Honestly, can any of you say that you get full 3G and cellular signals at your office or at home all the time? Depending on which mobile provider you use, different areas will have different level of reception. This is probably why weBoost now offers its Connect 3G to home and office users to boost … Read more
While the marketing gimmick now would be 4K, aka 2160p, there are many out there who still uses the much loved 1080p or Full HD monitor. Heck, some are even using the cheaper, much easier to find 1366×768 resolution. Even yours truly is using one for gaming. So for that, not everyone needs a really … Read more
Keeping an eye on the going-ons back home while at work or out is something I hold close to my heart. Even more so when there are horror stories of incidents happening while there is no one at home circulating around social media. With the emergence of IP cameras, keeping surveillance at home is now … Read more
Make the most of your time in Los Santos with our handy guideWe’re trying something a little different this month in PC PowerPlay’s tech section, by taking one of the year’s most anticipated PC titles and putting it through its paces on a variety of GPUs and CPUs. The game in question is Grand Theft … Read more
This week, we celebrate the birthday of a 16-bit favouriteThe arguments in the school yard between the Spectrum owners and the C64 owners didn’t stop at the end of the 8-bit era. By the time everyone had ditched their childhood 8-bit computer, the talk of the school was which 16-bit home computer you had: Atari … Read more
David Hayward takes to airwaves with a hacked Raspberry PiThere are countless hacks for the Raspberry Pi these days. Such is the legacy of this remarkable little computer that if you can think of it, the chances are someone, somewhere, has modified the Raspberry Pi and bent it to the task. With this in mind, … Read more
Should you go down this road or not? James Hunt looks at the pros and cons…Whether you’ve bought new hardware that you want to push to the limits or you’re trying to squeeze extra performance out of your existing components, overclocking might just be the way to do it.If you’re reading Micro Mart, it’s a … Read more
A pocket-sized camera with superb image qualityLarger cameras generally capture more light and produce higher-quality images, but not everyone wants to lug a 1kg DSLR around with them. This explains the meteoric rise of compact system cameras (CSCs), which cram DSLR technology into smaller, lightweight casings. And yet, even these are typically too large to … Read more
PS4 simulation racers now have an axle to grindWhat do you want Project CARS to be? Are you looking for a Need For Speed facsimile with slippery tyres, or to push yourself beyond Gran Turismo’s rather comfortable brand of simulation for a stiffer challenge? Slightly Mad’s crowd-funded racer does one of these things exceptionally well … Read more
Pretending they’re in America so they can stream certain content has become the modus operandi for computer users around the globe. Rob investigates the legal issues of region hoppingAnyone who regularly watches TV shows, films or other videos online will have come across the words ‘We’re sorry, but this video has not been made available … Read more
David Briddock investigates the touchy-feely experience on Apple‘s latest MacBooksOn 9th March, at one of Apple’s Special Events, CEO Tim Cook announced changes to its MacBook product line-up. Included in this was a brand-new, ultra-thin and light 12″ MacBook plus an enhanced 13″ MacBook Pro. Both models had Retina displays, a better keyboard, USB-C and … Read more
While he’s away, Michael’s cat becomes a video starThe Withings Home is a smallish device designed to keep you advised as to what is happening in its immediate vicinity. With dimensions of 85 x 75mm, this cylindricalshaped device can connect to a home network and communicate updates to an Apple smartphone or tablet via a … Read more