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Bitdefender has released findings on a newly discovered rootkit called FiveSys with a Microsoft-issued digital signature.

Available from 2 August 2021, Microsoft 365 is Windows 10 – and later this year Windows 11 – running in Microsoft's cloud and accessible via personal and corporate devices.

Intel's Ultrabook concept wanted its PCs to be as thin and light as they are today, while sporting up to 13 hours of battery life and the powerful performance today's processors are capable of, coupled with fast storage, Thunderbolt 4 and USB 4, a QHD screen and more, and Lenovo's Slim 7i Carbon lives up to the promise.

If you've been waiting for Windows 10X, which was the next-gen of Windows (and which has since been cancelled), then its successor - and the successor to Windows 10 - is coming on June 24, 2021.

Microsoft today announced the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in the Microsoft Edge browser, and that the Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) desktop application will be retired on June 15, 2022.

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.4.1 for AMD Radeon graphics delivers new and improved features, including AMD Link for Windows which allows a gaming PC to be connected to another Windows PC, a phone, a tablet or a TV for 'anywhere' gaming.

Parallels Desktop 16.5 for Macs now lets M1 and Intel-powered Macs run native code to run Windows 10 at "native speeds on Macs with a seamless experience loved by millions".

It has been a while since LG sold notebooks in Australia, but the company is back with what is globally its 2nd-gen Gram range using 16:10 ratio screens with two 14-inch models at 999 grams, three 16-inch models at 1.19kg and a 17-inch model at 1.35kg.

If you're still using the old version of the Edge browser that shipped with earlier versions of Windows 10, you'll soon be upgraded to the new version, with the old no longer supported and set to be uninstalled.

Dynabook is the new brand name for Toshiba, now owned by Foxconn and Sharp, with the company launching two new Satellite Pro models from sub-A$1000 prices with the usual Core-i3, 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD entry-level options for the C40 at least, but more powerful models are available.

Windows ransomware known as LockBit, which made its presence known in 2019, has now matured and is using novel ways to escalate privileges by bypassing the User Account Control feature on Windows systems.

Parallels Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise allows Windows and its applications to run directly on enterprise Chromebooks.

Actively targeting "young professionals with an eye for style and performance", Huawei's latest ultra-portable and lightweight 14-inch notebook promises between 10 and up to 14.7 hours of battery, a 2K 14-inch screen with 3:2 ratio, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Windows 10 Home and more.

A new "Surface Laptop Go" delivers a more affordable laptop price with 10th-gen Core i5 processors has arrived alongside an updated Surface Pro X with an SQ 2 ARM processor with more power and longer battery life, as have some new accessories.

Telco Singtel Optus has released an application that will lessen the lag that PC gamers encounter, with Game Path as it is called claimed to reduce the lag by 30% on average.

Huawei's first Experience Store opened in Chatswood a couple of years ago, but its newest flagship store with "the newest technology to excite Aussie customers" is due to open from 1 October.

New versions of VMware's Fusion and Workstation virtualisation products will be available by the end of October. Significantly, the new Fusion Player edition will for the first time move into line with Workstation in that it will be free for personal use.

Sony has released a free app that turns many of its digital cameras into webcams.

It's that time of year again: a new version of macOS will soon be released, so there's a new version of Parallels Desktop for Mac to provide compatibility.

Chipmaker Intel has announced a new security feature known as Control-Flow Enforcement Technology to help protect against common malware attack methods that cannot be stopped by software alone.