I really enjoyed typing on.

The only two things I don't like design-wise are the typeface and the fake screws in the palm rest. Both look tacky and undermine what's otherwise a sleek-looking keyboard.

The cable could also use an upgrade. It's cheap rubber,and not very thick—especially where it connects to the keyboard itself. I'd be concerned the connection could break under heavy, active use.

It's cheap (especially on sale), it's stripped down, it's simple. The Nixeus Moda does nothing to stand out, but it doesn't need to—it's all about the price. This is a budget mechanical keyboard with impressively few caveats.


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Connected, self-driving cars in the front seat at CES

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 27 Desember 2014 | 16.01

Cars that can park themselves, cycle helmets that can communicate to avoid collisions and the coming battle between Apple's CarPlay and Google's Android Auto will all be hot topics at International CES in January.

The Las Vegas trade show will offer a mixture of cars and accessories coming out next year, and others that are still years away from being ready.

The latter category includes BMW's self-parking car, which will be demonstrated to journalists in a Las Vegas parking garage. The Remote Valet Parking Assistant has been integrated in a research version of the electric BMW i3, and by combining laser sensors with digital plans of multi-storey car parks it can supposedly park itself. The goal with the demo is to show what will be possible by 2020, according to BMW.

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BMW's Remote Valet Parking Assistant lets you park your car with your smartwatch.

Improving safety is also an important part of what sensors can be used for. Volvo Cars has developed a cycle helmet that can communicate with cars to avoid collisions. The driver will be alerted to a nearby cyclist through a head-up display alert, even if the cyclist happens to be in a blind spot. The cyclist will be warned via a helmet-mounted alert light, according to Volvo. The product will be presented at CES and has been developed in an all-Swedish collaboration with helmet manufacturer POC and telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson. The connected helmet may seem like a good idea, but the fact that both cars and helmets would have to be upgraded and widely deployed makes it a challenging project.

A more down-to-earth product is the Display Audio infotainment system from South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai, which it will use in some of its 2016 models. First seen at the LA Auto Show, it has no CD player or embedded navigation system, instead using Apple's CarPlay or Android Auto to access the music and navigation features of an iPhone or Android smartphone. CarPlay and Android Auto work by attaching the smartphone to the car's infotainment system with a USB cable. Once the connection is made, users can make calls, send messages and access third-party apps using voice commands or via the display build into the dashboard.

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CarPlay in action.

The list of apps compatible with both platforms includes iHeart Radio, MLB At Bat and Spotify. CarPlay also works with Beats Music and Stitcher, while Android Auto's initial app roster includes SoundCloud, Pandora and WhatsApp, according to Hyundai.

The car industry will also be represented on stage at CES. Ford CEO Mark Fields and Mercedes-Benz head Dieter Zetsche are keynote speakers. Zetsche's keynote will include "the world-debut of a new car concept," according to the CES website.

On Friday, LG Electronics announced it is working with Mercedes on next-generation cameras for automated driving, letting the car take over some driving tasks, LG said without delving into the details.

The description of Fields' speech is more vague, saying that he will talk about what's next for Ford. Earlier this month the company announced SYNC 3, a sweeping revamp of its own infotainment offering—including a change of operating system, from Microsoft Windows Embedded to BlackBerry's QNX.

Showgoers will see more of what Ford and the other exhibitors have in store for International CES in Las Vegas starting Jan. 6.


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How to save a webpage as a PDF or MHT file

Tom Stallard asked for a way to save webpages, with all of the formatting and images intact, to local storage.

I know of two ways to save webpages as single, contained files. They won't reproduce the exact layout of the page, but they'll come very close. One will give you a standard .pdf file. The other technique produces a less ubiquitous .mht or .mhtml file. You'll have fewer options for reading .mht files, but they usually get closer to the look of the original pages.

Both techniques work, with some variation, in Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox.

[Have a tech question? Ask PCWorld Contributing Editor Lincoln Spector. Send your query to answer@pcworld.com.]

To create a .pdf, you simply "print" the page to pdf creation software.

Chrome makes this chore particularly easy. With the desired page loaded, press Ctrl-P to bring up the browser's unique Print dialog box. Click the Change button in the Destination section. This brings up a list of your available printers. But in addition to the printers, you'll find a Save as PDF option.

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Ctrl-P will also bring up a printer dialog box in Internet Explorer or Chrome. Only these offer standard Windows dialog boxes, and lack a Save as PDF option. (They both offer a "Print to file" option, but you won't find that to be satisfactory.)

So you'll need a print-to-PDF program that interfaces with Windows as a print driver. There are plenty available, and you might have one installed that you don't even know about. In researching this article, I discovered that I have four.

If you don't have a PDF option among your print drivers, download and install the free version of the BullZip PDF Printer.

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The MIME HTML (MHTML) format archives a webpage, putting the text, the code, and the images (but not audio and video) into a single file. It looks more like a webpage because it is, technically, a webpage.

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Internet Explorer supports MHTML files out of the box. To save the page you're looking at, press Ctrl-S to bring up the Save As dialog box. In the "Save as type" pull-down menu, select Web Archive, single file (*.mht).

Neither Firefox nor Chrome support MHTML by default, but there are ways around that.

Firefox users need to install the Mozilla Archive Format, with MHT and Faithful Save.

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For Chrome, it's a bit more complicated. In the browser's address field (where you type URLs), enter chrome://flags/ and press Enter. Search for the option Save Page as MHTML, and click the Enable link. Then close and re-open Chrome.

Once you've made these changes, the Save As dialog box (still Ctrl-S) will offer a MHT or MHTML option in the "Save as type" menu.

You can read MHTML files in Internet Explorer, and in the other browsers after you've made the changes described above. You can also download reader apps for Android and iOS.


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Hackers target Tor after disrupting Xbox Live, PlayStation Network on Christmas

Hackers who apparently attacked Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN) and Microsoft's Xbox Live on Christmas Day have taken aim at anonymous network Tor.

Lizard Squad, which claimed responsibility for the outage , on Friday tweeted, "To clarify, we are no longer attacking PSN or Xbox. We are testing our new Tor 0day."

While at least one site that maps the Tor network showed numerous routers with the name "LizardNSA," the extent of any attack was unclear.

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LizardNSA Tor relays abound.

Tor directs user traffic through thousands of relays to ensure anonymity. In a Dec. 19 blog post, Tor managers warned of a possible attack, saying, "There may be an attempt to incapacitate our network in the next few days through the seizure of specialized servers in the network called directory authorities."

Sony engineers, meanwhile, continued to struggle to get PSN back online Friday following the suspected denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Thursday.

Sony's Twitter account for PSN asked frustrated gamers to be patient as staff worked to get the service back up and running, saying it did not know when PSN would be back online.

"We are aware that some users are experiencing difficulty logging into the PSN," Sony said on its PlayStation support page, where the network was listed as offline.

In a Twitter post showing a chat with the alleged hackers, MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom suggested he had convinced Lizard Squad to stop the attacks in return for lifetime memberships on his file-transfer site Mega.

Lizard Squad had taken credit for an apparent attack against PSN earlier this month, as well as an attack in August. The incident came at the same time that a U.S. flight carrying Sony Online Entertainment President John Smedley was diverted for security reasons.

Xbox Live was back again Friday following disruptions, with core services up and running.

Yesterday, some users were unable to sign in to Xbox Live," a Microsoft spokesman said in a statement sent via email. "Our teams worked throughout the holiday to resolve the issue, and Xbox Live core services have now been restored."

The company did not elaborate on the cause of the disruption.


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7 critical things to do immediately with a new PC

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 26 Desember 2014 | 16.01

So you've got a new PC. Awesome! That humble metal box is the key to a wide world of potential. It can help you with everything from juggling your finances to keeping in touch with Grandma to blowing off some steam on, uh, Steam.

But a new PC isn't like a new car; you can't just turn a key and put the pedal to the metal. Okay, maybe you can—but you shouldn't. Performing just a few simple activities when you first fire it up can help it be safer, faster, and better poised for the future. Here's how to set up a new PC the right way, step by step.

Hurry up and wait with Windows Update

The first step is by far the most tedious. You shouldn't muck around on the web unless your copy of Windows is fully patched and up to date, period. Now for the bad news: Depending on how long your PC sat on the retail shelf, this could take minutes—or hours. Either way, it has to get done.

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Get used to staring at this for a while.

First, make sure your PC's connected to the Internet. Open the Windows Control Panel, then head to System and Security > Windows Update > Check for Updates. Your system will search for updates, and find some. Download and install them, then reboot your computer and do it again… and again… and again… until the update check fails to return new entries. Hopefully it won't take too long.

By default, Windows will download and install new updates as they roll out. You just have to get over this initial hump!

Install your favorite browser

Because surfing the web in an unfamiliar browser is like trying to tango while you're wearing someone else's shoes. It can be done, but it ain't pretty. Here are direct links for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera if Internet Explorer isn't your thing.

Batten down the hatches

Now that you've slipped into something more comfortable, it's time to get your security ducks in a row.

Windows 8 ships with Windows Defender enabled by default. It's a decent, if not overly detailed security solution. But PC makers can disable Defender if they want to preinstall trialware for a premium security solution—like Norton or McAfee's antivirus products—on your PC. If you decide to keep paying for that premium product, swell! (Though I'd suggest doing your homework before plunking down cash for a security suite.) If not, disable and delete that bloatware suite and then reactivate Windows Defender.

Windows Defender isn't included in prior versions of Windows, however, nor is it the most full-featured anti-malware solution out there. You can't even schedule scans! PCWorld's guide to building the ultimate free security suite can help you find the right tools to keep your PC protected.

Clean out the crap

With your defenses up, it's time to start shoveling the crap out of your PC.

You can skip this step if you built your own Windows PC—including installation of the operating system—or bought a "Signature Edition" computer from a Microsoft store. Straight Windows installations don't come with excess junk cluttering up your hard drive. But boxed PCs from big-name PC makers are inevitably brimming with bloatware.

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PC Decrapifier is lightweight, easy to use, and just plain rocks.

Fortunately, there's PC Decrapifier, a straightforwardly named tool that scans your PC for known bloatware, then allows you to wipe it all away in one fell swoop. It's far faster than hunting through the Control Panel, eradicating crapware piece by piece. Better yet, it's free.

If you have Windows 8, PC Decrapifier won't touch any bloatware that comes in the form of Metro apps—the colorful tiles that appear on the new-style Start screen. Those won't start when your computer boots, however, so they shouldn't suck up your system resources aside from some storage space. If you still want them off your machine just right-click on an unwanted app and select Uninstall.

Fill 'er up

Why'd we scrape all that junk out? To make room for your own stuff, silly. New hardware just begs for software to match!

Outfitting your rig is an intensely personal affair, but if you're looking for suggestions, PCWorld has a guide to free programs that are so helpful, so handy, so downright useful that they'd be welcome on pretty much any PC. Once you're done perusing that, also consider checking out PCWorld's guide to 20 obscure, yet insanely useful programs that can help ease your daily tasks. They're all free too, though they're a bit more niche.

Head towards Ninite when it comes time to actually install all that software. Ninite is sort of like an anti-PC Decrapifier—it lets you install numerous free applications of your choice all at once, even going so far as to automatically disable the bundled crapware that many free programs try to sneak in as part of the installation process. It's a wonderfully handy tool that takes the pain out of loading up a new PC.

Made in your own image

After all that, your PC is finally ready to rock: It's safe, up to date, scrubbed free of junk, and full of software fine-tuned to meet your specific needs. The end is in sight! But we're not done juuuuuust yet.

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Now that your PC's in fighting shape it's an ideal time to create a clone or image of your primary hard drive—the one Windows boots from—and save it to another hard drive. A clone or image creates a snapshot replica of your drive, which you can use to boot up Windows if your primary drive gives up the ghost. Having an image of your system in its current updated, bloatware free, customized state prevents you from having to do all that legwork over again if you ever have to reinstall Windows for any reason.

So what's the difference between a clone and an image? Essentially, a clone creates an exact copy of your hard drive on another drive—files, master boot record, and all. The clone consumes the entire hard drive, but it's plug-and-play if you ever need to use it. Images, on the other hand, create a single, mammoth file containing all the stuff on your PC. It takes a bit more to get an image backup ready to roll after a disaster, but you have more flexibility in how you store it, since it's essentially just a great big file. Lincoln Spector has a more detailed comparison if you're interested.

There are excellent backup tools available that let you create clones and images, including the free personal versions of Macrium Reflect Free and EaseUS Todo Backup. We explain how to use Windows' native imaging tool step-by-step in PCWorld's guide to creating a free, foolproof backup system—one you should implement ASAP. Regular backups are your data's only savior if disaster strikes.

Optional: Update your drivers

This step isn't for everyone. Few things can introduce troublesome ghosts in your machine faster than a driver that refuses to play nice for whatever reason. If your from-the-box PC's working fine and you only ever plan to perform basic tasks like surfing the web, working with Office, and stuff like that, feel free to forget your computer even has drivers and keep on keeping on. Windows Update should've snagged reasonably new drivers for your hardware anyway.

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You'll spend some time staring at the Device Manager if you built your own PC and need to update your drivers manually.

But if you cobbled together a DIY rig or are rocking a gaming machine, it's a good idea to see if more updated drivers are available for your hardware. Windows Update isn't always on the bleeding edge of driver updates, and new drivers for, say, your motherboard or network card can provide beneficial feature and performance updates. Gamers will need to update their graphics card drivers fairly often to ensure optimal performance in the newest games.

PCWorld's guide to updating your Windows drivers has all the info you need to proceed. If a driver does somehow manage to bork your PC, Windows automatically creates a System Restore Point when you install new device drivers. And if true disaster strikes in some bizarre, extreme case, you've got the backup image you've created—right?

Wrap-up

At this point you're pretty much ready to roll. Sure, there are some other tasks you should perform, such as moving over files from your old PC and saving the product keys for Windows and your other installed software (Belarc Advisor rocks for the task), but you can do all that at your leisure. For now, just bask in the glory of owning a new PC, secure in the knowledge that it's fully optimized, protected against attack, and recoverable if disaster strikes.

Enjoy! And if you're migrating over from a previous computer, be sure to check out PCWorld's tips for breathing new life into an old PC. Just because a machine's being retired doesn't mean it's junk.


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