Category: spectre

HP’s Spectre x360 packs a 4K display if you want it

Post author By Randall
Post date September 30, 2019
Categories In convertible, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, hp, laptop, pc, personal computing, personalcomputing, spectre, spectre x360, Tech, windows 10

[ad_1] Despite shaving off more than a tenth of the computer, HP was able to build better cooling and thermals into the device. If you weren’t a fan of the lineup’s two-tone “Nightfall Black” and “Poseidon Blue” color options, the good news is that HP will offer the new model in a simpler “Natural Silver” […]

Install updates now to address a vulnerability in most Intel CPUs

Post author By Randall
Post date May 15, 2019
Categories In exploit, fallout, gear, Intel, mds, meltdown, Mobile, patch, personal computing, personalcomputing, ridl, Security, spectre, speculative execution, Tech, vulnerability, zombieload

[ad_1] If you have a computer using an Intel CPU released since 2011 then congratulations — you’ve likely won a vulnerability, since only “select” 8th and 9th gen Core CPUs as well as 2nd generation Xeon Scalable CPUs have hardware protection against the attacks. Patching the holes will require a combination of firmware updates and […]