computing articles published February 6, 2026
February 6 articles
- Upgrade aging PCs with Windows 11 Pro for $12.97
- The hidden reason why your portable SSD is painfully slow
- From 40TB to 100TB, WD releases its new hard drive roadmap
- Customize your typing exactly to your liking with this hot-swappable keyboard
- PCs Now Sold Without RAM to Avoid Memory Price Hikes
- Please stop buying expensive mesh Wi-Fi systems for small homes
- Microsoft is pulling the plug on old printer drivers — here’s what it means
- These UPS Battery Backups Do a Lot More Than a Regular Surge Protector
- Score a $600 HP laptop for $295 at Woot
- How to use the REPT function in Excel to create text-based progress bars
- Microsoft said my PC was 'too old' to run Windows 11 - how I upgraded in 5 minutes anyway
- Lenovo showed me its new ThinkPad X1 Carbon, and I didn't see this year's upgrades coming
- I’m done pretending open-source software is free
- How rising complexity is reshaping the role of data center services
- Why lithium batteries in our phones and laptops keep failing us - and how to lower that risk
- I tried replacing Windows with Linux Mint, here's how it went
- This free Windows tool tells me everything I need to know about my PC's health
- 5 ways Linux beats Windows that you only notice after you switch
- Amazon is selling an HP 15.6-inch laptop for only $299
- Analyst firm says RAM prices are being hit by an 'unprecedented and record-breaking surge' and I'm afraid things will get much worse before they get better
- If Windows can lock me out of Notepad, is Windows too reliant on the cloud?
- This e-paper typewriter is ideal for those who want to write without distraction
- Lucky scavenger finds $1,300 worth of SSDs for just $210 in Walmart's clearance aisle — haul includes two 2TB WD SN770, a 2TB Samsung T5 Evo, and a 1 TB PNY CS2241
- Costco's Prebuilt PCs Are Beating DIY Prices - Here's Why
- I finally upgraded to a Wi-Fi 6 router and realized I was bottlenecking my own internet
- Windows 11 will get dual-audio streaming — but your PC may be left out
- You Can Easily Convert Your Old Telephone Wiring Into An Ethernet Jack - Here's How
- This is my favorite Linux distro of all time - and I've tried them all
- Nvidia's RTX 50-series Super cards won't be released this year, according to reports, and the RTX 60-series is said to be pushed back beyond 2027
- ASRock Is Investigating Ongoing X3D CPU Deaths in Its Motherboards
- Noctua celebrates sending out its 500,000th CPU cooler mounting upgrade kit — milestone marks two decades of the free program
- I found an immutable Linux distro that never breaks and is effortless to use
- AMD Radeon GPUs may soon put a deeper dent in your wallet
- AMD's 96-core beast with watercooling engraved into CPU joins car and industrial parts in a 2,000W direct die cooling setup — $12,000 CPU runs at 5.3 GHz, devours 1,300W, and still runs cooler than your gaming PC
- If Linux is going to thrive, some distros have to die
- DDR4 in 2026? These kits can help you beat the RAM crisis
- After decades on Linux, FreeBSD finally gave me a reason to switch operating systems
