A far reaching update that spruces up the core apps and extends creative cloud in some promising directions. Read our Adobe Creative Cloud 2017 Review It’s almost 18 months since Adobe’s landmark Creative Cloud 2015 update. Now the company is greeting 2017 with a major new release, which again upgrades almost every app in the suite … Read more
Kaby Lake may sound like a new out-of-town shopping mall somewhere in the Midlands, but actually it’s Intel’s latest range of processors. On the face of it, a new out-of-town shopping mall in the Midlands would be more exciting: these chips aren’t a huge step forward from the Skylake series that’s been worming its … Read more
Just as a Chromebook is a laptop that runs Google’s web-based Chrome OS instead of Windows, a Chromebox is a low-cost desktop PC based on Chrome’s operating system. Most people will need Windows for their main PC, but if you want an extra machine simply to browse the web, use email and social media and … Read more
www.filefriend.net What you need: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1 or 10 The download page may look alarming (there’s hardly anything on it), but this free, portable tool – now updated to work in Windows 10 – is actually very sophisticated. FileFriend lets you encrypt and password-protect any file or folder on your PC – very … Read more
We haven’t enjoyed your behaviour, Windows. You’ve spoiled what could have been quite a lovely past few years for desktop PC users. Now go home and think about what you’ve done, and don’t come back until you’ve learned your lesson! Admittedly, there were some contrarians who liked Windows 8 on the desktop, but they’re the … Read more
Why, Asus? Why? We want to be kind to your products, honest we do, but with the current lack of innovation across your mid-range motherboard arsenal, it forces us into an unhappy position. Read our ASUS ROG Strix X470-F Gaming Review. What’s the problem? Well, it’s a simple one, but it comes down to what can … Read more
We have to hand it to Asus – they’ve designed a very aesthetically attractive board considering. Even better, they’ve managed to squeeze in the most expensive X370 chipset into a board at this price, which is simply astonishing value. Let’s dig deeper to see how they’ve managed to do so. Like many of Asus’ recent … Read more
If you are looking for a new antivirus program, this one should be on your shortlist. Roland Waddilove checks out the latest version Emsisoft Anti-Malware is a lightweight antivirus program for people that do not need a full security suite with all the bells and whistles. It provides a basic level of protection against viruses, … Read more
An overclockable quad-core for sounds like a dream come true, or may be just a nostalgic look back to 2009 when the Core i5-750 was doing the rounds, but the Ryzen 5 1400 is just that. Not only does it offer four physical cores for less than the dual-core Core i3-7350K, but the CPU supports … Read more
Tiny body, big power Corsair’s no stranger to PC building. Apart from having a wide range of components under its belt, from cases to power supplies, it’s also had a go with the Bulldog kit PC. It was an odd first choice for the company, and a product that seemed to be a solution in … Read more
One manufacturer able to bring the fight to Synology in terms of OS features is QNAP, and with 1GB of DDR3 memory and a 1.7GHz dual-core Alpine AL-212 CPU, the TS-131P and DS-116 are also evenly matched in terms of specifications. However, the QNAP NAS has a few extra features. Firstly, it has a front-located … Read more
If the Seagate Personal Cloud seems like good value for 3TB of network-attached storage then the Buffalo LinkStation 210 is even cheaper, retailing for just over despite including a 3TB hard disk in the equation too. It’s around the same size as the Personal Cloud, and only a little bigger than the hard disk inside. … Read more