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Intel Plans DDR5-8000 for Xeon 6: 20% More Memory Bandwidth, 6% Lower Latency. Here's What Changes for Your Data Center
Intel has confirmed that selected Xeon 6 processors will officially support DDR5-8000 registered memory (RDIMMs), delivering a 20% lift in measured memory bandwidth alongside a modest 6% latency...
Windows 11 taskbar finally movable: Microsoft's 2026 plan brings back a fan-favorite feature
Microsoft is shifting its Windows 11 development focus from feature stuffing to fixing the fundamentals, and one of the most anticipated changes is the return of the movable taskbar. Beginning in...
Valve Warns: PC Memory Prices Are 3–6 Months Behind Reality—Prepare for Higher Costs
Valve hardware engineer Yazan Aldehayyat told Bloomberg last week that the retail price tags on memory, SSDs, and finished PCs are trailing the wholesale market by three to six months—and that the...
Steam Deck OLED Price Surge to $789 Hands the Value Crown to Asus’s $599 ROG Xbox Ally
In May 2026, Valve delivered a gut punch to handheld gaming fans: the 512GB Steam Deck OLED jumped from $549 to $789, a 44% increase, while the 1TB model soared from $649 to $949—a staggering 46%...
Sony's 2028 PlayStation Disc Sunset Is a Warning for Anyone Who Values Game Ownership
Sony Interactive Entertainment will stop manufacturing physical discs for new PlayStation games starting in January 2028. The decision, quietly embedded in a broader platform update, confirms that...
Closing the Entra ID Management Gap: A 2026 Guide to Tools That Extend Microsoft’s Reach
Microsoft Entra ID has become the identity control plane for Windows, Microsoft 365, and Azure, but a new analysis from Petri IT Knowledgebase reveals that enterprises are increasingly turning to...
Rudy Mitra Leaves Microsoft to Lead AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty as Amazon Monitors Azure
AWS announced on July 20, 2026, that Rudra Mitra—the Microsoft veteran who built and led its Purview data security, governance, and compliance business—has joined as vice president of security...
OneNote for Windows 10 Is Now Read-Only—Here’s How to Move Your Notebooks to OneDrive
Microsoft quietly ended support for its free OneNote for Windows 10 app on October 14, 2025, and as of mid-2026, the application is locked in read-only mode—you can view old notes but can’t edit...
Xbox controller drift on Windows 11? Microsoft’s self-repair tool can fix it—but only sometimes
Microsoft shipped a long-awaited self-calibration feature for Xbox controllers back in February 2024, and by mid-2026 it remains the most direct, manufacturer-approved way for Windows users to tackle...
Windows 11 Emoji Panel Switches to GIPHY: Update Now to Keep GIFs Working
Microsoft has switched the GIF search provider inside Windows 11’s emoji panel from Tenor to GIPHY, and anyone who wants to keep using animated GIFs from the keyboard shortcut needs to install the...
The Real Reasons Glorious CORE Can't Find Your Mouse (And the Fixes That Work)
Glorious CORE is supposed to be the single pane of glass for tweaking your Glorious gaming mouse, keyboard, or headset, but when it suddenly stops detecting your hardware, the troubleshooting path...
LG's Latest OLED Pushes PC Gaming to 165Hz, But There's a Wi-Fi Catch
LG’s newest midrange OLED television, the Evo C6, has arrived with a feature that will catch the eye of Windows PC gamers: a variable refresh rate ceiling of 165Hz, a first for the company’s...