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If you've encountered a problem with a Windows upgrade, you know how maddeningly unhelpful Windows error messages can be. These are my favorite troubleshooting tricks.

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Winboat is a new technology to run Windows apps on Linux. The app is currently in beta, but shows real promise. If the developers can deliver, this will be a game changer. Also: I've used Linux for 30 ...

Back in March, we covered the story of Davis Lu, a disgruntled coder who programmed a logic bomb into his employers’ systems. His code was malicious in the extreme, designed as it was to regularly ...

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