Prevent a rainy day disaster by using Cloud services for backup These days it seems that all the online services are offering online storage space. Recently, prices have been dropping across the board with Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft and others slashing prices to encourage users to move services to them. Dropbox, one of the first … Read more
Ben Everard reclaims his privacy with a web-based office suite he controls Whether you pay for Office 2021 or for a Microsoft 365 subscription, using Word, Excel and PowerPoint is going to cost you – and is an unnecessary expense when so much office software is available for nothing. Our favourite free Office alternative, LibreOffice, … Read more
Quadral Platinum M40 – Last time we saw a Quadral speaker, it walked off with the laurels, but can this technical tower do the same? If any loudspeaker in this group looks as if it means business it’s this one. It certainly isn’t the largest here, but with its exposed, overtly hi-tech flavored drivers the overall … Read more
1More 1MEJH0006 Review – Or “Triple-Driver Over-Ear Headphones,” to put it more pleasantly As veterans of the magazine business, we’ve done extensive research over the years, and we know your eyes flicked to that score box down there before they made it up to these words. We also figure you’re probably tutting over a set of cans … Read more
Wayne Williams shows you how to make a portable version of Windows that holds all your favourite programs and settings Windows is highly customisable – you can change how it looks and behaves to suit your needs, choose which software you want to use for specific tasks and even set your favourite programs as the … Read more
Edit, split and merge PDFs without paying for premium software [wpsm_toplist] ApowerPDF www.apowersoft.com/pdf-editor There are two options on the ApowerPDF homepage: Launch Online and Download Desktop. Despite appearances, these aren’t the same tools. The desktop software is only a trial of a premium product, and will watermark your edited PDFs. The tool we’re using here is … Read more
LENOVO IdeaCentre 620S Review – It’s hard to describe what the IdeaCentre 620s looks like. It could star in one of those films where mysterious aliens approach Earth and nobody knows what they want. Because it’s mounted on a foot, it even hovers slightly. This is the kind of PC you want to keep on your … Read more
Intel Hades Canyon NUC (NUC8i7HVK) – Intel’s Next Unit of Computing’ hardware platform has always showcased some of the chipmaker’s most interesting silicon concepts. This year, the Hades Canyon NUC represents a partnership between Intel and AMD we would have never expected — or even fathomed. [wpsm_ads2] It’s easily the smallest VR-capable PC that marries together … Read more
Les Pounder has many Raspberry Pis and this means he needs to write a lot of cards. Can this application help him save time? IN BRIEF A GUI tool to create SD cards for Raspberry Pi, and bootable USB drives for distro hoppers. Etcher has built-in safety features to minimise risk of data loss. With … Read more
The Free Software Foundation’s favourite distribution is back after a four-year hiatus Trisquel GNU/Linux 8.0 Review – You can be forgiven if you haven’t heard of Triequel; the distribution had its last stable release over four years ago. But, as the release announcement notes, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has boon using it to run … Read more
An Arch-based KDE distro that’s chock full of apps. Shashank Sharma tests what appears to be a winning formula with Deskpro Edition Rolling release distros are adored and feared in equal measure. A large section of the Linux user community, particularly newbies, believe that these distros are only intended for expert hands. The distros themselves … Read more
Avita Liber By Zachary Chan Ah, there aren’t enough notebook choices… said no one ever. And yet, here we have a new player trying to make a name for themselves in a crowded market. What exactly can Avita—a US tech lifestyle brand—offer that’s unique from the myriad of notebook brands already available? Well, colorways apparently, … Read more