Month: August 2022

Asus ROG Phone 6 Pro review: A bumper mobile gaming package

  The Asus ROG Phone 6 Pro is a big, powerful gaming phone that shows some consideration for daily use Pros Top-notch performanceExtremely fluid displayImproved cameraCons Not very different from ROG Phone 6, but much more expensiveOnly IPX4-ratedLacks the built-in cooling of rivals The constant iterative …

Dell XPS 17 review: Space, pace and grace

  With a 17in UHD+ screen, Nvidia graphics and new Intel processors the XPS 17 is a quality slimline workstation Pros Superb UHD+ displayPowerful with discrete GPUCompact for a 17in notebookCons Looks the same as the old modelNo numeric keypadNo Type-A USB Space, they say, is …

The differences between Windows account PINs and passwords

Microsoft’s Windows 10 and 11 operating systems support several different account authentication options. There is the classic local user account and password option, the Microsoft account and password option, and options provided by Windows Hello. Use of a PIN is the most common one, as Microsoft …

How to upgrade to Linux Mint 21 using the Upgrade Tool

Last week, the Linux Mint team released Linux Mint 21, a new base version of the popular Linux distribution. Today, instructions have been published on updating existing installations of Linux Mint to the new release. One of the main differences to previous upgrades to new base …

Your next Phishing email may come straight from PayPal

Malicious actors have started to exploit a loophole in the defenses of many home users, organizations, email and security services, to send out phishing emails from legitimate services. image credit: Avanan Threat actors have found a way to send phishing emails using the tools and services …