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Windows 11: Everything you need to know • Microsoft’s next OS has a slew of new features.
Norton adds crypto mining capabilities to antivirus software • Ethereum mining for the family PC.
Microsoft to turn old Xbox Ones into cloud streaming boxes • The days of obsolescence may be over.
Windows 10 to lose support in 2025 • Four more years.
HP get gamier • Completes purchase of HyperX.
700,000 GPUs shipped to cryptominers in the 1st quarter of 2021 • Miners making it rain.
Facebook’s vision for VR is coming to fruition – via ads • It’s receiving blowback, but you better believe it’s here to stay, writes Shaun Prescott.
Windows Shopping: do we really want Windows 11 to be ‘free’? • On the day of its successor’s announcement Joel Burgess muses on the driving forces of Windows 10 and what may continue into Windows 11.
3D stacking: The next frontier for chip technology? • AMD’s V-cache technology is a big step forward.
Goodbye mining, hello farming • The impact of chia is already being felt.
Xiaomi Mi Watch 2021 • Fit for scheduled disassembly.
GADGETS • TECHY TOYS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INSPIRE JOY
The 2021 Australian PC Awards • Celebrating the very best in PCs and PC gear.
Aorus 15P YD • Aorus is first past the post with Intel’s 11th gen H series processors, but is this top shelf gaming laptop a real winner?
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Asus ZenWiFi XD6 • The mini version of our favourite router, at a much lower price. But, what’s the performance hit?
Netgear AX1800 4G LTE WiFi Router • A new, next-gen, Netgear Nighthawk. We have great expectations!
Acer Predator X25 • The latest speed demon in Acer’s gaming monitor range was designed to help you kill latency.
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Crucial X6 4TB SSD • Giving Samsung’s T-series portable SSDs some serious competition.
HyperX Alloy Origins 60 mechanical gaming keyboard • 60%-sized keyboards are the new 100%.
Aorus FV43U gaming monitor • What makes a monitor a monitor and not a TV?
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HTC Vive Pro2 • HTC’s new challenger for best headset in the high end / professional PC VR segment.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti & 3070 Ti • Ampere’s mid-life refresh hits the shelves – in a manner of speaking.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Founders Edition • A solid offering with questions about its ongoing availability.
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Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Master • The top performing 3070 Ti in this test.
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MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Gaming X Trio • One for fans of silent gaming.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition • Not your basic reference card anymore.
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Asus TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC Edition • Yes, it’s possible to have a silent 350W graphics card.
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Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Extreme •...