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Santa 47
Hitman 2 gets festive with the free ‘Holiday Hoarders’ pack
Save today!
Pressure cookers, baby monitors, and more are all discounted today
Spend It All
Green Man Gaming Holiday Sale discounts over 1,500 games
Truly universal
Finebits brings Sonca to Windows 10 Mobile (yes, you read that right)
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Tag it up
Custom tags are coming to OneNote for Windows 10 and Mac
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Get ready
Amazon Digital Day 2018 kicks off on December 28 with thousands of deals
Top Holiday Deals & Gifts
No Dollars Necessary
Put your Instant Pot to good use with this free 500-recipe Kindle cookbook
Players Gonna Play
This is the best Xbox One S bundle price we've seen all holiday season
Digital Safe
Store more digital content with this $130 Seagate 8TB External Hard Drive
A Better Screen
Amazon’s all-new waterproof Kindle Paperwhite is finally on sale
Windows Central Digital Offers
Want a VPN for life? Get Ivacy for only $40!
Nostalgia
The NES and SNES Classic consoles won't last long after the holidays
Polish and Grind
Dremel's $70 rotary tool bundle comes with a flex shaft and 160 accessories
October 2018 Update
A mistake
How Microsoft missed the major file-deletion bug in the October Update
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Fixin' It Up
Microsoft issues another batch of fixes for Windows 10 October 2018 Update
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Universal
Intel launches 'modern' graphics drivers for Windows 10
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Time to Update!
Apple fixes October 2018 Update iCloud bug, Microsoft removes upgrade block
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By the numbers
October 2018 Update on less than 3 percent of Windows 10 PCs, AdDuplex says
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PC Reviews
Easy to ignore the flaws
Acer's Nitro 5 delivers seriously affordable 1080p gaming performance
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Double the fun
ASUS's ZenScreen GO MB16AP is one of the best portable displays available
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ARM power
Lenovo Yoga C630 packs crazy battery life and 4G LTE for just $800
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Pre-built desktop
Acer's Nitro 50 desktop comes stocked with AMD hardware for 1080p gaming
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Buyer's guide
Check out our choices for the best Windows laptops out there
Gaming
Massive Changes
The Long Dark’s latest patch revamps existing missions and alters story
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So many choices
This week's Xbox Deals with Gold feature Aven Colony and Fortnite
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Build it
How to get your 2018 Xbox Year In Review statistics
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This could have been so much more
BELOW PC review: An atmospheric world can't save a shallow experience
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New update
Rainbow Six Siege patch 4.1 brings further Operator changes
Analysis
Surface
Centaurus
Move over Andromeda — here comes Surface 'Centaurus'
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mini 4G
Surface Go with LTE is solid but misses the mark on battery life and price
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bel art
Surface Studio 2 is ridiculously pricey — and even more droolworthy
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We've got some bad news
Don't hit the gym in Surface Headphones, get these instead
Windows Central Podcasts
How it's done
All the tech gear we use to record the Windows Central Podcast
People Bar is Dead
On this week's podcast ... A chat with Ars Technica's Peter Bright
A monumental shift for Edge
Windows Central Podcast 115: Edge, Surface Centaurus, ARM
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The future of Surface
Windows Central Podcast 114: Surface 2019, Windows Lite, and new icons
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Apps
Custom browsing
Vivaldi is a unique Chromium-based browser you should try
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Up-to-date
Missing Office features? Your apps may need an update. Here's how to do it.
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Sounding the Alarm
Mozilla says Edge's move to Chromium cedes too much control to Google
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Better all the time
Microsoft Whiteboard updated with background colors, grid lines, and more
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Windows Mixed Reality and VR
Bridging two platforms
You can use SteamVR with Windows Mixed Reality. Here's how.
More content!
You can play Oculus Rift games on Windows Mixed Reality thanks to Revive
Buyer's guide
Run Windows Mixed Reality on the cheap with these pre-built PCs
That's A Wrap
Zenimax wins settlement from Facebook over stolen VR code
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Windows 10
Transition
Intel has new modern graphics drivers. Here's how to install them properly.
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Customization
Use multiple mics on Windows 10? Here's how to configure them.
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Buyer's guide
Check out these excellent Windows 10 laptops that come with LTE support
Spring 2019
Full list of changes in the next major Windows 10 release, '19H1'
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Mobile
Truly universal
Finebits brings Sonca to Windows 10 Mobile (yes, you read that right)
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Apples and oranges
Comparing the Surface Pro 6 and iPad Pro isn't as simple as you think
Thinking about device sizes
Does size matter with Andromeda? Microsoft thinks so.
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Digital Health, To-Do, and more are all new in Microsoft Launcher 5.1
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All Recent
Bridging two platforms
You can use SteamVR with Windows Mixed Reality. Here's how.
SteamVR integration with Windows Mixed Reality is here in the form of a bridging app, giving you access to a ton of new content. Here's how to get everything set up!
Santa 47
Hitman 2 gets festive with the free ‘Holiday Hoarders’ pack
Warner Bros. released Hitman 2 on Xbox One and other platforms on November 13, 2018. In order to become the perfect assassin, you have to blend into the crowd, exploit the environment, and trick numerous personalities.
Save today!
Pressure cookers, baby monitors, and more are all discounted today
We have our eyes on the deals all day long so you can take a break. Be sure to check out the big discounts on the Instant Pot pressure cooker, a robot vacuum, a Eufy baby monitor, and more!
Players Gonna Play
This is the best Xbox One S bundle price we've seen all holiday season
This is your chance to snag a 500GB Xbox One S console with Forza Horizon 3 and its Hot Wheels DLC at one of its best prices ever.
Outer space performance
Where's the best place to buy an Alienware m15?
Looking to buy the Alienware m15? You'll want to go to Dell directly.
Spend It All
Green Man Gaming Holiday Sale discounts over 1,500 games
Green Man Gaming is having its annual Holiday Sale between December 18, 2018 and January 10, 2019. According to the company, this year's Holiday Sale highlights the best games of the year with over 1,500 titles at up to 75 percent off.
Stand up feel better
Turn your regular desk into a standing desk with these great risers
Like your current sitting-down desk but would like to stand up occasionally? This is what you need.
Truly universal
Finebits brings Sonca to Windows 10 Mobile (yes, you read that right)
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Sonca is now available for Windows 10 Mobile, giving stragglers a nice alternative to Groove Music.
Tag it up
Custom tags are coming to OneNote for Windows 10 and Mac
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OneNote users on Windows 10 and Mac will soon be able to create and assign custom tags to their notes.
Get ready
Amazon Digital Day 2018 kicks off on December 28 with thousands of deals
Amazon has announced that its third annual Digital Day will take place on December 28 with thousands of deals for you to take advantage of.
In Plain Sight
Microsoft has been giving away hidden $10 gift cards in promo emails
In a set of recent promotional emails for the holidays, Microsoft has been tucking away hidden links for free $10 gift cards.
The best of the best
Windows Central Game Awards 2018
We're taking a look back at 2018 of Windows PC and Xbox One gaming, and awarding the best of the best.
Digital Safe
Store more digital content with this $130 Seagate 8TB External Hard Drive
Weighing in at just over two pounds, this sleek 8TB hard drive is compatible with Windows and Mac computers, or your gaming console.
Windows Central Digital Offers
Want a VPN for life? Get Ivacy for only $40!
A quality VPN can help protect your privacy and give you access to tons of content all over the world. Right now you can grab a lifetime subscription to Ivacy VPN for 94% off!
Fun for Everyone!
The best 3D printers for families
There are a lot of 3D printers out there in the world, but how do you decide which ones are best for you and your family? You read this post and we will help you, that's how!
Free-For-All
Windows 10 October 2018 Update now fully available for download
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More than two months after attempting its initial rollout, the Windows 10 October 2018 Update is now fully available for anyone who manually checks for updates.
Sports!
What to watch this week on ESPN+
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All the things. You can watch all the things. (And this will tell you when they're on.)
Bonjour
Learn French, Italian, and more with these $118 Rosetta Stone bonus packs
It's never a bad thing to know more than one language, and these deals only come around une fois dans une lune bleue.
Alexa, lock my doors
Unlock your door from your phone using August's $100 3rd-gen smart lock
Open your door with your phone or just your voice with one of these smart locks.
Messaging your way
Caprine for Windows 10 lets you customize Facebook Messenger
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The Caprine app for Windows 10 offers more customization than Facebook's own Messenger app, but is it worth making the switch?