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TCL launches Note A1 NxtPaper with 11.5" 120Hz display, MTK G100 chip, 8GB RAM, AI tools, and T-Pen Pro support, targeting creators and professionals.

The updater integrated into Notepad++ has allowed itself to be infiltrated by malware, which has been installed on some PCs. The developer of the powerful open-source text editor is responding with an ...

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When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

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