Updated: How to choose the perfect printer for your SMB
Introduction and printer choice Note: Our choosing a business printer feature has been fully updated. This article was first published in November 2012. The paperless office has continued to be...
View ArticleBuying Guide: 6 top computer cases: best PC case for your next gaming machine
Introduction It’s tempting to dismiss PC cases as big black boxes, but that’s dismissing huge swathes of the market – and one of your system’s most important components. There’s a huge amount of...
View ArticleUpdated: How to improve your USB data security
Introduction and protecting data Note: Our USB data security feature has been fully updated. This article was first published in November 2012. At this year’s CES Samsung showed off its 2TB T3...
View ArticleEpicGear’s modular keyboard is hugely custom with pick and mix keys
Mechanical gaming keyboards are growing increasingly popular, and so makers are employing new tricks to differentiate their products. The latest idea? Make a 100%, fully modular keyboard (modularity...
View ArticleSeagate reveals world’s fastest SSD, leaves previous top dog in the dust
Seagate is claiming the title of the world’s fastest SSD, and says it has "rewritten the rules for performance" with a new drive which is now production-ready. The NVMe SSD (the above image is...
View ArticleAsus VivoMini PCs flaunt Skylake CPUs, Nvidia graphics and twin SSDs
Asus has announced a pair of new VivoMini PCs, compact desktop computers driven by Intel’s sixth-generation Skylake processors. The two new sub-2-litre computers are the VM65 and VM65N, with the...
View ArticleHP muscles out third-party ink cartridges with new office printers
HP is switching its ink cartridges on new PageWide and OfficeJet Pro printers so they use a proprietary type of ink in order to improve print quality among other factors – and also to ensure users...
View ArticleNext year’s MacBooks could get blazingly fast Optane SSDs
MacBooks could witness a major turbo-boost to their storage, as it seems there’s a good chance that Intel’s Optane SSDs will be nestling in Apple’s notebooks before too long. If you’re not familiar...
View ArticleWD’s PiDrive cooks up extra storage for Raspberry Pi owners
Hot on the heels of the launch of the Raspberry Pi 3 comes a nifty external drive from Western Digital. The WD PiDrive is targeted at those who want a good dollop of storage for their miniature...
View ArticleCorsair targets FPS fans with its fastest mechanical keyboards yet
Corsair has revealed a collection of new gaming keyboards all of which are the first to benefit from a new type of linear mechanical switch to enable quicker reactions in fast-paced games. The...
View ArticleAMD’s hauntingly quiet Wraith Cooler now bundled with more CPUs
AMD has announced that it’s now bundling its popular Wraith Cooler with more processors. The good news is that the AMD FX-8350 and FX-6350 CPUs will now come with the Wraith to allow for quieter...
View ArticleYou can now buy the world’s fastest graphics card
The Radeon Pro Duo, which AMD has billed as the world’s fastest graphics card, is now available for those with deep enough pockets. The much anticipated dual-GPU video card is priced at $1,499 (around...
View ArticleAOC’s 27-inch monitor cuts down lag and tearing for smooth-as-butter gaming
AOC has announced the first offering from its new Agon range, which is a premium 27-inch gaming monitor that will be on sale soon. The AG271QX has a TN panel with a resolution of 2560 x 1440, and it...
View ArticleCan 3D printing save history?
Introduction and eye in the sky 360 degree photos and video are most associated with virtual reality, but 3D modelling is now being used to faithfully reconstruct – and even 3D-print – ancient...
View ArticleLeaked benchmark reveals power of Nvidia’s next-gen graphics card
We’re all set for the launch of Nvidia’s next-gen graphics cards later on, but ahead of that imminent reveal some alleged benchmarks of the GeForce GTX 1080 have been leaked. The benchmarks come from...
View ArticleSamsung unveils the world’s highest capacity microSD card
Samsung is striking down "low storage" warnings with a vengeance, announcing a microSD card that can hold as much space in a fingernail-sized chip as the hard drive of the laptop this story was...
View ArticleAOC looks to banish the bezel with its latest affordable monitor
AOC has revealed a new slick looking 27-inch monitor with a QHD resolution which is tidily slim and has a ‘borderless’ panel. The AOC Q2781PQ is borderless on all four sides (meaning it has extremely...
View ArticlePC Gaming Week: Nvidia vs AMD: which should be your next graphics card?
While console gaming sees the rivalry of Xbox One vs PS4, PC gaming has had a war of its own waging for far longer. In building a computer, you might not think picking out a GPU would be as painful a...
View Article7 things you didn’t know about the Nvidia GTX 1080
The new king Nvidia dropped the mic when it announced the Nvidia GTX 1080. The fledgling Pascal part beats the pants off of any previous graphics card Nvidia has made before including the all-mighty...
View ArticleHP’s new 3D printer is 10x faster than rivals, shame it’s so expensive
HP has announced that it’s now taking orders for its Jet Fusion 3D printers, with the hardware expected to begin shipping from late 2016. The company claims that its Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution...
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