Patrick Marshall answers questions about how to find out if you have a pirated version of a Windows operating system and how secure are VPNs.

Whether you're team PC, Mac, or even ChromeOS, it's not always easy to figure out exactly which version of your operating system is running at any given time. Operating systems are updated both in ...

Think again, buster — because Google just announced Chrome OS Flex. This is an operating system designed to run on bygone PCs and, making it perfect for small businesses and educational institutes.

Will your PC run Windows 11? Use PC Health Check system requirements checker tool from Microsoft to check whether your PC meets requirements.

If you’d rather stash a spare Lion in your pocket, check out David Daw’s guide to creating a bootable Mac OS X flash drive. One of the best-kept secrets of Mac OS X Lion is that you can now ...