NetGear NeoTV 550 HD Set-Top Box Review
Those of you who follow me on Twitter or through other social networks may know that for the last month I've been testing NetGear's new, top of the range Neo TV 550 […]
How Spill-Proof is Your Expensive New Keyboard?
In the last few years the world of computer peripherals has changed with many high-end products coming to market. Now though a great many of these products are the norm with keyboards […]
Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse Review
I was pretty excited when I read for the first time about Microsoft's Arc Touch mouse. The unique design and touch capabilities brought features to the table that no other Windows mouse […]
ZX Spectrum to be Reborn as Bluetooth Keyboard
The inimitable Sinclair ZX Spectrum is to be reborn for its 30th birthday with an interesting twist. Games company Elite, which wrote many of the best-selling titles for the original home computer, […]
Intel Recalls all Sandy Bridge PCs
In a move that's reminiscent of the famous Pentium floating point bug, Intel has issued a recall of all new Sandy Bridge PCs and laptops that run its latest generation of processor. […]
Windows 7 and SSDs
Ed Bott has published a very interesting article today about the benefits of running Windows 7 on a solid state hard disk (SSD). He wanted to test the real-world benefits, if there are any, […]
nVidia Prepping 3D Graphics Processors
3D is the next big thing on computers, certainly for gaming and it will be interesting to see how it translates to the desktop. Those clever people at ExoPC will be shipping […]
Microsoft Touch Mouse
Microsoft Hardware has designed a new computer mouse called Microsoft Touch Mouse which adds touch features on top of the usual mouse functionality. The mouse looks like any other mouse albeit with […]
What's The AMD Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) Technology Edition?
I regularly check the AMD Catalyst driver download page to see if a new driver version has been released by AMD. When I went there today I saw a second AMD Catalyst […]
China claims Supercomputing Crown
This is a title that bounces back and forwards between countries, but now China has claimed the top spot for the world's fastest and most powerful supercomputer. The title has gone to […]
System 76 Starling Netbook Review
I've had the pleasure of trying out plenty of netbook hardware. Just about every form factor and operating system combination available. These netbooks range from the hardly usable, to the might-as-well-be-a-laptop, and […]
AMD to Ditch ATI Brand
AMD has decided to kill off the ATI brand, synonymous with high performance graphics cards, to bring them under it's own brand instead. AMD acquired ATI four years ago and pledged to […]
The mouse / calculator combo
Have you ever wished you had easier access to a calculator when using your PC? Do you do a lot of numeric work of a laptop? If the answer to either one […]
Change your MAC address in Linux with MACchanger-GTK
The MAC address is a very important string of characters that your computer depends upon in order to be networked. MAC stands for Media Access Control and represents the true address of […]
Transparent HTPC, Gorgeous or Gimmick?
Chinese company Novo first announced their Coloured Glaze Media Centre PC at CES at the beginning of the year but now it's approaching release, Engadget China have had a close look at it. […]
128Gb Blu-ray XL Specification finalised
The next monster disc is just around the corner but possibly bad news for PC users who have upgraded their machine with a blu-ray writer. The Blu-ray Disc Association have now published […]
Intel rolls out 50-Core Processor
I have a dual-core processor in my main PC, which is good, and will later this summer buy a new computer with a quad-core processor, which is better, but probably not something […]
China aims for supercomputing crown
China has stepped up its efforts to become the supercomputing power of the world according to the BBC. It's Nebulae machine has ranked second in the biannual top 500 supercomputer lists. It's […]
Lightscribe Software And Diagnostics
Lightscribe is a disc printing technology that many modern CD and DVD burners support. The easiest way to detect if the burner supports the technology is to look at the logos displayed […]
Build Your Own PC February 2010: Video Card And Storage
This is the third and final part of the February edition of build your own PC. We have looked at the PSU, case and CPU cooler as well as the CPU, RAM […]
Build Your Own PC February 2010: PSU, Case And CPU Cooler
We started the February guide of building a PC with the selection of the computer's cpu, memory and motherboard. This article will add a power supply unit (PSU), a case and the […]
Build Your Own PC February 2010: CPU, Motherboard And RAM
Whenever I'm thinking of building a new PC I'm starting the selection process months earlier. I begin with an analysis of my needs, something that is often forgotten by users. What will […]
Yubico USB Key Provides Extra Login Protection
Yubikey is a hardware device that you plug in to the USB port of a computer to improve the security of authentication processes. Password theft is a common problem on the Internet […]
Building A PC January 2010 Edition
I made the decision last year to postpone the purchase of a new PC to this year. I'm in no hurry to buy the components and build the PC by myself but […]
Full HD? That Is So Yesterday! Get Ready For 4K
Chance is that the majority of friends, colleagues and relatives do not make use of the full HD TV technology yet. DVD sales do still top Blu-Ray sales by a large margin, […]
eBook Readers: Read It Right With These Gizmos
If you want to read a book these days, you know there’s an app for that. But if you want something that is not as straining on your eye and something that […]
Amazon Kindle International Version review
I have longed for an ebook reader for some time, but the most popular one - the Amazon Kindle - has long been reserved solely for the US market. Whilst it has […]
New All-In-One And Tablets From Acer
Ever since Asus brought out their Eee PC range, Acer has been right behind it in the race to bring out those new things. You might have noticed that Acer tends to […]
Entourage eDGe DualBook Is A Netbook, eBook Reader and Notepad All In One
Say hello to the eDGe, the name that I cannot write without MS Word auto correcting the hell out of me. This is a device that gives convergence a whole new side. […]
The Best Nettops Around Right Now
Nettops are all the rage right now, and with good reason too! For around $330-$400 you can get desktops that will do all the basic things you want to do and they […]
New CMOS Camera Will Record Your Thoughts At 1,000,000 FPS
Scientists of the Megaframe project in Europe have developed a CMOS sensor so small that it can actually go inside a neuron channel and look at the thought signals in real time. […]
More Multitouch Headed Your Way
Forget buttons. Forget primitive touch strips that wouldn’t register your input half the time. Forget it all. Multitouch is the new way to roll if the multitude of new products is any […]
Phoenix Instant Boot
Computer boot time is a concern to many but not all users. Some do not seem to care if a computer boots up for a minute or more while others leave their […]
Ask The Readers: New Computer System Suggestions
My plan is to build a new computer system after Windows 7 is released to install the new operating system on it and retire my old Windows XP system. I have done […]
Computer Repair Flowcharts
Diagnosing computer problems can be a very time consuming process especially for computer users who have no or only basic computer repair process. These users only have a few options left if […]
Why Dedicated Media Players are still cool
With all the cell phones to come out in recent times packing video players, mp3 players and a whole host of other media functionalities, its not hard to see why MP3 players […]
Eco-Friendly Printer RiTi Suggests Coffee And Tea Instead Of Ink
The concept of the RiTi printer goes further than that. It does not require a power source for the actual printing process which is also something that traditional printers require. The printout […]
External Hard Drives: How do I Choose Which One to Buy
Lately, I've realized that my computer is full of data and is close to its limit. Normally, I burn data onto a CD or DVD and then delete it off my system. […]
Why you should not be an early adopter
Every so often you have a gadget or technological device that sets the wire news on fire. Recently we’ve been hearing much ado about Windows 7, iPhone 3GS, OSX Snow Leopard, SSD […]
Power Supply Calculator
You need to be aware of a few issues if you are building your own computer system or checking out pre-configured systems. Two of the most important issues are hardware compatibility and […]
