As users, we’re generally conditioned to implicitly trust software and updates that come from the people who make our computers. But those people are also, well, people, and sometimes make mistakes.

Dell has released a raft of BIOS updates which should solve the underperformance/overthrottling issues that some users have been experiencing. The BIOS updates are ...

Some of the worst hacks exploit unpatched firmware.

Consider yourself lucky if you own a Dell or Alienware computer and haven't recently checked for a BIOS update. Dell has withdrawn the 1.0.18 BIOS update for its Alienware computers and 1.14.3 for ...

Laptops are complicated beasts. There's a whole PC jammed into the base of a foldable computer and as such thermal management is a huge challenge. To get the best performance out of a CPU or GPU ...

Security researchers have sounded the alarm on four BIOS vulnerabilities affecting 129 different Dell models, including various laptop and desktop systems, as well as some tablets. In total, it is ...

If you own a Dell PC, you might want to be a bit more careful with installing the latest system updates. According to multiple reports on social media, there’s a new BIOS version that could end up ...

The Spectre & Meltdown mess continues with Dell now recommending their customers do not install the BIOS updates that resolve the Spectre (Variant 2) vulnerabilities. These updates have been causing ...

In early 2018, the Meltdown & Spectre vulnerabilities required Technology Support Services to update BIOS firmware on our campus Dell computers. Since then, there have been multiple variants of the ...