Google’s UX designer on visual thinking, helping people do good in the world, and how she found her fire Rachel Inman doesn’t like exclusivity. Describing herself as a “bit of a nerd” growing up, it reminds her of when one group of kids felt entitled to exclude others. In a business environment, people can often … Read more
We often refer to the holy trinity of gaming performance here at PC PowerPlay, which pertains to the three major components within your system that will impact on frame rates. Your graphics card is obviously of paramount importance, as it’s tasked with the final steps of the rendering process, and the better your GPU the … Read more
A new headphone technology delivers easy-to-drive electrostatic panels supported by conventional drivers for bass. How do they sound? Mitchell & Johnson was named after its two UK founders Paul Mitchell and Dave Johnson, and began life in 2011, well before our moustachioed Aussie cricketing legend demolished their touring 2013/4 Ashes team in a 5-0 rout. … Read more
This week, David Hayward looks at a classic 80s games company I was recently on a Facebook page for fans of the ZX Spectrum, and I got into a conversation regarding the many wonderful games that came from the Durell Software Ltd stable. Games such as Galaxy 5, Starfighter, Scuba Dive, Harrier Attack, Saboteur and … Read more
Intel’s original Next Unit of Computing, or NUC for short, was released back in early 2013, and since then we’ve seen six different generations roll out. Each was powered by a different Intel CPU architecture, but they all had one annoying similarity – a lack of components. While other vendors of copycat small form factor … Read more
The PSU returns to its spiritual home in Corsair’s latest case Case makers have my sympathy, because differentiating their designs is generally undermined by the requirements to support the ATX 2.0 systems we put in them. Many just mess around with the outside, rather than taking on the greater challenge of doing anything radical with … Read more
Write on paper, read on screen In the classic science-flction film Blade Runner, former police officer Rick Deckard played by Harrison Ford, pursues Rutger Hauer’s rebel ‘replicant’ Roy Batty through a city of skyscrapers and spaceships. We mention this because as we’re writing the page you’re reading now, the date on the clock in the … Read more
It ls very obvious to the layman that there is a war of specifications going on between the purveyors of large screen TVs. And ah this before the Chinese TV manufacturers have even entered the fray – something predicted to happen in the next couple of years. The 75-inch X9400C from Sony is not the … Read more
Can adding a tiny, ARM-based 32-bit computer to your Linux box really be all you need to improve cryptographic security? Entropy – the contents, basically, of /dev/random – isn’t something to which most Linux users give a second thought, but it keeps server administrators and cryptographers awake at night. A system starved of entropy or, … Read more
The adaptable Swedes with Just Cause to celebrate 12 years of sandbox success Things can get hairy pretty quickly in Avalanche Studios’ Just Cause games, but the player always has enough tools at their disposal to improvise a solution – or, if all else fails, an escape route. And the developer certainly has plenty of … Read more
I’m ready to buy my first drone! Is this It? If you like your tech hassle-free, your sport extreme, and your videos epic, then your bank account is in for some damage. Extreme sport, you say? I go mountain-biking. Then this is the drone for you. Snowboarding, skateboarding, dirt-bike riding… Whatever gets your adrenaline pumping, … Read more
Adam Elements provide proof that the USB Type-C floodgates are opening I’m a complete sucker for classy looking technology, and the ROMA by Adam Elements certainly fits that bill. Its precision metal finish and leather strap elevate it well above the plethora of plastic devices we’re pushed by other brands. My only initial concern … Read more